Re: CSS Background Image

body.electric {
background-image: url(grafs/black.gif);
background-repeat: repeat;
}

You can see that in action at
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/greyangel/electric.html

My style sheet resides in the same directory as the HTML code.  Why slow
down page loads by having to go out to a DNS server then back into the
directories again because the address is absolute.  If the picture is in a
different directory on the same server/account from the stylesheet then the
path is href="http://../images/blah blah"



As the words of Paul Kmecak fell from above I was tickled at 4:01 PM -0400
on 7/14/02:

>Hi, All!!!
>
>I'm trying to get the CSS background-image parameter to work.  I've
>checked Cascading Style Sheets Designing for the Web Second Edition by
>Lie and Bos, I've checked the info at www.westciv.com, and I'm still
>having "an opportunity for improvement".
>
>Lie and Bos say the parameter can be
>
>background-image: url(images/buttonBackground.gif);
>
>Westciv.com says since the url is relative to the style sheet, not the
>HTML, an absolute address, not a relative address is best.  The absolute
>version is
>
>background-image:
>url(http://computer001/work/WebDev/SalvationArmy/images/buttonBackground.gif)
>top left;
>
>I'm trying to get this right on my own system before posting it to the
>web.
>
>If anybody can provide insight as to what I'm doing incorrectly, or
>point me to a site where this is done correctly, I would appreciate it.
>TIA.
>
>
>
>Paul Kmecak

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