How do you add a snow flake animated background

[Zygoma]

Buon giorno from Wetherby UK...

I'd like to be able to add an animated christmas snowflake background to this website
www.philpotts.co.uk susing this animation http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip...s-perfect.html

Now would i be right in thinking i'd add it to the body tag. If yes It would be good to get some basic pointers on what i should be mindfull of css wise (tiling effect etc) & what file format is best (gif etc)

The thing is whilst i have added tiled background effects ive never added an animated backgrounds from shutterstock so some guidlines would be much appreciated.

Grazie tanto,
David

[ralph.m]

You'd have to use the gif extension if you want the animation, as that's the only format that allows it. But the tiling is likely to be a mess, and using a gif for this is a little clunky, as you get a jump every 12 seconds.

It might be better to consider JavaScript, something like this:

http://www.felgall.com/jstip88.htm