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[ispyguy757]

I know this is a SERIOUS noob question, but i want to have a single image of say 600x400
as the background for a page and then to put html on top of it .... can someone point me
in the right direction?

 

[rcjordan]

try http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_background-position.asp

[isthisthingon]

Yep, w3schools is the place to live: http://www.w3schools.com for just about everything.

[perkiset]

<style>
#mainDiv {
   height: 100%;
   width: 100%;
   background-image: url(/graphics/myImage.jpg);
   background-position: 50% 50%;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
   padding: 20px;
   font-family: Arial;
   font-size: 14px;
   font-weight: bold;
}
</style>

<div id="mainDiv">
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth to this country, a new nation, 
conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
</div>

Any div can have a background image, just as the BODY can. Lookup background-image and associated CSS declarations for more data.

[rcjordan]

>any div

Same for tables and table cells. Call them by id or, more generically, by class. Because of the built-in nesting of <table><tr><td> you can do some pretty spiffy background effects and still have it KISS.

[perkiset]

I'd have thought you'd be past tables by now RC, since there seems to be plenty of antilove evidence at the googleplex for them...

[rcjordan]

Can't give 'em up just yet, though I am on a 12-step program for table addicts. Divs too flakey for ramming and jamming content onto the page. And -thankfully- G still seems to cut old, established domains some slack on rank.

[perkiset]

I decided to bite the bullet and go all CSS about a year ago. About 6 full months of pain, now it's the only way to go. It is way better, and given some of our discussions of other pursuits, I can tell you that the rewards are worth the effort.

If you want, we could go voice and I could assist you. I also had a NASTY f'ing time cutting from tables, but once I did, it was hugely liberating. It's worth it, I assure you.

[rcjordan]

>assist

Thanks but I'll save your help offer for something more dire.

I need a new template for the cms anyway and it'll be table-less ....thinking of going with the fake newspaper look.