How to have a transparent background image for html pages

[GlassFish]

I am working on a project, where i need to have a fixed background image for all my pages. the problem is that i have a lot of <div> boxes and text in those. I want the text to be over the image, with the image being transparent. can i place an image in a <div> instead of the color

[Praetor]

You can simply add the image to the background by adding the following code to CSS of the <div> you want to carry the image; background-image: url("../images/background.gif"); and then move on to re-size the <div> to what is required. i would advise against using a large image as that might just take a long time to open.

[Katty]

I have not used the <div> much, but i have used the following code in the <table> to add image to the background; background="the http address of the image". Try it, it might work.

[GlassFish]

I had tried using the background with the <div> as well as tried including background-image in the CSS of the <div> i have used. But it does not seem to work. Thanks for the help extended buddies, maybe i will try some more in depth debugging of my code by myself.