Examples of Background Repeat

Here is a paragraph of standard text. Nothing fancy about this.

Here is a paragraph with a background image tiled down the left-hand site.
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-image: url(sidebar2.gif);
padding-left: 25px;
This lets you make really neat little sidebars.

Here is a paragraph with a background image tiled across, starting 4em down and half-way across:
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-image: url(sidebar2.gif);
background-position: 50% 4em;
padding-left: 25px;
Nothing spectacular, but sometimes very useful.