title: image sprites as background on webpage
body: <p>Is there a way to optimize page loading times of a sprite/texture based background on a website?</p>
  
  <p>Basically the look I'm trying to go for, is a 2d representation of Minecraft, with everything above the grassline to be a header, and bedrock as the footer.</p>
  
  <p>Similar to <a href="http://www.planetminecraft.com" rel="nofollow">www.projectminecraft.com</a> and <a href="http://www.dokucraft.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.dokucraft.co.uk</a></p>
  
  <p>But I'm worried about page load times, yet want to have caves and other details.</p>