Background No Scroll

[jerryc61571513]

I'm new to Dreamweaver.  I've been a Frontpage user as long as it's been around.  To keep a background from scrolling I simply check the watermark box in the page properties and it's done.  Apparently Dreamweaver isn't that simple.  Any help would greatly be appreciated.  Try to keep it simple as I said, I'm new to Dreamweaver.

[Nancy OShea]

See CSS background property

What you want is fixed.

Example:

body {

     background: url(some_image.jpg) center center fixed;

}

[jerryc61571513]

I tried that just now and my background disappeared.  When I removed the center center fixed; it came back.

[Nancy OShea]

You probably used the background-image property instead of just plain background.

It makes a difference.

See this online demo:

Alt-Web : Endangered Demo

Nancy

[ALsp]

For backgrounds it is always best to use longhand until you are comfortable coding. It is also a good idea because Dreamweaver is not nearly as friendly a CSS editor as Front Page was. Using shorthand will often leave you HAVING to code CSS manually as the so-called CSS Designer panel will drive you nuts. So, this would work:

body {

     background-image: url(some_image.jpg);

     background-position: whatever you want;

     background-attachment: fixed;

     background-size: use cover if you want the image to fill the screen;

}

[jerryc61571513]

I accidentally stumbled across this code background-attachment: fixed; and it worked.

[jerryc61571513]

Yes I did.  There is defiantly an extreme learning curve to this program.

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

People who have a solid grasp of code basics can learn to use DW in a weekend.  Seriously, DW is not hard to use.   But if you can't work with HTML, CSS (and to a lesser extent JavaScript), the learning curve is very steep.  

My advice is to spend a weekend doing code tutorials first.  In the long run, you'll be mighty glad you did .

• HTML5 Introduction
• CSS Tutorial

If coding is not your thing and never will be, then you should probably be using Muse.  It's aimed at hobbyists and designers who just need basic websites and have no coding skills.

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Nancy