Problem with CSS dropping the background in WP VS the rest of the website

HTML & CSS
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I am working on tweaking my blog in my business website when I noticed adding more posts was lengthening the page and causing the background the repeat, which really looked bad. I am tweaking the blog main background but noticed that the background image is not at the top of the page as it is in the rest of the site. I keep looking at the CSS but don’t see where the problem is. It’s probably very obvious but I am not seeing it. The site is http://foxdenwebsolutions.

Here is the CSS for the main site -

* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body {
	background-color: #6b5845;
}
p {
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #fff;
	margin-left: 20px;
	margin-right: 10px;
}
a img  {
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
}
.center  {
	text-align: center;	
}
h1 {
	font-size: 20px;
	background-image: url(../images/logo1.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	height: 222px;
	width: 179px;
	position: relative;
	left: 20px;
	text-indent: -9999px;
}
h2 {
	font-size:18px;
	color: #fff;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	text-align: center;
}
h3 {
	font-size:17px;
	color: #fff;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	text-align: center;
}
#main_container {
	background-image: url(../images/main_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
}
#gallery_container {
	background-image: url(../images/gallery_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
}
#blog_container {
	background-image: url(../images/blog_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
}

#menu_container {
	height: 39px;
	margin: auto;
	width: 1024px;
}
/* Sprite Setup */

ul#menu {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width:1024px;
	height: 39px;
}

ul#menu li {float:left;}

ul#menu li a {
	float: left;
	height: 39px;
	text-indent: -9999px;
}
/* *    Normal Links */
ul#menu li#menuHome a {
	width: 110px;
	background:url(../images/sprite.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHistory a {
	width: 119px;
	background:url(../images/sprite.png) no-repeat -110px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHelp a {
	width: 257px;
	background:url(../images/sprite.png) no-repeat -229px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPrice a {
	width: 198px;
	background:url(../images/sprite.png) no-repeat -486px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPortfolio a {
	width: 120px;
	background:url(../images/sprite.png) no-repeat -684px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuContact a {
	width: 120px;
	background:url(../images/sprite.png) no-repeat -804px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuBlog a {
	width: 100px;
	background:url(../images/sprite.png) no-repeat -924px 0px;
}
/* *    Hover Links */
ul#menu li#menuHome a:hover {
	background-position: 0 -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHistory a:hover {
	background-position: -110px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHelp a:hover {
	background-position: -229px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPrice a:hover {
	background-position: -486px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPortfolio a:hover {
	background-position: -684px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuContact a:hover {
	background-position: -804px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuBlog a:hover {
	background-position: -924px -38px;
}
/* *    Clicked Links */
ul#menu li#menuHome a:active {
	background-position: 0 -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHistory a:active {
	background-position: -110px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHelp a:active {
	background-position: -229px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPrice a:active {
	background-position: -486px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPortfolio a:active {
	background-position: -684px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuContact a:active {
 background-position: -804px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuBlog a:active {
	background-position: -924px -76px;
}
/**  End Sprite Menu*/


#header_container {
	margin: auto;
}
#portfolio_container {
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#content_top {
	background-image:url(../images/content_top.png);
	width: 870px;
	height: 75px;
	margin-left: 75px;
	margin-top: -90px;
}
#content_mdl {
	background-image:url(../images/content_mdl.png);
	width: 870px;
	margin-left: 75px;
	overflow: hidden;
	text-align: left;
}
#content_btm {
	background-image:url(../images/content_btm.png);
	width: 870px;
	height: 25px;
	margin-left: 75px;
	margin-bottom: 75px;
}
.form {
	text-align: center;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 20px;
	color: #FFF;
	text-decoration: none;
}
input {
	background-color:#fff;
	border:1px #000 solid;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 17px;
	color: #000;
}
#footer_container {
	clear: both;
	height: 100px;
	margin: auto;
}
#footer {
	clear: both;
	height: 222px;
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
	background-image: url(../images/footer_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
#footer_nav {
	float: right;
	padding-right: 30px;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin-top: -30px;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
#footer_nav li {
	font-size: 12px;
	display: inline;
}
#footer_nav ul li a {
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#footer_nav ul li a:hover {
	color: #cd9767;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#footenav ul li a:active {
	color: #cd9767;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 18px;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	padding-left: 40px;
	color: #C0BDAC;
	font-size: small;
}
#footer li {
	color: #C0BDAC;
}

Here is the CSS for the blog -

* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body {
	background-color: #6b5845;
}
p {
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #fff;
	margin-left: 20px;
	margin-right: 10px;
}
h1 {
	font-size: 20px;
	background-image: url(images/logo1.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	height: 222px;
	width: 179px;
	position: relative;
	left: 20px;
	text-indent: -9999px;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
h2 {
	font-size:18px;
	color: #fff;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	text-align: center;
}
h3 {
	font-size:17px;
	color: #fff;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	text-align: center;
}
#main_container {
	background-image: url(../images/main_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
}
#blog_container {
	background-image: url(../images/main_bg1.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
}
#menu_container {
	height: 39px;
	margin: auto;
	width: 1024px;
}
/* Sprite Setup */

ul#menu {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width:1024px;
	height: 39px;
}
ul#menu li a {
	float: left;
	height: 39px;
	text-indent: -9999px;
}
/* *    Normal Links */
ul#menu li#menuHome a {
	width: 110px;
	background:url(images/sprite.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHistory a {
	width: 119px;
	background:url(images/sprite.png) no-repeat -110px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHelp a {
	width: 257px;
	background:url(images/sprite.png) no-repeat -229px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPrice a {
	width: 198px;
	background:url(images/sprite.png) no-repeat -486px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPortfolio a {
	width: 120px;
	background:url(images/sprite.png) no-repeat -684px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuContact a {
	width: 120px;
	background:url(images/sprite.png) no-repeat -804px 0px;
}
ul#menu li#menuBlog a {
	width: 100px;
	background:url(images/sprite.png) no-repeat -924px 0px;
}
/* *    Hover Links */
ul#menu li#menuHome a:hover {
	background-position: 0 -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHistory a:hover {
	background-position: -110px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHelp a:hover {
	background-position: -229px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPrice a:hover {
	background-position: -486px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPortfolio a:hover {
	background-position: -684px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuContact a:hover {
	background-position: -804px -38px;
}
ul#menu li#menuBlog a:hover {
	background-position: -924px -38px;
}
/* *    Clicked Links */
ul#menu li#menuHome a:active {
	background-position: 0 -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHistory a:active {
	background-position: -110px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuHelp a:active {
	background-position: -229px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPrice a:active {
	background-position: -486px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuPortfolio a:active {
	background-position: -684px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#, menuContact a:active {
 background-position: -804px -76px;
}
ul#menu li#menuBlog a:active {
	background-position: -924px -76px;
}
/**  End Sprite Menu*/


#header_container {
	margin: auto;
}
#content_top {
	background-image:url(images/content_top1.png);
	width: 870px;
	height: 75px;
	margin-left: 75px;
	margin-top: -90px;
}
#content_mdl {
	background-image:url(images/content_mdl1.png);
	width: 870px;
	margin-left: 75px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#content {
	float: left;
	margin-left: 75px;
	width: 450px;
}
#page_content {
	float: left;
	margin-left: 75px;
	width: 700px;
}
#content_btm {
	background-image:url(images/content_btm1.png);
	width: 870px;
	height: 25px;
	margin-left: 75px;
	margin-bottom: 75px;
}
.form {
	text-align: center;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 20px;
	color: #FFF;
	text-decoration: none;
}
input {
	background-color:#fff;
	border:1px #fff solid;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 17px;
	color: #fff;
}
#footer_container {
	clear: both;
	background:url(images/footer_bg.jpg) repeat-x;
	height: 100px;
	margin: auto;
}
#footer {
	clear: both;
	height: 222px;
	width: 1024px;
	margin: auto;
	background-image: url(images/footer_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
#footer_nav {
	float: right;
	padding-right: 30px;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin-top: -30px;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
#footer_nav li {
	font-size: 12px;
	display: inline;
}
#footer_nav ul li a {
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#footer_nav ul li a:hover {
	color: #cd9767;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#footenav ul li a:active {
	color: #cd9767;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 18px;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	padding-left: 40px;
	color: #C0BDAC;
	font-size: small;
}
#footer li {
	color: #C0BDAC;
}
/* Begin Typography & Colors */

.widecolumn .entry p {
	font-size: 1.05em;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
.narrowcolumn .entry, .widecolumn .entry {
	line-height: 1.4em;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
.widecolumn {
	line-height: 1.6em;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
	text-align: center;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	color: #000;
}
.thread-alt {
	background-color: #f8f8f8;
}
.thread-even {
	background-color: white;
}
.depth-1 {
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.even, .alt {
	border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
}
small {
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 0.9em;
	line-height: 1.5em;
}
h2.pagetitle {
	font-size: 1.6em;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
#sidebar h2 {
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
.entry p a:visited {
	color: #b85b5a;
}
.sticky {
	background: #f7f7f7;
	padding: 0 10px 10px;
}
.sticky h2 {
	padding-top: 10px;
}
.commentlist li, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {
	font: 0.9em Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS" #000;
	
}
.commentlist li ul li {
	font-size: 1em;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
.commentlist li {
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS"
	}
.commentlist li .avatar {
	float: right;
	border: 1px solid #eee;
	padding: 2px;
	background: #fff;
}
.commentlist cite, .commentlist cite a {
	font-weight: bold;
	font-style: normal;
	font-size: 1.1em;
}
.commentlist p {
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	text-transform: none;
	color: #000;
	
}
#commentform p {
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	
}
.commentmetadata {
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #000;
}

.commentmetadata a {
    color:#000;
}

#sidebar {
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	float: right;
	margin-right: 10px;
}
small, #sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li, .nocomments, .postmetadata, blockquote, strike {
	color: #fff;
	margin-left: 45px;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
code {
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
acronym, abbr, span.caps {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	letter-spacing: .07em;
}
a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
	color: #FFF;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
	color: #F96;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#wp-calendar #prev a, #wp-calendar #next a {
	font-size: 9pt;
}
#wp-calendar a {
	text-decoration: none;
}
#wp-calendar caption {
	font: bold 1.3em Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	text-align: center;
}
#wp-calendar th {
	font-style: normal;
	text-transform: capitalize;
}
/* End Typography & Colors */
/* Begin Structure */

.narrowcolumn {
	float: left;
	padding: 0 0 20px 45px;
	margin: 0px 0 0;
	width: 450px;
}
.widecolumn {
	padding: 10px 0 20px 0;
	margin: 5px 0 0 150px;
	width: 450px;
}
.post {
	margin: 40px 0 40px;
	text-align: justify;
}
.post hr {
	display: block;
}
.widecolumn .post {
	margin: 0;
}
.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
	padding-top: 5px;
}
.widecolumn .postmetadata {
	margin: 30px 0;
}
.widecolumn .smallattachment {
	text-align: center;
	float: left;
	width: 128px;
	margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px;
}
.widecolumn .attachment {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 5px 0px;
}
.postmetadata {
	clear: both;
}
.clear {
	clear: both;
}
/* End Structure */



/*	Begin Headers */

h2.pagetitle {
	margin-top: 30px;
	text-align: center;
}
#sidebar h2 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
h3 {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 30px 0 0;
}
h3.comments {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 40px auto 20px;
}
/* End Headers */



/* Begin Images */
p img {
	padding: 0;
	max-width: 100%;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
/*	Using 'class="alignright"' on an image will (who would've
	thought?!) align the image to the right. And using 'class="centered',
	will of course center the image. This is much better than using
	align="center", being much more futureproof (and valid) */

img.centered {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
}
img.alignright {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
	display: inline;
}
img.alignleft {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
	display: inline;
}
.alignright {
	float: right;
}
.alignleft {
	float: left;
}
/* End Images */



/* Begin Lists

	Special stylized non-IE bullets
	Do not work in Internet Explorer, which merely default to normal bullets. */

html>body .entry ul {
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding: 0 0 0 30px;
	list-style: none;
	padding-left: 10px;
	text-indent: -10px;
}
html>body .entry li {
	margin: 7px 0 8px 10px;
}
.entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul ul li:before {
	content: "\\00BB \\0020";
}
.entry ol {
	padding: 0 0 0 35px;
	margin: 0;
}
.entry ol li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
.postmetadata ul, .postmetadata li {
	display: inline;
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
}
#sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#sidebar ul li {
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}
#sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {
	margin: 5px 0 8px;
}
#sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 5px 0 0 10px;
}
#sidebar ul ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
}
ol li, #sidebar ul ol li {
	list-style: decimal outside;
}
#sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {
	margin: 3px 0 0;
	padding: 0;
}
/* End Entry Lists */



/* Begin Form Elements */
#searchform {
	margin: 10px auto;
	padding: 5px 3px;
	text-align: center;
}
#sidebar #searchform #s {
	width: 108px;
	padding: 2px;
	color: #000;
}
#sidebar #searchsubmit {
	padding: 1px;
	background-color: #000;
}
.entry form { /* This is mainly for password protected posts, makes them look better. */
	text-align:center;
}
select {
	width: 130px;
}
#commentform input {
	width: 170px;
	padding: 2px;
	margin: 5px 5px 1px 0;
	color:#000;
}
#commentform textarea {
	width: 100%;
	padding: 2px;
}
#respond:after {
	content: ".";
	display: block;
	height: 0;
	clear: both;
	visibility: hidden;
}
#commentform {
	margin: 0 0 5px auto;
}

#commentform #submit  {
	float: right;
	background-color: #000;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
	color: #FFF;	
}	
/* End Form Elements */



/* Begin Comments*/
.alt {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 10px;
}
.commentlist {
	padding: 0;
	text-align: justify;
}
.commentlist li {
	margin: 15px 0 10px;
	padding: 5px 5px 10px 10px;
	list-style: none;
}
.commentlist li ul li {
	margin-right: -5px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
.commentlist p {
	margin: 10px 5px 10px 0;
}
.children {
	padding: 0;
}
#commentform p {
	margin: 5px 0;
	
}
.nocomments {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
.comment-meta commentmetadata {
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0;
	display: block;
	color: #000;
}
.comment-edit-link  {
	color: #000;	
}

.comment-edit-link a:hover  {
	color: #cd9767;	
}
/* End Comments */



/* Begin Sidebar */
#sidebar {
	padding: 0 10px 10px 0;
	width: 300px;
	float: right;
}
#sidebar form {
	margin: 0;
}
/* End Sidebar */



/* Begin Calendar */
#wp-calendar {
	empty-cells: show;
	margin: 10px auto 0;
	width: 155px;
}
#wp-calendar #next a {
	padding-right: 10px;
	text-align: right;
}
#wp-calendar #prev a {
	padding-left: 10px;
	text-align: left;
}
#wp-calendar a {
	display: block;
}
#wp-calendar caption {
	text-align: center;
	width: 100%;
}
#wp-calendar td {
	padding: 3px 0;
	text-align: center;
}
#wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn't work in IE */
	background-color: #fff;
}
/* End Calendar */



/* Begin Various Tags & Classes */
acronym, abbr, span.caps {
	cursor: help;
}
acronym, abbr {
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
}
blockquote {
	margin: 15px 30px 0 10px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	border-left: 5px solid #ddd;
}
blockquote cite {
	margin: 5px 0 0;
	display: block;
}
.center {
	text-align: center;
}
.hidden {
	display: none;
}
.screen-reader-text {
	position: absolute;
	left: -1000em;
}
hr {
	display: none;
}
a img {
	border: none;
}
.navigation {
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 60px;
	font-family: Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS";
}
/* End Various Tags & Classes*/



/* Captions */
.aligncenter, div.aligncenter {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
}
.wp-caption {
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	padding-top: 4px;
	margin: 10px;
}
.wp-caption img {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0 none;
}
.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding: 0 4px 5px;
	margin: 0;
}
/* End captions */

If more code is needed in order to see the problem I can include the HTML from the main site and the PHP from the blog.

Please help. Thanks.

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I’m sorry but I have the blog and the home page up side by side and tehre is no difference as to where the background image is starting.

Try changing #blog_container background to…background:#D6B08C url(“images/blog_bg.jpg”) no-repeat;

I took colorzilla and took the hexcode for the bottom of the gradient, and that’s what the #d6b08c is. So that will repeat after the image stops showing, for however long the page is.

Is that a sufficient solution for you?

3

Well that’s weird, I was looking at it in Google Chrome…maybe a Chrome problem. IE 8 & 9 shows it fine (I have IETester running and 7 the menu is screwed up but oh well), FF shows it fine, Opera shows it fine, and Safari shows it fine. So only Chrome shows the background dropped. I guess I can live with that. I will try your suggestion for the repeat! Thanks.

4

I was viewing side by side in chrome so that’s possibly why I didn’t notice it, I thought it was normal.

Are you using a beta version of Chrome? If saffy is viewing it normal…well it’s the same rendering engine…Let me view it in FF and Chrome to see a difference.

No difference from what I see. Are you messing with the site right now? I noticed a change in the darkness of the colors upon refreshing the page.

But yeah, FF/Chrome are displaying it identical. Have you cleared your cache?

5

I thought I cleared my cache…I will check again. I did upload the change.

6

Everything seems find now…weird! But thank you!!!

7

You’re welcome :). Always the silly things.