background image

[shiningfaery]

OK now this may be a completely obvious question but I have tried to add an image to the background of my site and its not showing up. I added the code to the body section of the style sheet replacing the background color as so:

background-image: url(.../images/damsakbckgrnd2.jpg) repeat fixed;

I have tried different ways in writing it so what is it I am missing?
the background has changed from the default and I am working with v1.3.9f

[gjh42]

Where is the image saved?
Template images like this should be in /includes/templates/your_template/images/.

[shiningfaery]

yup thats where its saved and I have double checked the spelling to make sure thats not the problem.

[gjh42]

Need to see your site to advise further...

[gjh42]

I get

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /includes/templates.Shoe_Addiction/images/damsakbckgrnd2.jpg on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

What happens if you try to view the image directly in your browser? Everybody's browsers need to be able to access the image, or it can't be displayed on the page.


No wonder... the URL in your stylesheet has a . instead of a / in one place:

body {
background-image:url("../includes/templates.Shoe_Addiction/images/damsakbckgrnd2.jpg");
color:#000000;
font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
margin:0;
}

Putting the correct / in the URL in the address bar brings up the image fine.

[gjh42]

Looking closely at your OP, I see three dots instead of the correct two:

background-image: url(.../images/damsakbckgrnd2.jpg) repeat fixed;

[shiningfaery]

Thanks alot Glenn, I have completely overlooked this so obviously simple mistake I feel daft now :) all working now tho..