GIF image as background

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  realagenda · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 12:40 am

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  Can I set an animated GIF image as a background on WordPress.com?

  If so, how can I do that?

  I have a news website and would like to have a moving orb as a background, but before buying the GIF file I’d like to make sure it is possible.

  Thanks,

  Luis.

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  justpi · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 12:53 am

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  I just tried an animated gif as a bg: it didn’t work when uploaded via Appearance > Background, but it did when I added the equivalent code in the CSS editor.

  Note: I’m a Mac user so I can’t tell if Explorer would display it correctly.

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  realagenda · Member · Feb 17, 2012 at 8:03 pm

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  Would you please lend me the code you used so I can test it?

  Thanks!

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  justpi · Member · Feb 18, 2012 at 12:09 am

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  Upload the image via Media > Add New and copy the file URL. Then paste this in the CSS editor:

  body {
  background-color:#123456;
  background-image:url('URL');
  background-repeat:no-repeat;
  background-position:top center;
  background-attachment:fixed;
  }

  Replace 123456 with the hex for a color that’s close to the predominant one of the image and URL with the actual URL of the image.

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  realagenda · Member · Feb 18, 2012 at 9:42 pm

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  Very greatful!