Fluid Layout - Background Image

Hello All,
First I'll explain what I did and what I'm hoping to see. I created a fluid grid layout. Below the fluid grid layout, added a div that extends 100% width that's not part of the fluid grid. So I inserted an image by going to the Commons tab and selected image, I was then able to browse for the image I wanted and then inserted it. once inserted I see it scales correctly on all 3 devices. Now I would like to add text over this image but I can not do that. I can only put text either above or below the inserted image. So I deleted the image, selected the div and inserted the image by going into my Properties panel and imported it as a background image. But as you guys may know, I had to set a specific height, for the image to be view and it doesn't even scale correctly on all device outputs. But that was the only way I could insert text over the image.
What am I doing wrong? All I want is to have a background that's scaleable on all viewports with the text on top of the image. Maybe there's a tutorial that can help me out with this.
HELP!
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Here's the simple code that I have.
<div class="gridContainer clearfix">
<div id="div1" class="fluid">Use Insert Panel for mhvkhhadditional Fluid Grid Layout Elements. Note: All Fluid Layout tags must be contained within the "gridContainer" div tag.</div>
</div>
<div>This is the content for Layout Div Tag</div>

You really must use a Background in the CSS. You cannot position image & overlay elements in Responsive Web Designs. It simply won't work well.
Resizable Full Page Background Image
I prefer to use CSS Gradients or solid background colors which is much less bandwidth for mobile data plans to absorb.
Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator - ColorZilla.com
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