Alright, so I wanted to jazz up my website a bit, specifically the background for the “wares” section, you know, where I list all my cool stuff. I decided to go with “bg3” because, well, it looked pretty neat. Here’s how I went about it.
First, I opened up my trusty text editor. I use “Sublime” But you use whatever you are familar with. Nothing fancy, just the basic HTML file for my wares page. I needed to find the section where all my items are listed. It was wrapped in a `
` tag with a class called “wares-section” – easy peasy.
Next, I headed over to my CSS file. This is where all the styling magic happens. I added a new rule for that “wares-section” class. It looked something like this:
.wares-section {
/ Other styles were already here /
I added my code inside.
.wares-section {
background-image: url("*");
Of course, “*” is the actual name of my background image file. Make sure you use the correct file name and path! If your image is in a folder called “images”, you’d use `url(“images/*”)`.
I saved both the HTML and CSS files. Then, I refreshed my website in the browser. Boom! There it was, my new background looking all snazzy behind my wares.
But I wasn’t quite done. I played around with a few extra CSS properties to make it look just right. I didn’t want the background to repeat itself over and over, so I added:
.wares-section {
background-image: url("*");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
Then, I wanted the background to cover the entire section, even if the content was short. So, I added:
.wares-section {
background-image: url("*");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
Finally, just to make sure the background image stayed put while scrolling, I threw in:
.wares-section {
background-image: url("*");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
background-attachment: fixed;
I kept refreshing and tweaking until I was happy with how it looked. It’s all about experimenting and seeing what works best for your own site!
And that’s it! That’s how I added my “bg3” background to my wares section. Pretty straightforward, right? Give it a try and see how it works for you!
