This category includes free background images for websites, phones, tablets and desktop monitors. We have abstract designs, scenery backgrounds, animal backgrounds, spring, landscapes, nature, marble, beaches, mountains, flower images, dark backgrounds for light text and light backgrounds for dark tex...
To add a background image that appears on the entire website and on all the theme templates, go ahead and click the ‘Edit Design’ option under Global CSS. On the next screen, you’ll see global CSS settings you can change. Simply click on the ‘Background’ option to start customizin...
One of the best places on your website to use photos is as a background. Background images are great for adding texture and color to your website. Finding the right image can be difficult. Many sites now use full background images and parallax scrolling. Developers place them behind posts...
Really nice collection of sites. I also use a nice big background for my site. The only problem on some sites may be, the resolution. On small resolutions you won’t be able to see the whole image, on larger resolutions, if the background is not really huge, you will see it cut d...
Read our in-depth image optimization guide on how to optimize images for improved web performance.Check for Background Support Before Installing a ThemeUnfortunately, not all themes support custom background images. That’s often because the background doesn’t fit into the theme’s overall design...
A unique background makes your design project stand out. Here’s how to find background patterns for websites and use them to achieve your design goals.
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While responsive design for a desktop or a laptop experience is important, the variety of devices that can access the web has grown significantly, and a greater variety of screen sizes comes with that. As previously mentioned, loading a very large responsive background image on a smartphone, fo...
Here are a few websites that have responsive full background images: Sailing Collective Digital Telepathy Marianne RestaurantIf you’d like to achieve a similar look in your next web design project, you’re at the right spot. Core concepts for creating responsive background images with CSS ...
Comb Design Permalink to comment# November 24, 2010 CSS-only #2 is amazing! I second @GreLI on his suggestion, even though this does not center the image it is still a nice IE7 fallback. I’d also suggest to include some image rendering properties for smoother results: image-rendering:...