Hello. How do you insert an image into a web page as background? TIA!
George_72 34 Newbie Poster
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Jump to Post— rproffitt 3,249Given that's your web build/edit method, look up how to's on W3Schools.
Example: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_images_background.asp
Once you learn that and you move beyond HTML, use CSS for this.
Example:
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George_72 34 Newbie Poster
I used VS Code to build a html file, then view it by right clicking the file
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Given that's your web build/edit method, look up how to's on W3Schools.
Example: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_images_background.asp
Once you learn that and you move beyond HTML, use CSS for this.
Example: https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-image.php
George_72 34 Newbie Poster
Is the url a web location? Where would that be?
rproffitt commented: For a local file, and the method you are using, the same folder as the HTML file. +17
George_72 34 Newbie Poster
I tried the path to the website folder for the url and it did not work
rproffitt commented: Share code. Try it without the full path. Just the name of the image and extension. +0
George_72 34 Newbie Poster
I tried just url and that worked. Now I feel stupid Thanks!
Yoruba45 -21 Newbie Poster
If you’re opening the HTML file locally, the image path is just a file reference, not a website URL.
Put the image in the same folder as the HTML file and reference it by filename in CSS, for example background-image: url("image.jpg"). If it’s in a subfolder, use a relative path like images/image.jpg.
Once that clicks, backgrounds become straightforward.
addmann -4 Newbie Poster
An example of an inline way:
<div id="bg_image" style="background: url(bg_image.jpg) center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;"></div>
Contesthelper44 -16 Light Poster
You can use CSS to set an image as the background of a web page. For example, background-image: url('image.jpg'); can be applied to the body or another element. You can also add background-size: cover; if you want the image to fill the entire area.
Shandar 0 Newbie Poster
keeping the image in the same folder as the HTML file saved me from a lot of confusion when I was building a simple page in VS Code.
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