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jasonchan4
5,103 PointsWhat's the advantage of adding a background image in CSS as opposed to HTML?
I thought CSS is just for layout and positioning? Shouldn't everything content-related be added in HTML for best practice?
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Ivan Villa
8,597 Pointscorrect everything content related should be in the HTML, but images can be used for decoration as well as content.
for example lets say you are doing a website on hiking, you may want to add an image of some cool trails in the background, and this image is used for design only so CSS is a good choice.
if you are writing an article about a specific trail and you add the photo to your article, then adding it to HTML is a better choice, because the photo is part of the page content.
Mod Edit - Changed from comment to answer so it may be voted on or marked as best answer.