What is the exact css code to put a background behind a centered div tag?

pzqwpo · 05-10-2009, 08:56 PM

I want to center my website and behind the centered div tag i want to have a plain gray background but i can't seem to get any codes to work.

Please give me the exact codes and where to put them...i dont know if i should put it in a css or right in the page code.

Karen Blundell · 05-10-2009, 11:23 PM

add this to your css stylesheet

Code:

body { background: #cccccc; }

Geejayz · 05-11-2009, 02:28 PM

If you just want the background within the div container then css would be similar to above eg:

styles.css

Code:

#bgstyle {
 background: #cccfff;
 }

mypage.html

Code:

<div id = "bgstyle">
<p> this is within the div tag </p>
</div>

ClickMonkey · 05-11-2009, 02:35 PM

Hello! :-) The suggestions that have already been provided
will probably work perfectly for you. If for some strange reason
they do not, one other approach you can try is to include the
style data within the div tag itself...

Code:

<div style="background: #cccccc;"> </div>

Anyway, hopefully you'll find some of these responses useful.

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