Background colour not changing

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Hi,

I’m working on a new site and am having trouble getting the background colour of the body to change. At the moment it just stays white even when I set to another colour.

Does anyone know what’s wrong? I have the following code (snippet):

<html>
<body>
<div id=“header”></div>
<div id=“container”>
<div id=“content”>
</div><!–end of content–>
</div><!–end of container–>
</body>
</html>

and the CSS for the body is:
#body {
background-color: #0099FF;
background-image: url(…/images/gradient_blue.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;

Any help would really be appreciated.

Thanks.

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You are using an ID selector for body when you do not need it. body is an element and should not have an ID selector. Lose the # sign.


body {
 background-color: #0099FF;
 background-image: url(../images/gradient_blue.png);
 background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

Also include the closing bracket in your CSS statement.

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Thanks so much, that’s resolved it.

I had a feeling it was something simple. :slight_smile:

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