Change background

[Guest Who is Camaro?]

Hey all I was just wondering how I change the background of my IPB 3.3.4 forum? If it helps I'm using the deflection skin.

[Guest Shooty]

Basically > Admin CP > Appearance > YourTheme (Deflection so ^^) > CSS > ipb_styles.css and then found something like 

 

 

 

body{background: something ;}

 

You have to delete "Something" and then type what you want. Like if u want a background which is an picture you have to do change like that :

 

 

 

body{background: url("http://urlofthepicture.jpg") repeat-x;}

 

 

or you simply just have a color :

 

 

 

body{background-color: #COLORCODEHTML;}

[Guest Who is Camaro?]

Thank you guy for your quick responses, and for putting up with my newbieness haha. I'll give both of your posts a like.

 

Hmm now the only problem I have is that when I try to change the background image it only appears white?

Edited February 18, 2013 by Who is Camaro?

[Guest Shooty]

Given back thanks to you ! If you have any question ... don't hesitate !

[Guest Who is Camaro?]

I guess you have an error in your CSS.Post it here please (Only the relevant Lines).

 

I hope these are the relevant lines you are talking about.

body {

 

background: url="http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww159/Kronic714/bg_zpscf01b477.jpg"

color: #bcbcbc;

font: normal 11px tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;

position: relative;

padding-bottom: 20px;

}

[Guest Shooty]

I hope these are the relevant lines you are talking about.

body {

 

background: url="http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww159/Kronic714/bg_zpscf01b477.jpg"

color: #bcbcbc;

font: normal 11px tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;

position: relative;

padding-bottom: 20px;

}

So in the fisrt case, to use an image as background you have to have the "real link" of the image (the link which only show the background, and not the website with the image in it.

So i found the real link : http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww159/Kronic714/bg_zpscf01b477.jpg 

 

Then try that :

 

 

body {

background: url("http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww159/Kronic714/bg_zpscf01b477.jpg");

color: #bcbcbc;

font: normal 11px tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;

position: relative;

padding-bottom: 20px;

}

The error you made : 

 

you didn't put the ; at the end of the line. and the url is like that : url(" ");  and not url="url"

EDIT : Even with the real link it seems to redirecting to the website, try to found an other host for your picture.

[Cheerio]

You should use... http://i.imgur.com/aPlD1mW.jpg photobucket use some hotlink protection

[Guest Shooty]

You should use... http://i.imgur.com/aPlD1mW.jpg photobucket use some hotlink protection

For making money

[Evarni]

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