Asigning a background image to articles [solved]

[plushett]

So I did some research, trying to find out how to asign a background image to articles. reason is my site has black background but i want articles to have black text so its easy on the eyes, how can I assign a background image just for the articles
reason i dont just asign an background image for the main block is because im using a dropdown menu the background image ends up going under the menu.

[Oliver Georgi]

for what where and why?

use a CSS class for article headline.

Oliver

[plushett]

I just added a background image to the content tag like so:

<div style="margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px; margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:10px; background-image:url(http://eccentriclife.com/cmpages/pictur ... ground.jpg)">{CONTENT}</div>

at least it worked...made it so the only part of the page with a background
was the content....pretty handy for working with pages that have black
background...
Got to love the trial and error method of learning...heheh...

[Oliver Georgi]

always create a class

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<div style="margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px; margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:10px; background-image:url(http://eccentriclife.com/cmpages/picture/center_background.jpg)">{CONTENT}</div>

better:

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.contentDiv {
  margin-left:10px; 
  margin-right:10px; 
  margin-top:5px; 
  margin-bottom:10px; 
  background-image:url(http://eccentriclife.com/cmpages/picture/center_background.jpg);
}

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<div class="contentDiv">{CONTENT}</div>

Oliver