I’m trying to get a background image to behave like GE’s background on their website:
http://www.ge.com/stories/powering-gas-engines.html
I was wondering what CSS or javascript techniques they were using to get that kind of effect.
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There is a jQuery plugin that can help you accomplish this, and he’s laid out the code in his description to give a good idea of how it all works. What I like about this one is it also maintains aspect ratio.
http://bavotasan.com/2011/full-sizebackground-image-jquery-plugin/