Setting Up a Document > Setting document properties > Defining a background image or page color

Defining a background image or page color

To define an image or color for the page background, use the Page Properties dialog box. If you use both a background image and a background color, the color appears while the image downloads, and then the image covers up the color. If the background image contains any transparent pixels, the background color shows through.

To define a background image or color:

1	Choose Modify > Page Properties, or select Page Properties from the context menu in the Design view of the Document window.
2	To set a background image, click the Browse button, then browse to and select the image. Alternatively, enter the path to the background image in the Background Image box.
	Dreamweaver tiles (repeats) the background image if it does not fill the entire window, just as browsers do. (To prevent the background image from tiling, use Cascading Style Sheets to disable image tiling. See Using CSS style sheets.)
3	To set a background color, click the Background color box and select a color from the color picker. (See Working with colors.)