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    help question Would LOVE some BACKGROUND help???

    I have been sitting here reading up again as usual trying desperately to get rid of the dreary gray background from my simple-zen template without any luck...

    I have uploaded my background image as both a gif and jpg - neither worked - to the /includes/templates/simple_zen/images folder as well as the main /images folder on the root directory...nada...

    I changed my stylesheet_new.css "body" and "main wrapper" sections trying to add background images but still no luck..I have read numerous times about replies on this but the answers never seem to work for me..I must editing my css wrong somewhere or uplodaing the files to the wrong spot...

    Please help when you get a sec...

    I just noticed also I must have accidentally changed something I should not have as at the top left hand corner where HOME and LOG IN are the words LOG In seem to be chopped off now...geesh...I might destroy this thing yet!

    Thanks,
    Moy
    www.bydesigncreations.ca
    Last edited by BDCreations; 26 Feb 2007 at 01:56 AM.

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    Default Re: Would LOVE some BACKGROUND help???

    Quote Originally Posted by BDCreations View Post
    I have been sitting here reading up again as usual trying desperately to get rid of the dreary gray background from my simple-zen template without any luck...

    I have uploaded my background image as both a gif and jpg - neither worked - to the /includes/templates/simple_zen/images folder as well as the main /images folder on the root directory...nada...

    I changed my stylesheet_new.css "body" and "main wrapper" sections trying to add background images but still no luck..I have read numerous times about replies on this but the answers never seem to work for me..I must editing my css wrong somewhere or uplodaing the files to the wrong spot...

    Please help when you get a sec...

    I just noticed also I must have accidentally changed something I should not have as at the top left hand corner where HOME and LOG IN are the words LOG In seem to be chopped off now...geesh...I might destroy this thing yet!

    Thanks,
    Moy
    www.bydesigncreations.ca
    Can I see a link to the store, please?

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    Default Re: Simple Zen Template - available in download section

    to change the page background (the part OUTSIDE the main body of the store) look at the body section in the style sheet... change the following value to what color you want or add an image as shown in the next example..

    Code:
    body {background:#999;}


    to change the store background (the part inside the store boundaries) change the following:
    (you can use the color value, or add the background image, or both... )

    Code:
    #mainWrapper {background: #fdfde9 url("../images/your_background.gif"); }
    ~~give me feedback on my home decor store~~

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    Default Re: Simple Zen Template - available in download section

    Is this the wrapper to change to add image

    /*wrappers - page or section containers*/
    div#mainWrapper {
    text-align: left;
    width: 750px;
    vertical-align: top;
    background:#fff;
    border:5px solid #333;
    }

    Ron

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    Default Re: Simple Zen Template - available in download section

    Quote Originally Posted by RKB View Post
    Is this the wrapper to change to add image

    /*wrappers - page or section containers*/
    div#mainWrapper {
    text-align: left;
    width: 750px;
    vertical-align: top;
    background:#fff;
    border:5px solid #333;
    }

    Ron
    If you want an image for the whole site, do that with the body tag in the css.

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    Default Re: Simple Zen Template - available in download section

    Yes, that is the tag to change for the main wrapper... you can see the effect if you take a look at my site.... I have a background image in the main wrapper, and a background color in the body tag.
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    Default Re: Simple Zen Template - available in download section

    Quote Originally Posted by grayceworks View Post
    Yes, that is the tag to change for the main wrapper... you can see the effect if you take a look at my site.... I have a background image in the main wrapper, and a background color in the body tag.
    But didn't he say he wanted a background image on the outermost part of the screen? In the outer grey portion? That would be in the BODY tag. You're confusing me here, LOL, by answering the same question I answer but differently. I'm losing track of what the question was.

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    Default Re: Would LOVE some BACKGROUND help???

    He didn't exactly say which part, but I assumed it was the "outside" part due to the mention of it being the grey section.

    He had mentioned trying BOTH the "body" tag, and the "main wrapper" tag, so I gave examples of both, to show which sections of each would be changed, depending on the effect he wanted, with explanations of which tag changed which part of the page...

    Since he couldn't get his image to show on either tag, I showed an example of how an image would be set as the background, in case it was something in the way he was coding it...

    If he wants the image in the body tag, he can just copy what the format is from the second example, as I had mentioned in my original post to him. He was checking to make sure he was looking at the right "body" tag.

    *winks* He had asked me to clarify the comment I made earlier, so I did.

    Quote Originally Posted by BDCreations View Post
    I have been sitting here reading up again as usual trying desperately to get rid of the dreary gray background from my simple-zen template without any luck...

    I have uploaded my background image as both a gif and jpg - neither worked - to the /includes/templates/simple_zen/images folder as well as the main /images folder on the root directory...nada...

    I changed my stylesheet_new.css "body" and "main wrapper" sections trying to add background images but still no luck..I have read numerous times about replies on this but the answers never seem to work for me..I must editing my css wrong somewhere or uplodaing the files to the wrong spot...

    Please help when you get a sec...

    I just noticed also I must have accidentally changed something I should not have as at the top left hand corner where HOME and LOG IN are the words LOG In seem to be chopped off now...geesh...I might destroy this thing yet!

    Thanks,
    Moy
    www.bydesigncreations.ca
    ~~give me feedback on my home decor store~~

    ~~sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation~~

    ~~COFFEE.SYS Not Found: User startup disabled.~~

    ~~ if(pot.coffee=EMPTY) {programmer->;brain=OFF}; ~~

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    Default Re: Simple Zen background help

    I am a SHE btw :)

    I am still not getting anywhere with changing the horrid gray background...although not for lack of trying...

    I want to add a simple faintly dotted background tile to replace the gray on the outer side of main box..if this makes sense..not the background of the main site area...

    Here is my current code in the body:

    body {
    margin: 0 auto;
    font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 78.5%;
    background: url("../images/bluedots.jpg");
    padding-top:25px;
    }

    What is wrong here...? Still seeing gray....

    Thanks,
    Moy
    www.bydesigncreations.ca/index.php

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    Default Re: Simple Zen background help

    Quote Originally Posted by BDCreations View Post
    I am a SHE btw :)

    I am still not getting anywhere with changing the horrid gray background...although not for lack of trying...

    I want to add a simple faintly dotted background tile to replace the gray on the outer side of main box..if this makes sense..not the background of the main site area...

    Here is my current code in the body:

    body {
    margin: 0 auto;
    font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 78.5%;
    background: url("../images/bluedots.jpg");
    padding-top:25px;
    }

    What is wrong here...? Still seeing gray....

    Thanks,
    Moy
    www.bydesigncreations.ca/index.php
    Thanks for the compliment. Anyway, I guess you figured it out, because when I go to your site, I don't see "horrid" gray, I see polkadots.

 

 
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