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Background-image related coding questions

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Asked 1 year ago in CSS by Nondumiso

how to add css gradient

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To add a CSS gradient, you can use the background-image property with the linear-gradient() function. Here's an example code snippet:

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selector { background-image: linear-gradient(direction, color-stop1, color-stop2, ...); }

Replace selector with the class, ID, or HTML element where you want to apply the gradient.

In the linear-gradient() function, you can specify the direction of the gradient (e.g., to top, to right, 135deg), followed by color stops. Color stops indicate the specific colors and their positions in the gradient. For example, you can use color names, RGB, or HEX values.

Here's an example code with a linear gradient from top to bottom, starting with light blue and ending with dark blue:

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.my-div { background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, lightblue, darkblue); }

You can find more information and examples in the official Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) documentation: CSS Gradients

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Asked over 1 year ago in CSS by Veronica

how to insert an image for the background in css

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To insert an image as the background in CSS, you can use the background-image property. Here's an example of how to do it:

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body { background-image: url("image.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; background-position: center; }

In the example above, image.jpg should be replaced with the actual path or URL of the image you want to use.

The background-image property sets the image to be used as the background, while background-repeat: no-repeat ensures that the image is not repeated. background-size: cover makes the image cover the entire background area, and background-position: center centers the image within the background.

You can adjust these properties according to your specific requirements.

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how do I put an image as my background

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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To set an image as your background, you can use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). You would need to use the background-image property in your CSS code and specify the URL of the image you want to use.

Here's an example code snippet in CSS:

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body { background-image: url("your-image-url.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; }

In this example, the background-image property specifies the image you want to use, and the background-repeat property ensures that the image is not repeated. The background-size property ensures the image takes up the full screen.

You can replace the "your-image-url.jpg" value with your own image file name and extension. Don't forget to include the file path if necessary.

Here's a link to the CSS background-image documentation for more information: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/background-image

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How to make a picture to be a background for your website using html and CSS language

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To make a picture your background in HTML and CSS, you can use the background-image property in CSS.

Here's an example code in HTML and CSS:

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Background Image</title> <style> body { background-image: url("image.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Welcome to my website!</h1> <p>This is an example of how to set a background image in CSS.</p> </body> </html>

In this code, the background-image property sets the image to use as the background, which is defined by the url() function. The background-size property is used to make sure the background image covers the whole background, and not repeat or overflow.

You can replace "image.jpg" with the URL or file path of your own image.

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป how to make the picture less visible like transparent?

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To make the picture less visible or transparent, you can use the CSS opacity property. The opacity property sets the opacity level for an element, where a value of 1 is fully opaque and a value of 0 is fully transparent.

Here is an example code of how you can make a background image partially transparent:

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Transparent Background Image</title> <style> body { background-image: url("image.jpg"); background-size: cover; opacity: 0.5; /* Change this value to adjust the opacity */ } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Welcome to my website!</h1> <p>This is an example of how to set a partially transparent background image in CSS.</p> </body> </html>

In this example, the opacity property has a value of 0.5. You can adjust this value to make the image more or less transparent as needed.

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป HTML, CSS and JavaScript Code instructions

code to add image to background

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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To Add an image as the background you can use the background-image property.

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body { background-image: url("path/to/image.jpg"); }

This will set the image as the background for the entire document. Replace the path/to/image.jpg with the path to the image file on your computer or web.

To Set the background for any specific element, use the same property on the respective selector as below :

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selector { background-image: url("path/to/image.jpg"); }

Replace selector with the name of the HTML element (example: .header for a header or #footer for a footer) and path/to/image.jpg with the filename and path to the image on your computer or a URL hosting the image.

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When I go in the <body> and put the background image how do I change the height and width of it?

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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To change the height and width of a background image in the body tag, you can use the background-size CSS property. Here is an example in CSS:

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body { background-image: url("your_image.jpg"); background-size: 50% 50%; /* the first value is the width, the second value is the height */ }

In this example, background-size sets the background image to take up 50% of the width and 50% of the height of the body element. You can adjust these values to make the image larger or smaller as needed.

You can also use specific values for width and height (in pixels or other units) or use cover or contain as values to make the image fill the entire element or fit inside it.

Here is some more info on the background-size property: MDN web docs

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป when i fit in the imagine to 100% there is a white border with a default image on it

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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It sounds like you might be seeing a default background-color value in addition to your background-image. You can set the background-color CSS property for the body tag to remove the white border. Here is an example in CSS:

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body { background-image: url("your_image.jpg"); background-size: 100% 100%; /* set the image to fill the entire body element */ background-color: transparent; /* set the background color to transparent */ }

In this example, background-color is set to transparent, which means that the background color of the body element will be transparent and the image will fill the entire element.

If there is still a default image showing up, it's possible that the URL for your background image is incorrect or there is a default background image being set somewhere else in your CSS. Double check the URL and any other CSS rules that might be affecting the background.

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป can you check out my replit?

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how to code a page with background image which is responsive

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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To create a webpage with a responsive background image, you can use CSS. First, add an HTML tag for the image such as div or section and give it a class or ID. Next, in your CSS file, target the class or ID of the image and add background-image property followed by the image URL. To make the image responsive, also include the background-size: cover; property. This will cause the image to stretch and fit the entire container.

Here's an example code on how to do it with CSS:

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.your-class { background-image: url("your-image-url.jpg"); background-size: cover; }

Note: Make sure to replace "your-class" with the class name you use in your HTML tag, and "your-image-url.jpg" with your own image's URL.

You can also use media queries to adjust the background image for different screen sizes:

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@media (max-width: 768px) { .your-class { background-position: center; } }

In this example, the image will be centered for screens smaller than 768 pixels wide.

Here's a good resource with more information on responsive background images in CSS: https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_css_full_page.asp

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป fit the background image to whole display

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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If you want to fit the background image to the whole display, you can set the height and width of the image to 100vh and 100vw respectively. The vh unit stands for viewport height, while the vw unit stands for viewport width.

Here's an example code on how to do it with CSS:

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.your-class { background-image: url("your-image-url.jpg"); height: 100vh; width: 100vw; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; }

Note: Make sure to replace "your-class" with the class name you use in your HTML tag, and "your-image-url.jpg" with your own image's URL.

This code sets the height and width of the background image to the full size of the viewport, covering the entire background of the webpage with the image. The background-size: cover property will ensure that the image covers the entire background even if it's resized or distorted to fit the viewport.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป do not scale the image when reach maximum size

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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You can prevent the background image from scaling beyond its original size by using the background-size property set to contain. This will allow the image to fit within the container (HTML element) without distorting the image, cutting off its edges, or scaling it beyond its original size.

Here's an example code on how to do it with CSS:

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.your-class { background-image: url("your-image-url.jpg"); height: 100vh; width: 100vw; background-size: contain; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; }

Note: Make sure to replace "your-class" with the class name you use in your HTML tag, and "your-image-url.jpg" with your own image's URL.

In this example, we have included background-size: contain;. The contain property makes sure that the entire image fits inside the container, but still retains its aspect ratio. This means the image will not be stretched or distorted to fill the entire container. Instead, it will be scaled to fit within the container's bounds, stopping at the original size of the image.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have further questions.

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hi athena! how can i use an image as my background?

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To use an image as your background, you can use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) by setting the background-image property in your HTML file. Here is an example:

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body { background-image: url("your-image-file.jpg"); background-size: cover; }

In this example, we are setting the background-image property to the URL of your image file and background-size property to "cover", which means the image will cover the entire background. You can adjust the background-size, background-position, and other properties as needed.

Here is a link to the Mozilla Developer Network documentation on background-image for further reference: CSS background-image

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how to put picture in background of page

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To put a picture in the background of a page using HTML and CSS, you can use the following steps:

  1. Add the image to your HTML file using the <img> tag with an id attribute. For example:
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<img id="background-img" src="your-image.png" alt="background image">
  1. In your CSS file, select the body of the page and set the background-image property to the URL of your image. For example:
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body { background-image: url(your-image.png); }
  1. If you added the image using the <img> tag, you can hide it using CSS with display: none; to make sure it doesn't appear on the page. For example:
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#background-img { display: none; }

Here's an example of the complete HTML and CSS code:

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Background Image</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css"> </head> <body> <img id="background-img" src="your-image.png" alt="background image"> <h1>Hello World!</h1> </body> </html>
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body { background-image: url(your-image.png); } #background-img { display: none; }

You can adjust the CSS property values as needed to get the desired effect.

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how to set background local image in react with external css

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To set a local image as the background in React with external CSS, you can use the CSS background-image property and the url() function to reference the image file. Here's an example code snippet in CSS:

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.example-class { /* Replace this with the path to your image file */ background-image: url('../images/example-image.png'); /* Other background properties */ background-size: cover; background-position: center; /* Other styles */ font-family: sans-serif; color: #333; }

Then, in your React component, you can import the external CSS file and apply the class to your desired element:

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import React from 'react'; import './example-styles.css'; function ExampleComponent() { return ( <div className="example-class"> {/* Add your other elements here */} </div> ); }

Make sure to adjust the file path in your CSS url() function according to your project setup. For example, if your image file is located in a folder called public/images, you can use url('/images/example-image.png') instead.

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How do I put gradient in my code?

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You can put a gradient in your code with CSS. You can use the background-image property with the linear-gradient() function. Here's an example:

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.my-element { background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, blue, green); }

This creates a gradient that starts with blue at the top of the element and fades into green at the bottom of the element. You can customize the colors and direction of the gradient to your liking. You can find more information about linear-gradient() function with examples at MDN Web Docs.

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How to set a background image?

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To set a background image on a web page, you can use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) by setting the background-image property to the image file you want to use. Here's an example in CSS:

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body { background-image: url('path/to/your/image.jpg'); }

Replace 'path/to/your/image.jpg' with the file path of the image you want to use as the background. You can also specify other properties such as background-size, background-position, and background-repeat to control how the image is displayed.

You can learn more about background images in CSS here: https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-image.asp

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how to add a picture to use as a background

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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To add a picture as a background, you can use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) which is a coding language that lets you style the content of your webpage.

You'll need to use the background-image CSS property and specify the URL of the image you want to use. Here is an example code snippet:

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body { background-image: url("image_url.jpg"); }

In this example, replace image_url.jpg with the URL or file path of your chosen image. This CSS code sets the image as the background image of the entire page.

Note: The image will repeat itself in both the x and y directions by default, so you might want to adjust this behavior using other background properties like no-repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y, or cover.

Here's more information on how to customize the background-image property: CSS Background Image - MDN Web Docs.

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image background fill a div

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To fill a div with a background image, you need to specify the background-image property in CSS. Here's an example code block using CSS:

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.div-class { background-image: url("your-image-url.jpg"); background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; height: 500px; /* set the height of the div */ }

In the code above, we set the background-image property to the URL of the desired image. We then set the background-size to cover, which means that the image will cover the entire background of the div. background-repeat is set to no-repeat to prevent the image from repeating itself. Finally, we set the height of the div to 500 pixels so that the background image will be displayed within this height.

You can replace .div-class with the class name of the div you want to fill with the background image, and replace your-image-url.jpg with the URL of the image you want to use.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Lindsey

add background image to page

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To add a background image to your webpage, you can use the CSS background-image property. Here is an example code snippet:

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body { background-image: url("your-image-url.jpg"); background-size: cover; /* optional */ }

Replace "your-image-url.jpg" with the URL or path to your desired image file. You can adjust the size and positioning of the image with other CSS properties if needed. Place this code in the <style> tags within the <head> section of your HTML file.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Chloe Marie

how can i make an image my background?

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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An image can be set as a background using CSS with the background-image property:

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body { background-image: url("path/to/background.png"); }

For more info on the syntax, please refer to MDN Web Docs.

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How to add background image with internal image

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In HTML, to add a background image using an internal image, you can use the background-image property in CSS on the element you would like to have the background image on, and set the url() of it to the location of your internal image.

For example, with HTML like this:

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<body> <h1>Heading with background image</h1> </body>

You can apply a background image like this:

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body { background-image: url("/path/to/background_image.jpg"); }

This will give you a background image on the body element.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Sofia

How do I apply a linear-gradient background?

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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You can apply a linear-gradient background in CSS with the background or background-image properties.

CSS:

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.example{ background: linear-gradient(to right, #ED213A, #93291E); }

An example can be seen below:

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how to change the background image opacity

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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You can change the background image opacity in CSS with the opacity property. Assignment of the value for this property can vary from 0 to 1.

It can be used in conjunction with the background-image property. Below is an example using opacity in CSS:

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div { background-image: url(background.jpg); opacity: 0.7; }

In the example above, the background image will have an opacity of 70%.

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how do i add an image behind a container

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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In CSS, you can add a background image behind a container using the background-image property. Here is an example of how you can use this capability:

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.container { background-image: url(/background.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; width: 100%; height: 500px; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Megan

How can I use an image url for background-image that can be located?

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

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In CSS, you can use a background-image property to set an image as the background. This can be done by referencing a url of the desired image, like this:

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background-image: url("IMAGE-URL");

For example, if you want to set an image with this url as the background - https://placeimg.com/1000/400/animals - you would do this:

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background-image: url("https://placeimg.com/1000/400/animals");

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how to put a background photo

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In HTML, you can set a background image for an element in CSS with the background-image property. You will need to use url() to specify the source of the image.

For example, if you want to give the <body> element a background image, you can do the following:

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body { background-image: url("sample.jpg"); }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Svitlana

how to write linear-gradient and url inside background image in css

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To write a linear gradient with a URL inside a background-image property in CSS, you can use the linear-gradient syntax like so:

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background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)), url(IMAGE_URL);

In this example, the rgba in the beginning of the linear-gradient syntax is used to specify the color of the gradient, and the URL specified in url will be used to load the image.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Tatiana

how to fit background image

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body { background-image: url(background-image.jpg); background-position: center; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Tatiana

background image css

๐Ÿค– SheCodes Athena says:

Answered in 18.6 seconds

You can set a background image in your HTML/CSS document using the CSS background-image property. Here's an example of how to implement it:

CSS:

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body { background-image: url("background-image.jpg"); }

HTML:

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<body> <h1>My webpage!</h1> </body>

This will set the image background-image.jpg as the background image of the body element. To learn more about styling with CSS visit Mozilla Developer Network.

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