Re: Help Needed With Background and Internet Explorer

I agree with Debra.

In Fact I changed your Body style to this:

BODY {
 background: #FFFFFF;
 background-image : url(images/kiddies.gif);
}

and it worked fine.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Sawyers" <dsawyers(at)ptd.net>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: Help Needed With Background and Internet Explorer


> I believe you have created a conflict between your body tag and your
linked
> style sheet which has the following line...BODY { background: #FFFFFF  },
> but it's just a theory.  When I saved only your index page code and the
> image in the proper folder, IE displayed the background fine.  Because you
> have used a background color as part of the body tag, my guess is that you
> will either need to include your image in your style, or remove that line
> from your stylesheet and place it in your body tag.
>
> Deb
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C. A. Milton" <camilton(at)icx.net>
> To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 8:45 PM
> Subject: Hope 3rd Time is Charm: Help Needed With Background and Internet
> Explorer
>
>
> > This is the 3rd time this request for help has been sent!
> >
> > Your help is needed.  For some reason the background .gif image doesn't
> > appear when viewing the page in Internet Explorer, while it does with
> > Netscape.  The page validates fine, and I've compared the code with that
> >
> > of other pages where the background image appears in both browsers, but
> > can't spot the problem.  Please take a look and help a struggling web
> > designer   :-)
> >
> > The page is at:
> >
> > http://www.kidzklozet.com
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide!
> >
> > Caryl Milton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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