what is the difference between background and background-image?? where should i use them?

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background-image is for putting image in background.

I prefer the shorthand. Never used explicit background-image lately.

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Black colored background:

.className { background: #000000; }

Black color, and an image centered vertically and horizontally. The image isn't tiled (no-repeat) and will scroll with the page:

.className { background: #000000 url('path/file.gif') no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; }

More info: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_ba...

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correct me if i'm wrong, but i think "background" would be use to merge all the background attribute at once. example:

background: url("image.jpg") no-repeat fixed #000000

while background-image is just use to insert image in the background.