Title: Index Page   CSS
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Index Page CSS

 *  [WallaceTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wallacetech/)
 * (@wallacetech)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-page-css/)
 * Guys.
 * I am having a go at making my own WP theme for a site i am building. I have a
   fully working WP install
 * I am using Dreamweaver CS5 and please tell me if there is something better.
 * I have created a index.php and also a style.css
 * Now my index.php is not doing anything crazy right now. I have created a .php
   page in dreamweaver and then assigned a background image. I have put the CSS 
   code as follows in the .css file
 * body {
    background-color: #FFF; background-image: url(images/ButchersBlock.png);}
 * Now if i just open index.php in firefox then i see the background image. But 
   when i use it with WordPress i see nothing but a white screen.
 * I am sure i am doing something silly. can anyone help?
 * Thanks in advance

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 *  [enile8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enile8/)
 * (@enile8)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-page-css/#post-2315482)
 * Hello,
 * Make sure that your image directory is in the right place. For the wordpress 
   theme it should be in the same directory which should be something like
 * `example.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/`
    this is where your “index.php” and “
   style.css” should be.
 * then
    `example.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/images/` which is where the “ButchersBlock.
   png” should be.
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [WallaceTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wallacetech/)
 * (@wallacetech)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-page-css/#post-2315496)
 * Thanks mate. Ok so using the following allows my background to show when i load
   the page.
 * example.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/images/
 * I am abit confused. When i look at other templates and the .css files they all
   seem to use
 * (images/IMAGE NAME HERE)
 * Any ideas?
 *  [enile8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enile8/)
 * (@enile8)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-page-css/#post-2315500)
 * Yes, that’s all you should have to use. If your image is located there but isn’t
   showing up with `(images/IMAGE NAME HERE)` try it like `(./images/IMAGE NAME 
   HERE)`
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [WallaceTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wallacetech/)
 * (@wallacetech)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-page-css/#post-2315504)
 * Yep tried that and it removes the image again.
 * I am running multiple sites on WP could this be why i need to use the full URL?

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 * Last reply from: [WallaceTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wallacetech/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-page-css/#post-2315504)
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