You might also want to try 'backgroundImage' instead of 'background- image'
On May 9, 8:22 am, "Karl Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It should work. What end up in "image"? It should be a URL (relative > to the page). > > Karl Rudd > > On 5/9/07, joomlafreak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am trying to use css("background-image",image) but it does not set > > the image as background. What am I doing wrong. here is the code. > > > function changeit(imgnum){ > > $(".story").each(function(i){ > > var item = $(".story").eq(i); > > var image = $(".fullst").eq(i).html(); > > > if ( item != "") { > > if(i != imagenum){ > > $(item).fadeOut("slow"); > > } > > else{ > > $(item).css("background-image",image).fadeIn("slow"); > > } > > } > > }); > > > thanks in advance for help