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Kendall
06-13-2005, 10:21 PM
Hi All,
I am new to this site so I hope that this is the right place to post this question. I am helping a friend put up a site. She would like the background to look like some parchment stationary that she has. Is there some way that I can scan her parchment, take a small sample of it and copy it so that I can use it without having a huge picture file for the background. Sort of like downloading the info for one brick and then making a wall out of it.

Any sugestions? Thanks for the help,
Kendall
Oak
06-14-2005, 05:26 AM
Yes, as far as I know, specifying a background image for the body tag of a web page will actually automatically "tile" it over the page.

<body background="<backgroundImageName>">

(remember to include the file extension)

Be careful with this brick concept as it can easily create sites that are not very visually appealing and functional.

Also, it may pay to note that this attribute is now officially deprecated by the w3c as they are trying to encourage the use of stylesheets for this kind of functionality.

Dont let this worry you if you are just starting out :)

Have a good one!
the tree
06-14-2005, 05:48 AM
This would be the modern way of going about it.<head>
<title>A page with a background</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background: url(http://www.w3schools.com/css/bgdesert.jpg) repeat #cc9;
color: #000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Marquise00
06-15-2005, 02:54 AM
hi my name is marquise00 i have a lookup page on neopets the trouble i am haveing is evry one can see the black background color but me, here is the code i have used


<style type="text/css">b.status{background:url('http://www.boomspeed.com/sfhelpers/status/busy-003.gif');height:31;width:275;position:absolute;top:0;left:384}</style><b class="status"></b><style type="text/css">
body{background:black}
</style><i><style>TD,FONT,P,A,I {COLOR:white ; font-family:Majestic; cursor:; font-size:09pt;} A:hover {COLOR:silver ; CURSOR:n-resize; border: dotted 2; background-image: url(http://www.geocities.com/neocursors/4.cur)}</style></b><style type=text/css>
<style>TD,FONT,P,A,I {color:silver ;font-family:Majestic;font-size:8pt;cursor:;};
a:link{color:gray}; a:visited{color:silver ;text-decoration:}
a:active{color:silver ;text-decorationverline underline line-through}
A:hover{background:url("http://members.hometown.aol.com/mevamsithmat/images/sparklingstars.gif") </style><style type="text/css">
a:link,a:visited{color:silver;font:9pt Majestic}
a:active{color:hotpink;font:9pt Majestic}
</style><style type="text/css">
p img{filter:chroma(color=white)}
</style>
</STYLE><b style=position:absolute;left:137;top:15;font-family:Majestic;font-size:8pt;></i>Cursor by www.Soup-Faerie.Com</b><p>
<HR>

<a href="http://home.neopets.com/templates/homepage.phtml?pet_name=Battle_Master91604"><img src="http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v95/raynecat/neopets/adoptables/Luppie_Stars.gif"></a>Graphics By<a href="http://home.neopets.com/templates/homepage.phtmlpet_name=Battle_Master91604">Matt's Graphics</a>
<HR>

<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/gruslen.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img
src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/defenders_aisha.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/kioskwocky.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/meridellknight.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/taelia.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/library_faerie.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/scarblade.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/aishapirate.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/angelpuss.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/babybuzz.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/battlejubjub.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<HR>
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/darkpeophin.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/cracked.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/defenders_lupe.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/battlejubjub.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/fierypteri.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/itsalive.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/sssidney.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/spottedgelert.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/Marquise00/yurble.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<HR>
<a href="http://home.neopets.com/templates/homepage.phtml?pet_name=Battle_Master91604">
it the same in my shop, and i cant see the black background on other look up can you help me
Kendall
06-16-2005, 01:32 PM
My thanks to Oak and the tree! :)

Kendall