David Hucklesby wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:30:57 -0500, RePost wrote: > >> 1. Is there any way I can get the outer wrapper background to load before >> the content? >> The background image in the outer wrapper does not multiply vertically >> (repeat-y) until >> all the content has loaded. This happens in Firefox and not IE. >> >> > > Yes. You can pre-load background images by including them in the > markup at the top of the page BODY. Apply a width=1, height=0 so > they don't take up space, and enclose them in a DIV that's positioned > "off-left" using your favorite method for doing it. > > Because in-line images generally load before those declared in CSS, > this method is pretty effective cross-browser. Just be sure to give > them a dimension so they are in fact downloaded. I find that the > 1-pixel width I used above works pretty well. (Hat-tip to Thierry > for this, from his "TIP" image placement.[1]) > > [1] <http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/tip_5.asp> > > I have to admit defeat here, David, as this routine appears to be way over my head.
I have a 20x2000px background image that I want to repeat horizontally. I'm really not getting how the TIP method will work with this. Also, what do you mean by "off-left"? Float:left? ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
