Fade in background image with jQuery

Question

This is the first time I am using jQuery. I am loading a large background image and when it is loaded I am fading it in over three seconds. This script works on Firefox and

Answer 1

HTML

  

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CSS

.bgImage {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0; left: 0;
  right: 0; bottom: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  display: none;
}

Javascript

$(function() {
  var src = '../css/background.jpg';
  var ele = $('.bgImage');
  var img = $('', {
    src: src
  }).hide().appendTo(ele).load(function() {
    $(this).remove();
    ele.css('background-image', 'url('+src+')').fadeIn(3000);
  });
});