background image? or another way perhaps?

[rebnei]

Very new to web design and dreamweaver. I am trying to create a background that fades the colour from the bottom to the top of the page.
I thought this would be created as a seperate image (or not?). but if i use an image then i can't use autostretch cause the image won't stretch.
What's the best way of acheiving this effect.

Thanx in advance

 

[WizyWyg]

Use CSS. The BG itself wont fade across, so its best to use a graphic file to achieve what you want.

I do a fade bg in three of my sites, and what I do is create an image/graphic 500 pixels high and 1 pixel wide. my 1st color would be the color I want to fade from and my 2nd color would be the color I want to fade to (or the page bg color ). Do my gradient fade and then save the file

In the css for the body tag:

body {
	background-color: #333333;   // same color as my 2nd
	background-repeat: repeat-x; // will repeat only on x axis
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;

}