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CSS

Posted by Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points

Background image

Hi, can anyone help me please that why i cannot set the background image in header section ?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Visit---------</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">

</head>
<body>
    <nav>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="#">-------------</a></li>

        </ul>
    </nav>
    <header>
        <h2 id="main_heading">--------</h2>
        <h2 id="main_heading">--------</h2>


    </header>
</body>
</html> ```

main.css ----


header{
    background-image: url("../img/Mel-night.jpg");
}

>> background image is in the img folder in the same directory

1 Answer

Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 46,473 Points

Hi Sandeep! If you are in the same directory as the image folder, you shouldn't need the ../ at the front of the path.

Hope that helps - let me know if you have any questions, I am happy to help ???

Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points

Thats working ! Thanks Alexandra