why isn't my bg property working?

Hey Joshua, if you want to fill the whole background you have to choose the body tag.. The HTML tag is to tell the browser where HTML start and where it finish.

To give a background to the whole site your code should look like this:

body {background: url('img/smoke.png') no-repeat center; background-size: cover; }

For example if you want your site background black you use the following css:

body {background:#000;}

I think the image may do what you want with the code below. I just used a random smoke image to try it out. I'm not sure you need to center it.

body {
  height: 100%;
  background: url("smoke.png") no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
}

Neither methods have worked for me - I wonder if its my editor.

Regular background colors have worked but images have not.

Joshua, if you are using chrome access your html file and then hit right click, a sub-menu will show then select "inspect element" if you are having a problem with your background it will show you an error.

Thanks for you help Andres and Tree Casiano!

It turned out to be the editor - I put it in another one and everything is working perfectly!

I really appreciate the help and I am glad I am not crazy lol