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    Can you clarify what the instructor say: ".. everything except the margin area is consider the background layer"

    Posted August 31, 2020 11:45pm by eric zhou
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 381 Points
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  • Delicia Wharton
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    background image will not show up even with correct code and closing the browser and the workspace and the CTRL R reset

    Posted September 13, 2019 4:59pm by Delicia Wharton
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    UX Design Techdegree Student 11,098 Points
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    2 Answers

  • Alexandra McCardell
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    2,891 Points

    Mountain image never showed up in header for me...

    Posted June 25, 2019 8:48pm by Alexandra McCardell
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    5 Answers

  • Tianerad 999
    Tianerad 999
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    Is it possible to tell the browser how many times to repeat?

    Posted May 9, 2019 2:54pm by Tianerad 999
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    4 Answers

  • Sean Smith
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    Background Header disappears when I add background-size or background-repeat.

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  • gene c
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    What to do if i want the mountains.jpg image to fit perfectly inside of the main header?

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    gene c
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    1,964 Points

    mountains image does not appear

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    1,964 Points
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  • Wojciech Gurzynski
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    2,716 Points

    Backgorund-repat: repeat-x;

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    2,716 Points
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    1 Answer

  • Ronnel Jones
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    I am trying to put the mountain at my header background and it is not working. I have the correct coding in place

    Posted July 22, 2017 8:45pm by Ronnel Jones
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    2 Answers

  • john knight
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    I need help

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    1 Answer

  • Kudakwashe Kondenga
    Kudakwashe Kondenga
    1,732 Points

    How do I align borders

    Posted March 11, 2017 7:37am by Kudakwashe Kondenga
    Kudakwashe Kondenga
    1,732 Points
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  • Stephen Blair
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    This entire stream is completely confusing!

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  • Katsumi Suno
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    4,194 Points

    Do quotes matter?

    Posted January 7, 2017 1:23pm by Katsumi Suno
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  • Manish Giri
    Manish Giri
    16,266 Points

    Meaning of "background area" of element?

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  • Mohamed Abozied
    Mohamed Abozied
    919 Points

    Page preview differnce

    Posted September 17, 2016 6:12pm by Mohamed Abozied
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    919 Points
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  • Heriberto Nieves
    Heriberto Nieves
    2,466 Points

    background image value question

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  • Anthony Branze
    Anthony Branze
    4,887 Points

    background-repeat: no-repeat;

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    Where Should I store Images For Website?

    Posted September 29, 2015 10:54pm by Christopher Mlalazi
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    • CSS Basics (2014)
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    4 Answers

  • jasonchan4
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    What's the advantage of adding a background image in CSS as opposed to HTML?

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    1 Answer

  • melissa brown
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    what if i wanted to click on the arrow and scroll down to the beginning of the first div?

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  • Alex Pacheco
    Alex Pacheco
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    ('../') im confused how this works. he says "this tells the browser to move one directory backwards"

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  • Michael Lara
    Michael Lara
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    Mountain image does not appear

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    6 Answers

  • Gregory Blythe
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    Does the order in which you put attributes matter?

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  • mrx3
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    Where do I need to add the background back up color in my css?

    Posted February 16, 2015 8:57pm by mrx3
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    1 Answer

  • Max Kusnadi
    Max Kusnadi
    4,368 Points

    Background image opacity?

    Posted December 31, 2014 2:15pm by Max Kusnadi
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    • CSS Basics (2014)
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