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 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Fixed background – image splits, seems to repeat](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-background-image-splits-seems-to-repeat/)
 *  Thread Starter [marcmoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcmoss/)
 * (@marcmoss)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-background-image-splits-seems-to-repeat/#post-1079314)
 * stvwlf, you’ve been most helpful. Thank you for your time.
 * Turns out WP was resizing the image when I upped it. I never looked @ image properties
   once I upped it to WP, but after reading your post, I figured, “why not?” and
   had a look.
 * The 538px image that I uploaded had been resized by \wp to 248 (I think) or something
   like that.
 * I uploaded the image to a different hosting site and used *that* one, and, voila,
   things display as I’d intended.
 * For reference, the code that worked with the correctly sized image (538px) is
   below.
 * Thanks again, stvwvlf.
 *     ```
       .maincol{
   
       	float: left;
   
       	width: 538px;
   
       	text-align: left;
   
       	vertical-align: top;
   
       background-color: #f6fbe5;
   
       background-image: url(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3544403847_7e7e3f0537_o.jpg);
   
       background-repeat: y;
   
       text-align:left;
   
       background-attachment: fixed;
   
       background-position: 40% 0%;
   
       }
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Fixed background – image splits, seems to repeat](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-background-image-splits-seems-to-repeat/)
 *  Thread Starter [marcmoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcmoss/)
 * (@marcmoss)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-background-image-splits-seems-to-repeat/#post-1079300)
 * update: figured out why the navbar was moving. I was replacing the entire contents
   of the `maincol` class with the code I currently have in `post`.
 * Still trying to tweak the settings on getting the image to display correctly,
   though, and any feedback is welcomed.
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Fixed background – image splits, seems to repeat](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-background-image-splits-seems-to-repeat/)
 *  Thread Starter [marcmoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcmoss/)
 * (@marcmoss)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-background-image-splits-seems-to-repeat/#post-1079298)
 * Thanks, stvwlf.
 * I tried what you suggested, commenting out the code in `post` and `post_alt`,
   then putting it into `maincol`.
 * The result was that the image spread across most of the page, encompassing the
   area where the navbar should be & kicking the navbar down to below the last post.
 * Played with percentages, too, instead of `center; center`, played with the repeat
   setting, with no satisfactory results.
 * I can definitely see, now that you point it out, I cannot have the same code 
   in this case, in two classes, and I think you’re right, it should go into the`
   maincol` class. I’m just unsure of what settings to tweak there so that the image
   displays only once and the navbar stays where it should.
 * Wish I could find an example of how this is being used successfully somewhere,
   so that I could look at the CSS there. So far, no luck on that.
 * Can anyone else offer any suggestions?
 * Thanks.

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