HTML and CSS Background-image is not showing up

Question

I already double checked my URL, and the name of the files, but I can\'t seem to get the image to show up. Why is it like that? Here\'s my code (take note the

Answer 1

Try this:

background-image: url(../images/background.gif);

Without the ../ it is looking for an images folder inside your stylesheet folder which does not exist. So you have to go back a directory where the images folder is located.

Edit: You can also shorten up your CSS styles like so:

.guarantee{
    background: #a7cece url(../images/background.gif);
    border: 1px solid black;
}