How do they do it?

Hi this is my first time using this forum. Hopefully I can find some answer. I am trying to figure out how the background for this website is being created.

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That is a Wordpress site. The video is simply embedded from Vimeo.
There are innumerable plug-ins for Wordpress. I recommend you try a web search for Wordpress plug-ins.

it looks like they are using a jquery script called prettyPhoto. http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyphoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/

Welcome… i have some developer friends, i will ask them and get back to you ASAP

Ouch, no, don’t do that. Do it like this in your style sheet:

body {background: url(images/path.jpg);}