Hello Dwain, Am I correct in assuming you want a "paintstripe" running down the side of your wrapper? If so, if that's what you're asking about, I would do the following
First get rid of this: <div id="paintstripe"></div> And remove that entry from the style sheet. I can't see that it is needed for anything. Then change the #wrapper in the style sheet to this: #wrapper { background : #fff url(../images/paint-stripe.png) repeat-y; margin : 0 auto; width : 760px; } That's all you need to do. It'll position itself snugly in the upper left and it'll repeat downward. If you want the image on the body, put that line there. If can be adjusted inward as well on the same line if you need it. Hope this helps. Respectfully, Mike Cherim http://green-beast.com/ PS. I would also add "background-color : #fff;" to the body element in your CSS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwain Alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "web standards group" <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 12:14 AM Subject: [WSG] background won't repeat-y i have done this before, but i can't seem to get this going. according to css definitive guide 3rd edition if i use the following css the background image is supposed to tile vertically: background: url(some-image.png) repeat-y; well, without a height and width on the image it doesn't appear on the page, much less tile vertically. the page is here: http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/sandbox/marbling-effects.html css is here: http://www.alforddesigngroup.com/sandbox/css/mueller.css like i said, i have made this work once before, but i can't figure this one out and i've been at it all day. dwain -- dwain alford p.o. box 145 winfield, alabama 35594 u.s.a. tele: 205.487.2570 cell: 205.495.5619 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************