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Background images

The background-image CSS property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>Images: background-image</title>
	<style>
		body {
			color: #fc6;
			background-color: #c72;
			background-image: url("http://www.htmldog.com/examples/images/bg.gif");;
			font-size: 20px;
			margin: 0;
		}
		article {
			width: 480px;
			padding: 20px;
			margin: auto;
			background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.2);
		}
		h1, #htmldog {
			text-align: center;
		}
		a {
			color: white;
		}
	</style>
</head>
<body>
	<article>
		<h1>Images</h1>
		<p>CSS images, applied using <a href="http://www.htmldog.com/references/css/properties/background-image/">the <code>background-image</code> property</a>, are used for decoration.</p>
		<p>HTML images, inserted using <a href="http://www.htmldog.com/references/html/tags/img/">the <code>img</code> tag</a>, are used for meaningful content.</p>
		<img src="/examples/images/ecuador_anaconda.jpg" width="480" height="287" alt="Anaconda">
		<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</p>
		<img src="/examples/images/ecuador_tarantula.jpg" width="480" height="360" alt="Tarantula">
		<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
		<img src="/examples/images/ecuador_owlMonkeys.jpg" width="480" height="315" alt="Owl monkeys">

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		<p id="htmldog"><a href="http://www.htmldog.com/examples/"><img src="http://www.htmldog.com/badge1.gif" alt="HTML Dog"></a></p>
	</article>
</body>
</html>

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