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CSS CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders Background Properties

Posted by layeesolo
layeesolo
7,316 Points

Why is my code not working? I am trying to get the image to display once.

Can someone please explain to me what am I doing wrong?

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:#387abc;
     background-image:url("../img/mike.png")no-repeat;
}

2 Answers

mikes02
PLUS
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points
mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

First, make sure the path to your image is correct. Then, you can actually simplify what you are trying to accomplish like so:

.box{
background: #387abc url("../img/mike.png") no-repeat;
}

The long form would be

.box{
background-color: #387abc;
background-image: url("../img/mike.png");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
layeesolo
layeesolo
7,316 Points
layeesolo
layeesolo
7,316 Points

thanks. I got it now