# How to get a tiled bg like the MM site?

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**Created:** [September 8, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-tiled-bg-like-the-mm-site/63599 "2004-09-08T10:26:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mindfriction](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mindfriction/32/172_2.png) [@mindfriction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mindfriction)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-tiled-bg-like-the-mm-site/63599/1 "2004-09-08T10:26:59Z")

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Hey peoples ;).

Was just wondering if anyone knew how they got the grey gradient background on the macromedia site to resize so well? [www.macromedia.com](http://www.macromedia.com) …Ive checked the source and I cant seem to find how they did it, all I know is that the background image is 1100px H x 1px W…

Basically Im trying to sit my flash movie (which doesnt resize) centred on a background (which fills the page). I figured publishing it as “windowless and transparent” and sitting it within a div layer is the only way?

PLease help. Thanks in advance 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-tiled-bg-like-the-mm-site/63599/2 "2004-09-08T12:31:37Z")

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Eh… I’m sure this has been answered b4 anyway… use CSS… make it your BG and tile only horizontally, and make the BG color the color of the bottom color in your gradient.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-tiled-bg-like-the-mm-site/63599/3 "2004-09-08T13:23:01Z")

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> [@simplistik](#):
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> Eh… I’m sure this has been answered b4 anyway… use CSS… make it your BG and tile only horizontally, and make the BG color the color of the bottom color in your gradient.

OK, thanks I’ll have a look into css options then. I guess now i think about it this question is probably in google somewhere! 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-a-tiled-bg-like-the-mm-site/63599/4 "2004-09-08T18:38:38Z")

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Add this to your body tag:

background-image: url("…/images/backgroundFade2.jpg");  
background-color:#333333;  
background-repeat:repeat-x;

Where the URL points to the image that fades from one color to another. And the background color is the color at the bottom of the fade.