background image mapping Options

[CtrlAltDeceit]

I've been trying the image mapping codes I've found on the various repetitive threads in here but they all only seem to work in regard to getting a header image with mapping..

How would I go about applying this code...

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to alter the background so that the text in the background [here] is mapped accordingly?

Sorry if I'm wasting anyones time by posting this. You think I'd learn..

Lab-Rat springs to mind

[CtrlAltDeceit]

Where do I position it in the code to get it loading on the top left (where the text is now) once I've done that? no matter where I've tried positioning it in my stylesheet it either doesn't appear or appears as a header image..

Sorry for being a pain in the ass