Subject: background images
Posted By: Larson Post Date: 2/14/2004 3:44:21 PM
I can't find my HTML book and have forgotten a couple of things,
I'm using a background.gif in the td tags and I don't want it to repeat as the cell gets larger, do I use absolute positioning in the td tag or just say "no-repeat" ex: src="tbl1.gif" no-repeat="true"

secondly, I have a banner .gif that I also want to put into a <td> that will contain the same background .gif how can I do this effectivly.

Thanks in advance
Larson

I think.....therefore..I code
Reply By: richard.york Reply Date: 2/14/2004 4:48:10 PM
I would suggest using CSS.

The syntax goes like this:

CSS Shorthand:
background: color image repeat attachment position;

Individual declarations:
background-color: white;     (color|transparent)
background-image: url('path/to/image.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;  (repeat|repeat-x|repeat-y|no-repeat)
    repeat: Image is tiled horizontally and vertically
    repeat-x: tiled horizontally only
    repeat-y: tiled vertically
    no-repeat: Image appears just once

background-position: center bottom;
 Keyword positioning (x: left|center|right)  (y: top|center|bottom)
background-position: Xpx Ypx;  (Absolute positioning)
background-position: X% Y%;    (percentage relative to containing element)
background-attachment: fixed;  (fixed|scroll)
    fixed: stay put when scrolling
    scroll: scroll with window


Example using CSS with individual declarations:
<td style="background-color: white; background-image: url('fish.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center bottom; background-attachment: fixed;">
Some content
</td>

Example using CSS background shorthand:
<td style="background: white url('fish.jpg') no-repeat fixed center bottom;">
Some content
</td>

BTW: 'fixed' in this example will only work in NS/MOZ browsers, whereas it will only work if used on the <body> element when used in IE.

hth,
Rich

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Reply By: Larson Reply Date: 2/15/2004 5:22:21 PM
I thought about CSS, then decided against it, I'll take your advice and use it ;-),, thx
Larson

I think.....therefore..I code

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