Background question

[rassy]

My background pic is pretty big but id like it to be one large pic instead of like 3 pictures...like it repeats the picture multiple times...i wanna know how you can have the BG pic just be one large pic....

[Danie]

What a coincidence i was just about to post the same question.

[Teg]

Go to your admin panel. Select the forum skins/colors link. Where your bg image url is right below should be an option to set the background to a fixed position... If it is marked no, select yes, if it is marked yes, select no. This basically will let the background scroll instead of repeat.

My internet is having a crappy connection at the moment or I would be able to tell you for sure..

[rassy]

i kno that but still the pic is tiled like its the same picture repeated 3 or more times.......

[Danie]

that's probably because it's too small. it will automatically repeat it self if its too small. try maximizing it.

[Kami]

Global headers:

<style type='text/css'>
body{
background-position:center center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
</style>

[rassy]

Kami thx but the issue now is that it doesnt take up the whole screen......

[Lugubrious]

Then you have to make the image bigger.

[Crystal Pisces]

I think he's asking what size it has to be exactly to take up the whole background screen... if your not Rassy, I would still like to know heh heh

[Kami]

May 23, 2010 8:13:00 GMT -8 Crystal Pisces said:

I think he's asking what size it has to be exactly to take up the whole background screen... if your not Rassy, I would still like to know heh heh

that's a loaded question. if you're not using a background designed to tile or be a fluid width, it's going to vary by screen resolution. For example, if I made a background fitting my old resolution, it'd be 1024 px wide and 780 px high.

That is too small for my two current resolutions, 1280x1024, and 1280x800.

So, what works in one resolution won't work in another. It's always best to use a background that is either tiled, fluid width, or will look OK even if it's not repeated. =]

[rassy]

well with my forum what resolution works best? maybe an admin can view my forum and give me an idea please......

[Kami]

May 23, 2010 10:19:35 GMT -8 rassy said:

well with my forum what resolution works best? maybe an admin can view my forum and give me an idea please......

again - resolution is something that varies monitor by monitor. you'd be best off with something that is repeating, or using a code that sets a specific border around the forum [such as smangii's border-around-forum code, using images.]

edit;; but if you /really/ want an exact size, try 1280x1280. not many people have a larger monitor resolution, though i have seen 1600x1024, just not a lot.

[rassy]

I'd greatly appreciate that smangii code that you mentioned man....or at least a menu of his different codes then ill look into it......

[Kami]

forum.smangii.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=pbsupport&thread=6466

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[rassy]

ok man thank you...but i dont understand what he means by footer and header images....i have a background image and then a banner you know on top of my forum