VML

gistfile1.haml

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/   Hero Image
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%table{ height: "400px", align:"center", {{ page.top-level-table}}, {{ page.table-reset }} }
  %tr
    %td{ bgcolor: "#4D4237", height: "410px", style: "background-image: url('images/example.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; color: {{ page.c-title }}; {{ page.img-typeset }}; padding-top: 20px", valign:"top", align:"center"}
    Take a closer look
    / [if gte mso 9]
    %v:rect(xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" fill="t" stroke="f" style="width:650px; height:410px")
      %v:fill(type="frame" src="images/example.jpg" color="#7bceeb")
      %v:shape(id="Take a closer look" style="position:absolute; width:650px; height:410px")