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Body Background Attribute

Body Background Attribute

If you want to add a background image instead of a color, one solution is the <body background> attribute. It specifies a background image for an HTML document.

Syntax:

<body background="URL">

Attribute:

background - URL for background image

Example:

<html>
  <body background="https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/hacktoberfest-is-back/hero.png">
  </body>
</html>

body-background attribute is depreciated

the body-background attribute been deprecated in HTML5. The correct way to style the <body> tag is with CSS.

There are several CSS properties used for setting the background of an element. These can be used on to set the background of an entire page.

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