# Why won't the background work?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-the-background-work/271875>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [September 29, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-the-background-work/271875 "2008-09-29T22:15:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![DesignerMichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DesignerMichael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DesignerMichael)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-wont-the-background-work/271875/1 "2008-09-29T22:15:15Z")

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Why can’t I get the background to appear?

```auto

style="float:left; margin-top:10px; width:370px; padding-bottom:5px; 
background:#EBF6C6 url('http:// ***.2.***.127/farm/images/giftsBottomBg.png') no-repeat fixed bottom center;"

```

I checked the url… It’s correct…