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Kayla Pasciullo
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Kayla Pasciullo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,325 Points
Posted by Kayla Pasciullo
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Kayla Pasciullo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,325 Points

background image opacity not working properly at the bottom of my page?? PLS HELP :)

I am trying to make my background image lighter, its not working properly at the bottom of the page..

not sure if its an issue with the body / footer is not taking up the whole page

or if its an issue with this code

#backgroundimage::before{
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0px;
  right: 0px;
  left:  0px;
  bottom: 0px;
  background-image: url(domenico-loia-hGV2TfOh0ns-unsplash.jpg);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: top center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  opacity: 0.75;
}

ive also added this 
body html{
  height: 100%;
}

but its not helping?

https://kaylapasciullo.com/index.html https://kaylapasciullo.com/contact.html

ive been trying to troubleshoot this for way to long! please help me out here :) thanks so much!! kayla

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1 Answer

Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
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Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,818 Points

Hi Kayla,

It looks like your background image is applied twice, once in your CSS and once as an inline-style in your HTML:

<div id="backgroundimage" style="background-image:url('domenico-loia-hGV2TfOh0ns-unsplash.jpg');">

#backgroundimage::before {
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
    right: 0px;
    left: 0px;
    bottom: 0px;
    background-image: url(domenico-loia-hGV2TfOh0ns-unsplash.jpg);
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: top center;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    opacity: 0.75;
}

Try removing the inline-style (leaving your pseudo-element alone) and see if this gives the results you're after.

Kayla Pasciullo
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Kayla Pasciullo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,325 Points
Kayla Pasciullo
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Kayla Pasciullo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,325 Points

yes!!! that totally worked!! thank you SO much!!

would you happen to have any idea why now its giving me white space on small screens?