Two ideas:
1) a link please so we can see your page, check to see if there are other
issues not apparent in the snippet you provided, etc. Possibly a path
problem to the image? Any number of things could be the case when we
essentially can't see what you see.
2) <span> tags are inline elements. You might try "display:block;" on your
span. Not sure.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Kelly Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> trying to figure out how to use a small image (such as a fat arrow) as
> a background. want to be able to re use the arrow and place different
> numbers over it. I've tried the following, but the arrow does not
> display:
>
> h3 span.arrow{
> height: 5px;
> width: 24px;
> margin: 10px;
> background-image: url(images/arrow.png);
> background-repeat: no-repeat;
> }
>
> <h3><span class="arrow">2.</span> something here</h3>
>
> any ideas?
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