# Html Backgroud Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-backgroud-question/232884>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 18, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-backgroud-question/232884 "2007-07-18T14:53:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![illstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@illstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/illstar)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/html-backgroud-question/232884/1 "2007-07-18T14:53:11Z")

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I designed a background that I want to use on a page, but i dont want the background to be the width of the whole page. how can i make it so the background is always center and not stretched to the width of the page?  
Thank you in Advance