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4,247 Pointssetting an image as background using css
Hello, i'm trying to set an image from the file tree as the background to the html using css. I can't seem to get it to appear. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
body { background-image: img("classic.jpg"); }
2 Answers
Tray Denney
Courses Plus Student 12,884 PointsHey there! You were very close but it appears you have made a slight syntax error while setting the background image.
Try using
body {
background-image: url("path/to/image");
}
https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-image.asp is a wonderful resource on how to set the background image using CSS.
Marco Fregoso
379 PointsTray is totally correct, however if you need to find some resources in the future the Mozilla Developer Network(MDN) is a more trustworthy source.
Tray Denney
Courses Plus Student 12,884 PointsThanks for adding that! It slipped my mind. Here is the MDN documentation on the background-image property: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/background-image?v=control