Question About Css Setting the style of titles.

[mrdee 1]

Hello,
I would like to ask a question about setting a style for titles on my web site.
So far I have managed to set my titles with a different capital by doing this:

h1.title:first-letter {color: gold; font-size=xx-large; font-style: oblique; background: black};

Then my titles come out with a big golden italic capital in a black box, and I get there by doing

<h1 class="title">Blablablablabla</h1>

However, if I also want a certain background for the rest of my title, eg. a golden background or even a background image, how do I set that in the same "h1.title" setting?
The setting h1.title:first-letter only seems to affect the first letter.
Also, I want this to only affect my headers for titles, not just any header (h1).
Is there anyone who can help me out here?
Thanks in advance.

[truefusion 3]

Remove :first-letter and modify a bit:

h1.title {background: gold;}

For background image:

h1.title {background-image: url(path_to_image.ext);}

Do note, however, that the golden background may cause some visual issues with the first letter of the H1 element with the title class.

[mrdee 1]

Remove :first-letter and modify a bit:

h1.title {background: gold;}

For background image:

h1.title {background-image: url(path_to_image.ext);}

Do note, however, that the golden background may cause some visual issues with the first letter of the H1 element with the title class.

Thank you for your reply, truefusion.

However, doing it your way removes the special capital at the beginning of the title, which is exactly what I would like to keep.

[rvalkass 5]

If I understand what you want, you just need two declarations to get it done.

/* Applies to all the other letters */h1.title {color: #0000FF;font-size:0.1em;background-color: #FF00FF;};/* Applies only to the first letter */h1.title:first-letter {color: gold; font-size=xx-large; font-style: oblique; background: black};

I see no reason why it can't be done that way.

[kobra500 1]

Yes it shoudl work like that because the specific letter will overright the specifications set in the previous statement!

[mrdee 1]

Thanks for your help.That did the trick.