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    Background image won't show?

    I have a webpage in which I use a background-image. Problem is that it's not showing and I've done everything I know to do and it still doesn't appear. Below is my code which seems to be obvious. But I'm definitely missing something. I've tried clearing the cache. The webpage uses PHP and I'm using Brackets as my editor.

    The location of the image has been triple-checked.
    Code:
    body {
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        padding: 0;
        background-image: url("images/marble-2362262_640.jpg");
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-size: cover;
        font-family: Arial, Helvetica;
    }
    HTML code.
    Code:
            <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles2.css">
    Thanks,
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    That works with a basic page for me in IE 11, Chrome, and Firefox.

    If you open the network tab in your browser and reload the page, is it giving a 404 for anything?

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Network Tab? I'm using Chrome and I don't see what you are referring to...
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Using the debugger in the browser itself should show you the issue - error on file path or some CSS issue that's causing the problem.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Yes...it did actually but it wasn't on CSS. It was on a <script> tag at the bottom of my HTML. It looked just like this: <script> and nothing else. I inserted "type=text/javascript" and the 404 went away. However, my background-image still isn't showing up.
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    If you right click the page and select "Inspect"and then open the "Elements" tab and click on the "body" tag, does it show that it is loading your background image?

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    No...I don't see anything in the <body> tag that should be loading the image but that style is in css/styles2.css file location. See below.

    Code:
        <head lang="en">
            <title>Test Page</title>
            <meta name="description" content="Some meaningful content describing the site.">
    
            <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles2.css">    
            <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/resume_scripts.js"></script>
        </head>
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    No...I don't see anything in the <body> tag that should be loading the image but that style is in css/styles2.css file location. See below.

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        <head lang="en">
            <title>Test Page</title>
            <meta name="description" content="Some meaningful content describing the site.">
    
            <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles2.css">    
            <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/resume_scripts.js"></script>
        </head>
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    It wouldn't be in the body... it's in the css... do the rest of the styles show up?

    eeeeh.... try this:
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    body {
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        padding: 0;
        background-image: url("/images/marble-2362262_640.jpg");
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-size: cover;
        font-family: Arial, Helvetica;
    }
    Put a leading / on the front of the URIL for your image... it might be that it's trying to find it relative to the CSS file, which is in a CSS sub folder... that'll force it back to the images folder in the root.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Tech,

    I already tried what your suggesting and that did not work. As to your second question...not all of the styles are working...which lead me to think that there was a syntax error in one or more of the styles. I went through each style with a fine tooth comb and couldn't find anything.
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    At that point, I'd disable all styles, and add them back in one at a time, or in small chunks, making sure they work, until they don't...

    Not sure what else to suggest... debugging css can suck sometimes.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Yeah, that's kinda what I was thinking of doing next!
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    I meant inspect the body element and check the styles via Chrome's developer tools.
    Name:  body styles.jpg
Views: 814
Size:  78.2 KB

    It will show you the styles actually being applied and if anything is overwriting your background.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    kfcSmitty,

    Based on what you image looks like my styles don't look like they're being loaded. I don't see anything like what your image represents. I don't see a list of styles. Yet, there are some styles still being applied. It really doesn't make sense to me.
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    kfcSmitty,

    Based on what you image looks like my styles don't look like they're being loaded. I don't see anything like what your image represents. I don't see a list of styles. Yet, there are some styles still being applied. It really doesn't make sense to me.
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    If you open your CSS file via the browser, does it have the changes you expect? COuld be the CSS file is cached by the browser.

    If you open the full URL of the CSS file in the browser and it doesn't have your changes, try Ctrl + F5, or you can set developer tools to always load the page without cache as long as it is open.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    I've done CTRL+F5 several times. I'm not real savvy using the Chrome Developer tool. I'm sure if I knew it better, I would have figured this out by now. How can I set the page without cache in the developer tools?
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Quote Originally Posted by blakemckenna View Post
    Based on what you image looks like my styles don't look like they're being loaded. I don't see anything like what your image represents. I don't see a list of styles. Yet, there are some styles still being applied. It really doesn't make sense to me.
    Perhaps you should post a relevant image of what you do see.

    Anyway, are any errors reported in the Console tab (right of Elements tab)?

    If you drill down in the Sources tab (right of Console), do you find styles2.css listed and does it have the correct data shown?

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    I still seem to getting the 404 error and it's on the background image file.

    One thing I just saw in the developer tools. I was in the "Sources" tab and it showed the file structure of my app under localhost. I have an "Images" subdirectory and the background image (marble-2362262_640.jpg) wasn't in the directory but when I check the directory through windows explorer...it's there! What does that mean?
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    I would suspect your Images directory isn't on the proper level as tg alluded to in post #9. To remove any confusion perhaps you should reference the image by the absolute path for now instead of relative path as you have. Once you see the page looks like it should, then you can try to figure out the correct relative path for the image. You may need to have .. before the \ for example. Hard to say since we don't know what your directory structure looks like.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Trying to extrapolate your structure, using what you had in your OP, it would need to look like this:
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    test.html (or whatever you name this page)
     css
    --- styles2.css
    --- images
    ------ marble-2362262_640.jpg
    I'm betting that it really looks like this:
    Code:
    test.html (or whatever you name this page)
     css
    --- styles2.css
     images
    --- marble-2362262_640.jpg
    If that's true, either move the images folder under css or change the path to this
    background-image: url("../images/marble-2362262_640.jpg");
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    topshot,

    Your correct. That does show my background-image now. Thank you!
    Blake

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    topshot,

    Your correct. That does show my background-image now. Thank you! But now I think the reason all of the styles aren't showing up is because of my iframe. Does my iframe have to access the same "styles2.css" file? If so, how do I do that?
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    This site is acting weird. My replies seem to be getting posted twice!
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Quote Originally Posted by blakemckenna View Post
    Does my iframe have to access the same "styles2.css" file? If so, how do I do that?
    Yes. It is just another HTML file so the same link tag you used in the original HTML file.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Where do I put the <link> tag? Does it go in the pages that will be viewed in the IFrame?
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    Re: Background image won't show?

    Yes. I have always treated pages in an iframe exactly like those that aren't so they are fully HTML compliant as if they were on their own.

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    Re: Background image won't show?

    I actually did this before you sent this post and you are definitely right. Just need to iron out some things but things are starting to fall back into place!

    Thanks for your input!
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