Janine,

Your Total Training Essentials has been very helpful. I do have one question I can’t seem to find anywhere I have looked, and I’ve been looking for days. 

I want to place a photo background on a webpage, using Dreamweaver CS3.

I’ve tried placing it as a page background.

I’ve tried placing it inside a div.

I’ve tried so many ways that I can’t even remember all the clicks I have made at this point.

When I do get it placed, in a manner that might work, when I try to view it online, it doesn’t show.

Please, can you help? I’m sure there is just something little that I am missing. Or is it a CSS problem, because I know I can do it in a table site but am trying to switch over to CSS.

Linda

Hi Linda,

Thank you for your kind words about my video. Sorry to learn you’re having trouble with background images.

It’s hard to assess what the problem is from your email, but I have a few ideas of “little things” that might be causing your problem. These may be obvious, but they are common causes of images that don’t display properly.

First, make sure the image is saved in JPG, PNG, or GIF format.

Make sure you name the background image with no spaces or special characters (a bad name could cause the background not to appear when you view it a server). That means the name should be something like “background.jpg” not “my cool background!.jpg.”

If you’re viewing the page online and not seeing the background, make sure you’ve uploaded the background, as well as the page, to the server and that they are in the same location relative to one another in the files and folders in your site.

The simplest way to add a background image to the entire page, is to choose Modify >> Page Properties and then use the background settings to select the background image.

I hope that helps and I wish you all the best,
Janine

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