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Sep 25.2005

im trying to do a background for myspace.com an it wont come up….this is wat im putting…<BODY BGCOLOR=”..9400D3″ BACKGROUND=”C:..Documents and Settings..michelle quinn..My Documents..My Pictures”>,………..wat am i doing wrong?? ?

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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — are u using the preiods or r u using in between stuff and u dont need the periods b4 9400d3
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@boogeywoogeyauthorSep 25.2005 — i copied it an thats how it came out...should use the /?
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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — yah should look like ...

<BODY BGCOLOR="9400D3" BACKGROUND="C:DocumentsandSettingsmichellequinnMyDocumentsMy Pictures">
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@boogeywoogeyauthorSep 25.2005 — kk thx let me try it out
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@boogeywoogeyauthorSep 25.2005 — it didnt work either!!! do u have myspace?
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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — and do u have the picture name and extension on it?

it'll look like this

<BODY BGCOLOR="9400D3" BACKGROUND="C:DocumentsandSettingsmichellequinnMyDocumentsMy Picturesexample.jpg">
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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — example.jgp will be replace by the file name and extension
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@boogeywoogeyauthorSep 25.2005 — k this is wat i put <BODY BGCOLOR="9400D3" BACKGROUND="C:/DocumentsandSettings/michellequinn/MyDocuments/My Pictures/1035471984__angelgoth.jpg">
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@boogeywoogeyauthorSep 25.2005 — an its still not working ....do i have to wait b4 it comes on the screen.........wow im confused
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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — post a link to your site lol ill look at the source and find ur mistake
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@boogeywoogeyauthorSep 25.2005 — wow i did it
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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — well i used this and it works

<body bgcolor="d2b48c" background="C:Documents and SettingsGeorgebackground.bmp">

Oh and by the way i screwed up Documents and setting and ur name should have a space so it will look like this.

<BODY BGCOLOR="9400D3" BACKGROUND="C:/Documents and Settings/michelle quinn/MyDocuments/My Pictures/1035471984__angelgoth.jpg">
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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — sry thats a mistake on my part did it work?
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@NogDogSep 25.2005 — The image file needs to be on the web, not on your local PC. You'll probably want to upload it to the same host where your web page is.

Also, a better format is:
<i>
</i>&lt;body style="background: #9400D3 url('http://www.yoursite.com/images/background.jpg') repeat"&gt;

Replace 'http://www.yoursite.com/images/background.jpg' with whatever the correct URL is for your background image.
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@laxplayacsSep 25.2005 — y cant it be on the pc?
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@NogDogSep 25.2005 — Well, it can be on your PC if that's where you're viewing your HTML file from, but presumably you want it to be on the web and available to the public?
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@SheldonSep 25.2005 — Dont use a full path like that,

1 ) when you upload the file to your server there is no accessable c: drive! it will be a different path from your computer

2 ) Use a relative path, copy the image into the same folder as the html files calling for it. then use this code.

[code=php]
<body bgcolor="#9400D3" background="angelgoth.jpg">
[/code]

or even better use css
[code=php]
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
font: medium arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding: 1em;
background-color: #9400D3;
background-image: url(angelgoth.jpg);
color: black;
}

-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
...code...
</body>
</html>
[/code]
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