Having a background around my site

HTML & CSS
1

Hello! I’m trying to create a textured border around my site using:

body{
	background-image: url(../images/lblue047.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat;
	
}

I don’t want any background for the main area, so I’m using:

#main_content{
	background-image:none !important;
}

However, I still get the background image through the main area. Any thoughts on why this could be happening would be appreciated!

Thank you,

Eric

2

My apologies: I should have said something like “book ends” (the empty spaces outside of my main content).

Regardless, your solution worked. Thanks so much for the quick reply!

-Eric

3

It’s a bit hard to tell exactly how you are creating your border with only just 1 image, but what about trying to set


#main_content {
     background-color: rgb(255,255,255);  /* white */
}