This method maintains its integrity with all combinations of images on/off and CSS on/off.

This method works by laying an empty span over the top of the parent element with the required image applied as a background to that span.

There is however a drawback to this method; the empty span. This is bearable though as the span will have no impact on the usability/accessibility on the page, and will only impact ever so slightly on semantics. Now users can always see an image or text regardless of whether they have CSS and/or images disabled.