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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>background image repeat and position for anchor link hover</title>
<style type="text/css">

a:link:hover { 
 display: block;
 width: 160px;
 height: 40px;
 background-image: url(background-image.jpg);
 background-repeat: no-repeat;
 background-position: top left;
}

</style>
</head>

<body>

  <a href="http://www.happycodings.com"><span>happycodings</span></a>
  
</body>
</html>