when I write my CSS background colors will show up but not my images, I need to know what I'm doing wrong,, here is the code I'm using
Body{background-image: url(file:///C|/Users/Dreamster/Pictures/banner for website.jpg);

Well, you've got a URL pointing to a local file, which is a bad idea. When you code a site, you should keep a logical file structure, say with the home page top level (some keep all pages top level), a folder for images, a folder for scripts, and so on. Your CSS would then be:

body{background-image: url('images/banner_for_website.jpg');}

Remember the quotes, too. The image, of course, would be in the images folder. Also, avoid spaces in file names; use underscores if you need a space.

By doing it that way, it doesn't matter if you look at the page on the Web, on your computer, or on another computer off of a thumb drive, it will function the same way.

tim

I havent tried to upload it yet still in the design stage. I'm using DW 8
I would think the file name would be ok.

Local file names will show up if you are viewing a local web page in a browser. Local URLs should never be in your source code, on the other hand. Your website should be an island unto itself, so to speak, and that which is within it points to what is within it. The exception, of course, is for outside links, which should use absolute (that is, complete) URLs.

tim

Even if you are trying to view that locally, that link looks bad

file:///C|/Users/Dreamster/Pictures/banner for website.jpg

Have you tried uploading to a free image host?

Remember the quotes, too.

You don't need the quotes at all, as they have no effect. If the path is correct relative to the css file, then the image should show up.

Maybe you are on another level down on the website? Often there is a CSS folder that leads to the CSS page. In this case the path would be url(../images/image_name.jpg) to go up one level.