CSS with Backgrounds
Property ValuesDescription
background background-color
background-attachment
background-image

<div style="background-image:url(http://www.jacknilan.com/spinner.jpg);
		background-repeat:no-repeat;
		width:200px;
		height:200px;">

Note : You have to use background-repeat with this
background-position
background-repeat
Sets the background properties for an object
  1. body
  2. tables
  3. paragraphs
  4. lists
  5. div
  6. span
background-color hex-rgb-name or transparent Sets the background color of an element
background-attachment scroll
fixed		 Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page
background-image url Sets an image as the background
background-position top left
top center
top right
center left
center center
center right
bottom left
bottom center
bottom right
x-% y-%
x-pos y-pos		 Sets the starting position of a background image
background-repeat repeat
repeat-x
repeat-y
no-repeat		 Sets if / how a background image will be repeated


Below is a sample table with some of these commands used. Note I had to use the url function for the back-ground image but I could just have set my background in the normal way. right mouse click and view source to see code.

Jack

Below is an example of how I could set a border by setting the background for a paragraph.