body background image

[jaatendi]

hi can someone direct me to a good post on changing the main body background to an image? i'm sure it exists already, but i cant find it

[gjh42]

In your stylesheet (/includes/templates/your_template/css/stylesheet.css) find the body {} declaration near the top and add to it

background-image: url(../images/yourbg.gif);

Save the image file as
/includes/templates/your_template/images/yourbg.gif

If you want the image not to repeat or to repeat horizontally add

background-repeat: no-repeat;
or
background-repeat: repeat-x;

If you want the image centered add one of

background-position: center center;
background-position: top center;

Other possibilities exist also...