Question

I want to declare a link without any content, instead I want to use a background image for it. But I can see the background only when I put something between <a></a> tags. How can I solve it?

Answer 1

Make the link a block-level element, and give it a width and height:

a.somelink {
    display: block;
    width: 100px;
    height: 20px;
    background-image: url(someimage.png)
}

Or just use an <img /> inside the <a> instead of using a background-image.