CSS - Div's Background Wont Show

Is there a fix?

Hello everyone. I have a site that uses a PHP command to pull the PHP modifier from the URL and use that as a class for a header. Those classes each have their own BG image in my external stylesheet. On any browser other than IE win it works fine, headers change as the class changes. On IE win though only the first one (my "about" class) works, the rest default to the standard header. I have re-typed the rest to see if it was just a text problem but nope. Everything validates fine.

The page is http://holiday.mrpunkin.com/about.php

My classes are as follows: they all modify the "mid" div as you can see:

Code:

#mid.about {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_about.gif");}

#mid.activities {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_activities.gif");}

#mid.food {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_food.gif");}

#mid.travel {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_travel.gif");}

#mid.resident {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_res_rel.gif");}

#mid.health {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_health.gif");}

#mid.fitness {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_fitness.gif");}

#mid.maintenance {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_bg.gif");}

#mid.construction {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_construction.gif");}

#mid.employment {background: transparent url("/img/headers/mid_employment.gif");}

Does anyone know why IE Win won't recognize the different BG images and use those? When I view the source I can tell that its outputting the class name correctly, so thats not the issue. Please get back to me asap. Thanks.

Just curious as to what i'm doing wrong here, its the #content block that isn't working. Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.

css Code:
Original - css Code body { font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 11px; } .bg { width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 5000; } #pagecontent { width: 800px; height: 600px; position: relative; z-index: 6000; margin: auto; } #content { width: 800px; background-color: #999999; } #latesttut { width: 381px; height: 150px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF; float: left; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; } #latestblog { width: 381px; height: 150px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF; float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; } #seperator { width: 800px; height: 5px; float: left; } #latestnews { width: 784px; height: 213px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; float: left; } #footer { width: 800px; position: absolute; bottom: 0; } .nav { background-image: url('images/blank1pxl.jpg'); } a:link { text-decoration: none; color: #0066CC; font-size: 9px; } a:hover { text-decoration: underline; color: #0066CC; font-size: 9px; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #0066CC; font-size: 9px; } a:active { text-decoration: none; color: #0066CC; font-size: 9px; }

  

  


 body {


     font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial;


     color: #FFFFFF;


     font-size: 11px;


 }


 .bg {


     width: 100%;


     position: absolute;


     top: 0;


     left: 0;


     z-index: 5000;


 }


 #pagecontent {


     width: 800px;


     height: 600px;


     position: relative;


     z-index: 6000;


     margin: auto;


 }


 #content {


     width: 800px;


     background-color: #999999;


 }


 #latesttut {


     width: 381px;


     height: 150px;


     border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;


     float: left;


     padding-left: 5px;


     padding-right: 5px;


 }


 #latestblog {


     width: 381px;


     height: 150px;


     border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;


     float: right;


     padding-left: 5px;


     padding-right: 5px;


 }


 #seperator {


     width: 800px;


     height: 5px;


     float: left;


 }


 #latestnews {


     width: 784px;


     height: 213px;


     border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;


     padding-left: 5px;


     padding-right: 5px;


     float: left;


 }


 #footer {


     width: 800px;


     position: absolute;


     bottom: 0;


 }


 .nav {


     background-image: url('images/blank1pxl.jpg');


 }


 a:link {


     text-decoration: none;


     color: #0066CC;


     font-size: 9px;


 }


 a:hover {


     text-decoration: underline;


     color: #0066CC;


     font-size: 9px;


 }


 a:visited {


     text-decoration: none;


     color: #0066CC;


     font-size: 9px;


 }


 a:active {


     text-decoration: none;


     color: #0066CC;


     font-size: 9px;


 } 

My css code
Code:

#menu {width:172px; padding: 0; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #333;}
#menu ul {border: 1px black solid; list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0 0 1 0; background-color: #d1d1d1;}
#menu li .menu_box {background-image: url('./images/menu_fill.gif'); margin-left: 200px;}
#menu li {border: none; margin: 0;}
#menu li a {display: block; padding: 5px 5px 5px 0.5em; background-color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;}

My html code
Code:

<div id='menu'>
<ul>
<li class='menu_box'><img src='./images/menu_news.gif' alt='' /></li>
<li><a href='{$url}'>+ Home</a></li>
<li><a href='{$url}about.php'>+ About Nascar Interior</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class='menu_box'><img src='./images/menu_services.gif' alt='' /></li>
<li><a href='{$url}portfolio.php'>+ Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href='{$url}enquiry.php'>+ Enquiry</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

For some reason I can't get menu_fill.gif to fill the <li> with the class menu_box. Is there something wrong with my code?

Hi everyone...new here and I hope you can help! Thanks is advance!

I want to repeat an image (bkgd.jpg) in my background and it doesn't seem to be working. Here is the site:

romanceplaybook
I can't post the entire URL because I'm a new registrant. But just put dot com at the end.

Not that the page background is white. It should be repeating the image bkgd.jpg

Here is the CSS:

body {
background: #ffffff url(images/bkgd.jpg) top repeat-y;
color: #333333;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
margin: 0px auto 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#wrap {
background: #ffffff url(images/bg.jpg) top center repeat-y;
color: #333333;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
margin: 0px 300px 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

/************************************************
* Hyperlinks *
************************************************/

a, a:visited{
color: #507AA5;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}

/************************************************
* Header *
************************************************/

#header {
background: #FFFFFF;
width: 1000px;
margin: 0px auto 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

#header a {
font-family: Times New Roman, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 48px;
color: #333333;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
margin: 0px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

#header a:hover{
color: #333333;
}

/************************************************
* Navbar *
************************************************/

/************************************************
* Left Sidebar *
************************************************/

#l_sidebar {
float: left;
width: 160px;
margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;
padding: 20px 0px 20px 0px;
}

#l_sidebar ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
}

#l_sidebar li {
list-style: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#l_sidebar ul li {
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
}

#l_sidebar ul li a {
color: #507AA5;
text-decoration: none;
}

#l_sidebar ul li a:hover {
color: #507AA5;
text-decoration: underline;
}

/************************************************
* Right Sidebar *
************************************************/

#r_sidebar {
float: right;
width: 160px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 20px 0px 0px 0px;
}

#r_sidebar p{
padding: 2px 0px 16px 0px;
margin: 0px;
line-height: 20px;
}

#r_sidebar ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
}

#r_sidebar ul li {
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
}

#r_sidebar ul li a {
color: #507AA5;
text-decoration: none;
}

#r_sidebar ul li a:hover {
color: #507AA5;
text-decoration: underline;
}

/************************************************
* Content *
************************************************/

#content {
width: 950px;
margin: 0px auto 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#content p{
padding: 0px 0px 15px 0px;
margin: 0px;
line-height: 20px;
}

#content p img{
float: left;
border: none;
margin-right: 15px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

#content h1 {
color: #333333;
font-size: 22px;
font-family: Times New Roman, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
font-weight: normal;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

#content h1 a {
color: #333333;
text-decoration: none;
}

#content h1 a:hover {
color: #658DB5;
text-decoration: none;
}

#content h2 {
color: #333333;
font-size: 14px;
font-family: Times New Roman, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
margin: 0px;
border-top: 1px dotted #C0C0C0;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #C0C0C0;
}

#content p ol{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
}

#content p ul{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
}

blockquote{
margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px;
padding: 0px 25px 0px 10px;
font-style: italic;
color: #666666;
border-left: 3px solid #B3C8DB;
}

#content blockquote p{
margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#contentmiddle {
float: left;
width: 550px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 20px 5px 10px 20px;
text-align: left;
}

#contentmiddle p img{
float: left;
border: none;
margin-right: 15px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.contentdate {
background: #FFFFFF url(images/date.gif);
float: left;
width: 45px;
height: 50px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

.contentdate h3 {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
padding: 1px 0px 0px 10px;
margin: 0px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

.contentdate h4 {
font-family: Times New Roman, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
color: #999999;
font-size: 21px;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 5px 4px 0px 0px;
margin: 0px;
text-align: center;
}

.contenttitle {
float: left;
width: 480px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
}

#contentmiddle ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
}

#contentmiddle ul li {
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
}

#contentmiddle ul li a {
color: #507AA5;
text-decoration: none;
}

#contentmiddle ul li a:hover {
color: #507AA5;
text-decoration: underline;
}

#content img.wp-smiley {
float: none;
border: none;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

#content img.wp-wink {
float: none;
border: none;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

.postspace {
background: #EFEFEF url(images/spacer.gif);
width: 440px;
height: 32px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

/************************************************
* Footer *
************************************************/

#footer {
background: #FFFFFF;
width: 952px;
margin: 0px auto 0px;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
}

/************************************************
* Search Form *
************************************************/

#searchdiv {
margin: 0px;
padding 0px;
}

#searchform {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}

#s {
width: 190px;
background: #EFEFEF url(images/search.gif);
color: #333333;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
padding: 3px;
margin: 8px 0px 0px 0px;
border: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
}

/************************************************
* Comments *
************************************************/

#commentblock {
width: 395px;
background: #EFEFEF;
color: #333333;
float: left;
padding: 10px 20px 0px 20px;
margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
border: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
}

ol#commentlist {
padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
margin: 0px;
list-style-type: none;
}

.commentdate {
font-size: 12px;
padding-left: 0px;
}

#commentlist li p{
margin-bottom: 8px;
line-height: 20px;
padding: 0px;
}

.commentname {
color: #333333;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 0px;
}

.commentinfo{
clear: both;
}

.commenttext {
clear: both;
margin: 5px 0px 20px 0px;
padding: 20px 10px 5px 10px;
width: 365px;
background: #FFFFFF url(images/comment.gif) no-repeat top;
}

.commenttext-admin {
clear: both;
margin: 5px 0px 20px 0px;
padding: 20px 10px 5px 10px;
width: 365px;
background: #FFFFFF url(images/comment.gif) no-repeat top;
}

#commentsformheader{
padding-left: 0px;
}

#commentsform{
text-align: left;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#commentsform form{
text-align: left;
margin: 0px;
}

#commentsform p{
margin: 0px;
}

#commentsform form textarea{
width: 99%;
}

p.comments_link img{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
border-top-style: none;
border-right-style: none;
border-bottom-style: none;
border-left-style: none;
}

It was showing up until I changed something in the CSS that I can't change back (because it would mess up the formatting), and now I don't know how to further change the CSS to get the footer to display properly.

(Um... can't post link to the site, what should i do?)

For reference, the footer background is the same as the navigation background (silver). It may currently be set to highlightred.png but that was so I could try to determine if it was offset behind anything. It doesn't appear to be, unless it's lining up perfectly behind highlight.png from the navigation.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.

Hi,

I have a page where I am including a background image via CSS. It looks fine when viewed in a browser, but when I print it the background does not show up.

I have my stylesheet include set to both screen and print:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/css/form.css" media="screen, print">

The CSS code in question that sets the background image is:

#title{
background: url(../../images/title_bg.gif);
width: 398px;
height: 52px;
text-align: right;

}

<div id="title">
<div class="titleText"><cfoutput>#FormDETAIL.strTitle#</cfoutput></div>
</div>

Why can I not see this background image when I print the page??

I am working on this page:
http://concrete-creative.com/pp/products.html

and the problem I am having is that I want the rest of the "flower" image to show behind the content area... I have it set as the background image of that table, but it's not showing up. Here's an image of how it is supposed to appear:
http://concrete-creative.com/pp/pp_sample.jpg

Can anyone direct me on how to work this out?

Thank you!

(I posted this is the HTML forum too but can't figure out how to move it, so I just posted it here too)

Hello all!

I'm having difficulties... in IE, showing background image works perfectly, however, on FireFox it does not show the background image...

SAMPLE CODE:

Code:

#header385 {
	width: 1009px;
	margin: auto;
	background-image:url(http://www.zadarsport.com/20pozadina_385.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	}

#kraj {
	width: 1009px;
	margin: auto;
	background-image:url(http://www.zadarsport.com/20kraj.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	z-index:-1;
	}

i do not use height option because it's depending on how many words and images article has, however, it works in IE

example:

http://www.zadarsport.com/x.php

please check #kraj and #header385 and try to help me PLEASE... thanks!

Hey everyone,

I was trying to create a design for a friend, so I started it in Firefox, I got halfway done, went and checked it in IE7, and the background image isn't showing. Here is my code along with a screen shot of it in Firefox and IE7.
Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
  <head>
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript" />
   <title></title>
   <style type="text/css">/* <![CDATA[ */
/* globals */
* {
 margin: 0;
 padding: 0;
}
body {
 background-color: #0E1211;
 color: #FFFFFF;
 font-family: tahoma, verdana, arial;
 font-size: 1em;
 background-image: url( background1.gif );
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
a img {
 border: 0;
}
a, a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:visited {
 color: #EC5568;
 text-decoration: none;
}
a:focus {
 outline: none;
}
a:hover {
 text-decoration: none;
}
#container {
 padding: 10px;
}
#menu {
 float: left;
 width: 20%;
 opacity: .6; /* All others */
 -moz-opacity: .6; /* Gecko browsers */
 filter: alpha( Opacity: 50 );
 background-color: #666666;
 text-align: center;
}
#menu li {
 display: block;
 line-height: 200%;
 list-style-type: none;
}
#menu a {
 padding: 5px;
 padding-right: 80px;
 padding-left: 80px;
 background-color: #333333;
}
#menu a:hover {
 background-color: #000000;
}
#menu h2 {
 text-align: left;
 padding-left: 15px;
 font-size: 16px;
}
#main {
 margin-left: 1%;
 padding: 1%;
 float: right;
 width: 77%;
 opacity: .6; /* All others */
 -moz-opacity: .6; /* Gecko browsers */
 filter: alpha( Opacity: 50 );
 background-color: #666666;
 text-align: justify;
}
	/* ]]> */</style>
  </head>
  <body>
   <div id="container">
    <div id="menu">
     <h2>asdf</h2>
     <ul>
      <li><a href="">Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Link</a></li>
     </ul>
    </div>
    <div id="main">
     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nam justo elit, ullamcorper ut, dapibus quis, faucibus eu, magna. Nam pede. Fusce tincidunt volutpat tellus. Vestibulum ultrices. Donec augue felis, commodo quis, vestibulum in, tincidunt nec, turpis. Etiam orci ipsum, consectetuer sed, volutpat lacinia, tempor et, ante. Etiam bibendum, dui consectetuer varius facilisis, nisi ante ultrices dui, et tincidunt felis tortor in pede. Aenean sagittis, nisi sed consequat dictum, arcu justo dignissim urna, mollis sodales est mi id urna. Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed sit amet nisi. Quisque sodales mi sed dolor.

Sed tortor. Vestibulum aliquam semper magna. Suspendisse ac urna vitae turpis sagittis semper. Sed arcu est, sollicitudin sed, vulputate ut, volutpat vitae, mi. Integer porta eros ac mi. Ut mattis est sed nulla. Donec nec eros. Vivamus vestibulum congue mi. Fusce vel quam at elit condimentum lobortis. Nunc adipiscing, risus rutrum volutpat lobortis, est massa vestibulum ipsum, et mollis est sem eget odio. Integer eu metus id mauris tempor pellentesque. Mauris lacinia tincidunt diam. Donec pulvinar. Phasellus lectus augue, feugiat eget, aliquam ut, egestas sed, purus. Donec dolor arcu, commodo vitae, scelerisque ut, lobortis sed, sapien. Mauris nonummy tellus id mauris. 
    </div>
   </div>
  </body>
 </html>

Screen shot for FF.
Screen shot for IE7.

Any ideas on why this is happening? IE has been going weird when ever I use background images

<body>
<div id="wrapper" style=" vertical-align:middle;">
<div id="border-top">
<div id="border-left">
<div id="border-right">
<div id="border-bottom"> </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>



body {
background-color:#5E362C;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
}

#wrapper {
width: 828px;
height: 558px;
position:relative;
left: 50%;
margin-left:-414px;
}

#border-top {
background-image: url(../Webdesign/MIRAGE services1_r2_c2.jpg);
background-position:top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width: 828px;
height: 558px;
}

#border-left {
background-image: url(../Webdesign/MIRAGE services1_r3_c2.jpg);
background-position:top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width: 828px;
height: 558px;
margin-top:20px;
}

#border-right {
background-image: url(../Webdesign/MIRAGE services1_r3_c18.jpg);
background-position:top right;
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width: 828px;
height: 557px;
margin-top:-20px;
margin-bottom:20px;
}

#border-bottom {
background-image: url(../Webdesign/MIRAGE services1_r10_c3.jpg);
background-position:bottom right;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width: 828px;
height: 558px;
margin-top:-1px;
}




Thanks for the help !

Hey everyone. I have never posted here before, but I am really needing some help. I am not a newbie, and make layouts on a regular basis. Now I am not claming that I know everything about CSS cause I def don't...lol...but this one has really got me stumped. Please help.

I created a layout for a friend of mine. He was complaining about the background not showing up. Well I immediately went and checked the code and IT WORKED JUST FINE. I tried the layout code on two other user's myspace profiles and used two different computers to check it and CRAZY ENOUGH, it was still working perfectly.

However when you add the layout to his profile, the background will just NOT show up. It is not only this layout, but I tried different layouts, once that I created and ones I didn't. Whenever you put a layout code in his profile, every other element of the layout works EXCEPT for the background showing up.

So I figured it must be some other code pasted in one of his sections, screwing the layout code up. WRONG AGAIN! I took at ALL other codes in every section and the background still won't work. I even tried changes Myspace account settings and all kinds of crazy off the wall things, and I can't get it to work.

Has anyone ever heard of this? Please tell me you have, and that you know what might be causing this...and have a fix. It is driving me insane. Thanks!

I have just started writing a page and the first thing I did was establish a body background color and image. It works in IE but not FF.

Can someone please give me a clue what is wrong.

I have searched all the CSS books and the internet but I cannot find an answer.

Thanks in advance.

The URL is http://www.childrens-stories.me.uk/

Hi,

I'm using html:link with a background image. This works fine on IE and Firefox, but the link won't show in Mozilla. Could changes to the css fix this? Does anyone know how to solve this?

Regards,
Nina

I have a Wordpress site. The layout has some complex elements, but strangely the one thing that doesn't work is the background-color that I am setting using the "body" selector. It works great on Firefox and IE (imagine that!) but not on Safari or Chrome, which are Webkit-based. It is supposed to have a gray background, but those two browsers just show the default white.

The following is the code I'm using in the body selector.. not much places where something could be going wrong.

css Code:
Original - css Code body { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: #333333; }

  

  


 body {


     margin: 0px;


     padding: 0px;


     background-color: #333333;


 } 

The link to the page is he http://montanlaw.com

I don't understand why things aren't working... it seems to me like background-color should be a very well-supported property that shouldn't have much variance between browsers. Anyone have any tips?

Note: I tried validating the code to see if there was an error there - however, it's all valid except two little (unrelated) things that I could easily fix if I needed to.

Thanks in advance for any help,
chip19