# HTML and CSS Help with Backgrounds
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**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [December 10, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-and-css-help-with-backgrounds/72951 "2004-12-10T20:28:22Z")\
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**Author:**  [@SureShot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SureShot)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-and-css-help-with-backgrounds/72951/1 "2004-12-10T20:28:22Z")
Hello all, it’s your old friend SureShot 🙂
I am having a bit of a problem. I don’t know a ton about CSS and can’t seem to get what I want achieved. Here’s my problem.
If you go to [www.selltowin.com/v3/test.html](http://www.selltowin.com/v3/test.html) you will see the new site I am putting together. It’s going to be a hybrid of flash, html and some programing. Right now it looks exactly how I want it to for the most part but it’s not done in a good way ☹
Right now I have the background as one huge .gif file that is centred through css and i don’t want to - it’s too big. I want to be able to define the borders on the left, right, top & bottom by using small images that repeate. I hope you understand what I mean :te: If anyone can help it’s very much appreciated. Thank you!