How to make background work on text widet

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I see the following code. The side bar has category widget and text widget

<div id="sidebar">

<ul>
<li id="categories-4" class="widget widget_categories">
<h2 class="widgettitle">Categories</h2>
<span class="top"></span>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1"><a href="https://mywebsitename.com/blog/archives/category/uncategorized" title="View all posts filed under Uncategorized">Uncategorized</a>
</ul>
<li id="text-8" class="widget widget_text">
<h2 class="widgettitle">Text Widget</h2>
<span class="top"></span>
<div class="textwidget">This is a text text text </div>

<strong>and this is the css style for the sidebar:</strong>
#sidebar {
	float:left;
	margin-left:30px;
	display:inline;
	position:relative;
	top:-75px;
}

#sidebar ul li h2 {
	background:url(images/titleTag.png) no-repeat;
	width:166px;
	height:71px;
	padding-top:25px;
	display:block;
	position:relative;
	z-index:100;
	margin-bottom:-60px;
	font-size:23px;
	color:#B23D80;
	padding-left:20px;
}

#sidebar ul li .top {
	display:block;
	background:url(images/listTop.png);
	width:240px;
	height:90px;
	position:relative;
}

#sidebar ul li {
	background:url(images/listBtm.png) bottom left no-repeat;
	width:240px;
	display:block;
	padding-bottom: 27px;
}

#sidebar ul li ul {
	position:relative;
	background:url(images/listRpt.png);
	width:100%;
}

#sidebar ul li ul li {
	background:url(images/star.gif) 30px 5px no-repeat;
	line-height:30px;
	border:0;
	padding:0;
	position:relative;
	top:-30px;
}

#sidebar ul li a {
	color:#a6431c;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-size:16px;
}

#sidebar ul li a:hover {
	color:#908d2c;
}

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the same thing happens when i add like the calendar, the background image doesnt show. any suggestions on what i can do to fix it?

It’s really not possible to help with CSS without seeing the site live, so a link to your site would be the best way for someone to be able to help you.

Sorry, here’s the link to the test site. See the calendar and text widget on the sidedar

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