Responding to this old thread. When I do the <style>...in the background 
image, the entire image is filled up in the page. How do I specify pixel 
(how much width and height)?

I tried ; width:10px; height:10px. But it still filles the entire screen 
with the image. 



On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 7:03:40 PM UTC-4, Alex Glaros wrote:
>
> thanks Massimo,
>
> I think you're right to be concerned that this is the wrong approach 
>
> I wanted to add a small image, logo, just below the navbar.  I was 
> concerned that the image might shift over on top of text on devices that I 
> haven't tested yet, so I thought that as background image, text that 
> unexpectedly shifted over it could safely be readable.
>
> I'll study how other people handle this and try later.  This is a temp fix 
> below but pages actually look cleaner without the image anyway.
> <style>
>    body { background: url({{=URL('static', 'images/bulb_small.png',)}});
> background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: 8% 4%;}
> </style>
>
> thanks,
>
> Alex
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:16:46 PM UTC-7, LightDot wrote:
>>
>> If it's plain CSS you're interested in, you can get such information in a 
>> matter of seconds if you simply look it up in the docs:
>>
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/CSS_background_images#Positioning_the_image
>>
>> But I'm a bit surprised that you want to float a background. You'll need 
>> to find another way to achieve what ever you're trying to do...
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 5:53:38 PM UTC+2, Alex Glaros wrote:
>>>
>>> you guessed correctly, Massimo, it was "body".  
>>>
>>> How is float and width typed in? Below float/width do not work.
>>>
>>>  <style>
>>>         body { background: url({{=URL('static', 
>>> 'images/bulb.png',)}});background-repeat: no-repeat;float:right; 
>>> width:10px; height:10px}
>>> </style>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 6:20:32 AM UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wich background?
>>>>
>>>> <style>
>>>>   body { background: url({{=URL(....)}});}
>>>> </style>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 03:45:02 UTC-5, Alex Glaros wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What is snytax for background image?
>>>>>
>>>>> this example works for foreground:
>>>>>
>>>>> {{=IMG(_src=URL('static', 'images/bulb.png'))}}
>>>>>
>>>>> what is syntax for the same image, for background?
>>>>>
>>>>> please let me know if it needs to be surrounded by <div> or <style> or 
>>>>> any tags
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex Glaros
>>>>>
>>>>

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