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Delicia Wharton
UX Design Techdegree Student 11,098 Pointsbackground image will not show up even with correct code and closing the browser and the workspace and the CTRL R reset
my background image still will not show and i have tried everything. this is from CSS basics with guil, the Lake Taho lesson.
.main-header {
background-color: #ffa949;
padding-top: 170px;
height: 850px;
background-image: url ('../img/mountains.jpg');
}
2 Answers
nakalkucing
12,964 PointsHi Delicia Wharton! you have an extra space between url and (
background-image: url ('../img/mountains.jpg');
^
If you remove that your code should run just fine! :)
Let me know if you need more help. Happy coding!
Dmitry Polyakov
4,989 PointsHey, make sure that the path to image on your computer is the same "../img/mountains.jpg"
Mindaugas Dragunas
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 16,169 PointsMindaugas Dragunas
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 16,169 PointsHi,
Try this:
.main-header { background-color: #ffa949; background-image: url('../img/header.jpg'); background-size: cover; padding-top: 170px; height: 850px; }