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Trying to insert a background image


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Old Jul 26, 2012, 10:42 AM
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9 posts · Jul 2012
I have read post after post after post on different instructions about inserting a background image. I just finished reading one by Juggledad on "Make a scalable background image". I followed his instructions to the T... and I still cannot get a background image inserted.

I am using Atahualpa 3.7.7

My image is uploaded here: robcaldwell.net/webspace/siteapps/189628/htdocs/wp-content/images/bluebackground.jpg

My website is robcaldwell.net (still a work in progress)

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Rob Caldwell
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Old Jul 26, 2012, 11:58 AM
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23,765 posts · Mar 2009
OSX 10.11.5 WP 4.x Atahualpa(all) Safari, Firefox, Chrome
the url and the path on the server, to a file are different. your url to the background iage is
HTML Code:
http://robcaldwell.net/wp-content/images/bluebackground.jpg
not
HTML Code:
robcaldwell.net/webspace/siteapps/189628/htdocs/wp-content/images/bluebackground.jpg
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Old Jul 26, 2012, 01:00 PM
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9 posts · Jul 2012
That did it! Thanks so much.

Now I have to figure out how to get the background image out of the body!

Rob Caldwell
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Old Jul 26, 2012, 02:21 PM
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23,765 posts · Mar 2009
OSX 10.11.5 WP 4.x Atahualpa(all) Safari, Firefox, Chrome
go to ato->Style & edit CENTER COLUMN->Center column style and set a background color.

Think of the page as a series of sheets of transparent paper on top of each other. If you don't want to see what is behind, you need to color that layer.
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Old Jul 26, 2012, 03:13 PM
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9 posts · Jul 2012
That did it! Thanks again!

I am not sure why this application is not more intuitive for me.

Rob Caldwell

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