https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Repeating backgound image but not in the form itself en Mon, 04 May 2026 02:45:35 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/repeating-backgound-image-but-not-in-the-form-itself#post-6938 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:33:58 +0000 yuniar 6938@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I've just checked your form and your CSS doesn't seem to have the background image property.<br /> Have you saved the CSS? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/repeating-backgound-image-but-not-in-the-form-itself#post-6928 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:15:16 +0000 studiochristy 6928@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Ok, I have done all of this and I still can't get any image to show up on my background, it just stays white! Please help! Here is my code:</p> <p>#main_body<br /> {<br /> font-family:"Lucida Grande", Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;<br /> font-size:small;<br /> margin:8px 0 16px;<br /> text-align:center;<br /> background: url(http://www.studiochristy.com/public_html/machform/images/patt_49b8c681dd7c8.jpg) top left repeat;<br /> }</p> <p>body<br /> {<br /> background: url(http://www.studiochristy.com/public_html/machform/images/patt_49b8c681dd7c8.jpg) top left repeat;<br /> }</p> <p>#form_container<br /> {<br /> background:#ffffff<br /> border:1px solid #ccc;<br /> margin:0 auto;<br /> text-align:left;<br /> width:640px;<br /> }<br /> and here is the link to the form:<br /> <a href="http://www.studiochristy.com/machform/view.php?id=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.studiochristy.com/machform/view.php?id=1</a></p> <p>Please tell me what I am doing wrong! </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/repeating-backgound-image-but-not-in-the-form-itself#post-6923 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:54:17 +0000 jamesdavidson 6923@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Brilliant - that works!</p> <p>Thanks for your help </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/repeating-backgound-image-but-not-in-the-form-itself#post-6920 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:33:35 +0000 redityo 6920@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Try to add "background-color:#fffff" to "#form_container" section. The code should be like this :</p> <pre><code>#form_container { background-color:#FFFFFF !important; margin:0 auto; text-align:left; width:640px; }</code></pre> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/repeating-backgound-image-but-not-in-the-form-itself#post-6919 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:07:57 +0000 jamesdavidson 6919@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I've added it to the form but it hasn't changed anything:</p> <p>#main_body<br /> {</p> <p> font-family:"Lucida Grande", Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;<br /> font-size:small;<br /> margin:8px 0 16px;<br /> text-align:center;<br /> background: url(http://www.jamesdavidson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/p2/blog_bg_1242680066.gif) top left repeat;<br /> }</p> <p>body<br /> {<br /> background: url(http://www.jamesdavidson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/p2/blog_bg_1242680066.gif) top left repeat;<br /> }</p> <p><a href="http://www.jamesdavidson.com/machform/view.php?id=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.jamesdavidson.com/machform/view.php?id=3</a> </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/repeating-backgound-image-but-not-in-the-form-itself#post-6915 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:11:36 +0000 redityo 6915@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Try to add these CSS code to your CSS form :</p> <pre><code>body { background: url(http://www.jamesdavidson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/p2/blog_bg_1242680066.gif) top left repeat; }</code></pre> <p>it should solve the problem </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/repeating-backgound-image-but-not-in-the-form-itself#post-6900 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:36:37 +0000 jamesdavidson 6900@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Is there a way of having a repeating image for the background of the page but not in the form itslef.</p> <p>I would like to keep the background of the form white but at the moment I can only work out how to have the background image throughout the whole form:</p> <p><a href="http://www.jamesdavidson.com/machform/view.php?id=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.jamesdavidson.com/machform/view.php?id=3</a></p> <p>this is the css code I'm using</p> <p>#main_body<br /> {<br /> background:#fffff<br /> font-family:"Lucida Grande", Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;<br /> font-size:small;<br /> margin:8px 0 16px;<br /> text-align:center;<br /> background:#fff url(http://www.jamesdavidson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/p2/blog_bg_1242680066.gif) repeat scroll left top;</p> <p>}</p> <p>#form_container<br /> {<br /> background:#fff<br /> border:1px solid #ccc;<br /> margin:0 auto;<br /> text-align:left;<br /> width:640px;<br /> }</p> <p>Many thanks in advance </p>