Title: Scaling Background Image
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Scaling Background Image

 *  [jhgonzalez7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhgonzalez7/)
 * (@jhgonzalez7)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scaling-background-image/)
 * I just started with my blog and am still hosting it on WordPress. I’ve made all
   the changes I want by simply editing the CSS (I’m using Twenty Eleven).
 * Except for one… Getting the background image, which is pretty much just a header,
   to scale to fit the window. I’ve tried a bunch of different variations of code
   to no avail. I’ve read that this is only possible if the image is in the host
   location, but I’m trying real hard to find a way around it.
 * This is what I have at the moment, which works for the built-in header:
 *     ```
       #page {
           background: url(http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r530/jhgonzalez7/Blog%20Banner%20copy_zps5cb9d6ad.jpg) no-repeat, #FFFFFF;
           width: 100%;
           height: auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * If anyone would be able to help me avoid hosting this myself I would be sooo 
   thankful!

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scaling-background-image/#post-3060475)
 * These forums are only for self-hosted sites — so I think you want to ask on the
   WordPress.COM forums?
 * [http://en.forums.wordpress.com/](http://en.forums.wordpress.com/)

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scaling-background-image/#post-3060475)
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