Web Design Advice Needed

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 28 Sep 2005 11:19 am

Can anyone show me the HTML needed to put a background image on a webpage. By this I mean an image that stays put while the scroll bar moves the text in front of it. A good example is Scotty's home page at http://www.scottysmusic.com

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 28 Sep 2005 11:42 am

Jim,
That feature only works for IE, other browsers scroll like it's not there.

The tag is
bgproperties="fixed"
in the body section.

It's difficult to see in Scotty's source code because his page appears to be made with an editor.

Look at the source code at www.JoeyAce.com

Since I code using a simple text editor it's easier to see.

I don't use that tag in my Photo Album sction, because it looks weird there. It's interesting to compare the two.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 28 September 2005 at 12:43 PM.]</p></FONT>

Will Holtz · Post by **Will Holtz** » 28 Sep 2005 11:46 am

To be compatible across the most browsers, you should use CSS to acomplish this.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">code:</font><HR><pre>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
body {
background: white url(filename.jpg) fixed ;
color: black ;
}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 28 Sep 2005 11:57 am

Thanks guys. Will, in your HTML is it important that the { and } be spaced out and separated on different lines from the text as in your post, or is that just an artefact of posting it here on the Forum?

Will Holtz · Post by **Will Holtz** » 28 Sep 2005 2:00 pm

That can all go on one line.

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 28 Sep 2005 2:08 pm

Post a link when you get it working, Jim.

I didn't know that, Will. Thanks.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 3 Oct 2005 6:20 pm

Here's a real nice demo of the technique: click this

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 3 Oct 2005 7:02 pm

Hey, I just did it to the Forum background!

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 4 Oct 2005 9:31 pm

Nice trick b0b! Looks neat.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 5 Oct 2005 3:47 am

Which page did you do it to, b0b? I thought I saw it here on this page a few days ago, but now I don't. Nor on other SGF pages I just checked... or perhaps it doesn't show on Mozilla?