# CSS Background Image problem in Safari

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-background-image-problem-in-safari/189275>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [June 1, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-background-image-problem-in-safari/189275 "2006-06-01T10:52:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaggieBroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MaggieBroon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MaggieBroon)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-background-image-problem-in-safari/189275/1 "2006-06-01T10:52:41Z")

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Can anyone explain to me why if I use the following piece of CSS code, it works fine while inside the html and appears in Safari and Firefox. However if you make it an external CSS file, it stops working in Safari.

```auto
body {
background-image:url(images/bg_shadow.gif);
}

```

Thanks 🙂