thegoatboy on "Customising the footer with responsive theme"

Hello,

Please don't be too harsh on me I am very new to this!!

I am trying to customise a footer on my website

I want a background image behind the menu at the top, and in the footer.

I have managed to get the background image on my footer and header with:

.menu {
background: url("****wp-content/uploads/2013/08/topNav.jpg");
}

.menu .current_page_item a,
.menu .current-menu-item a {
  background: url("****/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/topNav.jpg");
  color: #fff2ba;
  font-weight: bold;
  height: 19px;
}

I want the background image to be a specific height as well -

probably here:

.menu a {
cursor: pointer;
display: block;
font-size: 12px;
height: 19px;

something in there

however, if I try to adjust the footer height, the text at the bottom is not centered in the background image.

does someone know how I can change it???