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CSS Tips: CSS url()

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When we talk about background images, @import, and more, we use the url() function to load a resource:

div {
  background-image: url(test.png);
}

In this case I used a relative URL, which looks for the file in the folder where the CSS file lives.

I could go one level up

div {
  background-image: url(../test.png);
}

or go into a folder

div {
  background-image: url(subfolder/test.png);
}

Or you can load a file from the root of the site:

div {
  background-image: url(/test.png);
}

Or I could use an absolute URL to load an external resource:

div {
  background-image: url(https://mysite.com/test.png);
}

Lessons in this unit:

0: Introduction
1: How to center an element with CSS
2: CSS Border inside the element
3: What are good CSS Breakpoint values for Responsive Design?
4: How to debug CSS by bisecting
5: How to disable text selection using CSS
6: How to put an item at the bottom of its container using CSS
7: CSS, how to select elements that do not have a class
8: How to stick an element on the bottom of the page with flexbox
9: How to apply padding to multiple lines in CSS
10: Making a table responsive using CSS
11: ▶︎ CSS url()
12: How to make an element smaller or bigger with CSS
13: Customizing visited links
14: Fix extra space after inline element
15: How to create a sidebar that’s sticky but also scrolls
16: How to embed YouTube videos using the correct aspect ratio
17: Responsive pre tags in CSS
18: Responsive YouTube Video Embeds
19: How to remove all CSS from a page at once
20: How I added Dark Mode to my website
21: How to add a simple dark mode