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Sesshomaru
03-01-2003, 09:24 AM
Hi, I seem to be having trouble with my background. I have the pic that I want to use uploaded in jpg formate, and I swear I'm using the right code <body background="the name.jpg"> but I don't know what's wrong!

http://lilysnape.tripod.com/index.html

There is the site, as you can see the background is white, yuck! I don't know what's wrong. *sighs*
epolady
03-01-2003, 09:39 AM
Are you sure you uploaded your image? I'm getting a 404 on the image when I tried to download it. Make sure it's not in /somefolder/yourimage.jpg.
Sesshomaru
03-01-2003, 09:45 AM
OH! Am I only supposed to upload the file with just the name.jpg? hehe..oops, well that may be the problem then. Because I uploaded it through my C drive...yeah.
epolady
03-01-2003, 09:55 AM
Yes you have to upload the images that you want to use on your webspace provider (in this case tripod). :)
Sesshomaru
03-01-2003, 10:00 AM
Wait, no no, I did that!!! It's in my file manager and everything..I was thinking I just uploaded the image wrong or something. GAH! I'm confused. But the image is there, trust me. Now that we have this clear, do you know what's wrong?
Sheila
03-01-2003, 10:05 AM
You have 2 <body> tags. Delete the one in bold.


<html>
<head><title>Snape's Dungeon</title></head>
<BODY background="snapevamp.jpg">
<body>
<h1 align=center><font color="336699"><font size=+4 face="Monotype Corsiva">Snape's Dungeon</h2></font></font></h1>
<br>
<h1 align=left><font size=+1><font color="336666">JKR quotes about Snape</font></font></h1>
<h1 align=left><font size=+1><font color="336666">Snape theories and rumors</font></font></h1>
<h1 align=left><font size=+1><font color="336666">Movie pics</font></font></h1>
<h1 align=left><font size=+1><font color="336666">Fanfiction</font></font></h1>
<h1 align=left><font size=+1><font color="336666">Fanart</font></font></h1>
<br>
<h1 align=right><p><font color="3366CC"><font size=+2 face="Monotype Corsiva">Welcome to Snape's Dungeon.<br> I hope you will be somewhat comfortable in this<br> cold, drafty place. So, have a look around and be<br> warned that some of this may be inappropriate for children.<br> I hope you enjoy your stay.</font></font></p></h1>
</BODY>
</html>
Sesshomaru
03-01-2003, 10:13 AM
*sniff* Ok..I did that, as you can see, it didn't help. And, yes, I swear that's the name of the pic. I've looked 100 times! I don't know what's wrong...
epolady
03-01-2003, 10:16 AM
Did you, perhaps place the image in another folder? like /images/ or something?
Sheila
03-01-2003, 10:23 AM
Found the problem....It's named snapevamp.JPG not snapevamp.jpg You must spell it the same way in order for it to work.
Sesshomaru
03-01-2003, 10:30 AM
Ok, this may have something to do with my computer, I don't know. When I save pictures or images, it sometimes is automatically saved in bitmap format, and I can't do anything about it. But, later I do edit the pictures, in the paint program, saving them under jpg. So, yes, the picture is in jpg format. This may have something to do with it, I don't know. *shrugs*
Sheila
03-01-2003, 10:32 AM
Did you change it like I said...

<BODY background="snapevamp.JPG">


It has to be spelled the way it is saved.
Sesshomaru
03-01-2003, 10:32 AM
OH YEAH!!!! Yeah, I posted that last post before I saw yours. Thank you sooo much. You guys are geniuses!!! lol.
Sheila
03-01-2003, 10:34 AM
Welcome :)