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

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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

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  • Alexandra McCardell
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    Mountain image never showed up in header for me...

    Posted on Jun 25, 2019 by Alexandra McCardell
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  • Tianerad 999
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    Is it possible to tell the browser how many times to repeat?

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

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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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  • manideep m
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    mountains image does not appear

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  • Wojciech Gurzynski
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    Backgorund-repat: repeat-x;

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  • 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

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    I need help

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  • Kudakwashe Kondenga
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    How do I align borders

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    This entire stream is completely confusing!

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  • Katsumi Suno
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    Do quotes matter?

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  • Manish Giri
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    Meaning of "background area" of element?

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  • Mohamed Abozied
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    Page preview differnce

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    background image value question

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  • Anthony Branze
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    background-repeat: no-repeat;

    Posted on Oct 27, 2015 by Anthony Branze
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    Where Should I store Images For Website?

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

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  • 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
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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
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    Mountain image does not appear

    Posted on Apr 23, 2015 by Michael Lara
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    Does the order in which you put attributes matter?

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

    Posted on Feb 16, 2015 by mrx3
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  • Max Kusnadi
    Max Kusnadi
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    Background image opacity?

    Posted on Dec 31, 2014 by Max Kusnadi
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