Images not showing?

User 2741647 Photo


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Hello, I added a background image to my html but it's not showing.

Here's what I put:
background-image:url('/desktop/background_image.jpg');

I named it "background_image" and it's a jpg.

What am I doing wrong?
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20,181 posts

Bring the image into the directory of your project like in a folder named images.
background-image:url('images/background_image.jpg');
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

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User 2741647 Photo


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Eric Rohloff wrote:
Bring the image into the directory of your project like in a folder named images.
background-image:url('images/background_image.jpg');

How would I find that folder?
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You need to create the folder, then put your images into it.
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User 38401 Photo


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The reason you are not getting them to work is because you need to reference the files "as if" they were on the web and right now they are pointed to a location on your own computer. When they are on the web they will not be in a desktop directory so:
    1. Go to the location that your website files are located and see if there is already a folder called images.
    2. If not, then create one there and put your images inside it.
    3. If there is, then put your images inside it.
When you reference them then the location would be:
images/imagename.jpg or .png or ... You hopefully get the picture.

Hope that helps understand what is actually wrong. :)

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