Precisely control page and element backgrounds with CSS

Cascading style sheets (CSS) make it possible to precisely control page and element backgrounds via its family of background-* directives. In addition to greatly improved functionality, using CSS directives for background control has a number of other advantages: it doesn't require any special software, works on most major browsers, and allow centralized control over a site's background images and colors. Examine the benefits of the CSS background property as tool for manipulating the location, color, position, and tiling of your page and element backgrounds.

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