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CSS CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders Background Properties

Posted by Craig Kempster
Craig Kempster
3,929 Points

Check Background-Image value in your CSS

Challenge Task 2 Error: Check your Background-Image value in your CSS?

.box { background-color: #387ABC; background-image: url('img\mike.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat; }

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Background Properties</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="box"></div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.box {
  background-color: #387ABC;
  background-image: url('img\mike.png');
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

2 Answers

Ryan Field
PLUS
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

For the background-image property, your backslash (\) should be a forward slash (/), like this:

background-image: url('img/mike.png');
Craig Kempster
Craig Kempster
3,929 Points
Craig Kempster
Craig Kempster
3,929 Points

I am guessing this because the syntax is specifying url? should it really be a big deal?