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CSS

Posted by John Levy
John Levy
1,451 Points

Trouble with adding a image

I have several boxes each with a circle in them. I am trying to add a image to fit inside the circle. I have attached the code I used to make the circle. How do I add the image in this case it will be the image gymlife22.jpg? I have tried to add it but still having no luck. I have attached the code below Thanks in advance

http://codepen.io/Johned22/pen/QKXmJR

Laurie Curiant
Laurie Curiant
8,965 Points

Hi, you can't use src on a <div> element. if you wan't to insert an image into your <div>, it should be written like that :

<div> <img src="yourImage" /> </div>

the target="_blank" is used for the links, if you want to open them in a new window.

<a href="http://google.fr" target="_blank"></a>

3 Answers

Jacob Herrington
Jacob Herrington
15,835 Points

Here is an example of where I did what I think you are trying to accomplish: https://jsfiddle.net/ekzepu02/1/

You'll want to use the background or background-image CSS rule.

John Levy
John Levy
1,451 Points
John Levy
John Levy
1,451 Points

Thanks for your advice. I am still haovng problems. The code I am trying is

<div id="circle"></div>

#circle{
          background-image: gymlife22.jpg center no-repeat;
        }

What am I doing wrong?

Jacob Herrington
Jacob Herrington
15,835 Points

Hey John! You're close, but you need to make sure you're using the URL() argument for your rule -- even if you're referencing a file that is stored locally, you have to supply the link to the image. So if it is I'm the same directory:

#circle {
  background-image: URL("image.jpg");
}

Sorry for formatting, I'm on mobile.

John Levy
John Levy
1,451 Points
John Levy
John Levy
1,451 Points

Thanks that solved my problem