# Is this CSS for background imagery good?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 11, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358 "2015-10-11T01:06:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Erik\_Manger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Erik_Manger)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358/1 "2015-10-11T01:06:20Z")
Hi,
A friend of mine gave me this code to use on Discourse for background imagery. It works fine but I was wondering if the way it is coded could be perfected a little more?
```
// solid white background for content
body:before {
display: inline-block;
width: 1125px;
min-height: 100%;
height: inherit;
background-color: white;
content: " ";
position: fixed;
left: 50%;
right: 0;
transform: translate(-50%, 0);
-webkit-transform: translate(-50%, 0);
}
// compatibility for all devices
@media (max-width: 1139px) and (min-width: 1000px)
{
body:before {
width: 1010px;
}
}
body {
background: url('https://i.imgur.com/12WWafT.jpg') no-repeat 50% 50% fixed;
background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
}
```
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358/2 "2015-10-11T02:13:08Z")
That’s neat! I assume the point of it is to avoid having the background image flash while the page is loading. I think that problem could also be fixed by changing the Discourse styles so that the page doesn’t collapse during the loading event.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358/3 "2015-10-11T02:53:21Z")
Looks good to me 👍
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### Author:  [@Roxelle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roxelle)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358/4 "2015-10-11T14:09:01Z")
Good man! I can use in my site. Thanks! 😋
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358/5 "2015-10-11T15:59:53Z")
I’m using this on the forum I’m putting together now. I don’t think you need the media queries section if you are using a recent version of Discourse:
```css
// compatibility for all devices
@media (max-width: 1139px) and (min-width: 1000px)
{
body:before {
width: 1010px;
}
}
```
Also, the width in the first part should be 1126px instead of 1125px.
The margin needs to be adjusted for the admin section. It is a problem in the Discourse css. Until that gets fixed, you can use this to keep all the admin section inside of its wrapper:
```css
.admin-contents {
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
```
The ‘Categories’ page will need a bit of work to look good like this.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-css-for-background-imagery-good/34358/6 "2024-06-08T12:45:57Z")
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