CSS Home page edit

[gsharpe1964]

Hi Mark & Basti

I've made a css from a gradient generator, i want the background the same color as my forums
the code goes something like this

background: #1e5799; /* Old browsers */
/* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #1e5799 0%, #207cca 65%, #2989d8 81%, #7db9e8 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#1e5799), color-stop(65%,#207cca), color-stop(81%,#2989d8), color-stop(100%,#7db9e8)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #1e5799 0%,#207cca 65%,#2989d8 81%,#7db9e8 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #1e5799 0%,#207cca 65%,#2989d8 81%,#7db9e8 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #1e5799 0%,#207cca 65%,#2989d8 81%,#7db9e8 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(top, #1e5799 0%,#207cca 65%,#2989d8 81%,#7db9e8 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#1e5799', endColorstr='#7db9e8',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-8 */

is this the correct way or is there an easier way i can make out where to add this in the CSS file? Any ideas

 

[Mark]

if you want this on the "body" background, open user.css and paste this between the curly braces

body {
  goes right here
}

that should do it.

 

[gsharpe1964]

Thats great, site looks brill now take a peek http://forumtopsite.co.uk/
Thanks again mark, Shame you havn't got a buy me a beer hack on here ???

 

[Mark]

very nice Happy to help, especially with making sure changes are done correctly so future upgrades are a little easier on you.

 

[Anna]

A total noob when it comes to html and coding so working very much by trial, error and hands on instructions ^^ Managed to paste gsharpe's excellent code in to the css user. But I would be nice to be able to actually use my own background. So my question is: If I had a phote/picture I wanted to use as a background - how would I write then? Thanks a bunch in advance!

 

[Basti]

body {

}
there would go your custom stuff

  background: #ffffff url('img/yourphoto.jpg') repeat-x;

repeat-x = horizontal
repeat-y = vertical
repeat = both
no-repeat = stands for itself

The color code at the beginning is the color for the rest of the background which isnt covered by the photo, for example when using repeat-x that color will appear one the photos height is reached

Then upload your background to parabola/img

 

[gsharpe1964]

A total noob when it comes to html and coding so working very much by trial, error and hands on instructions ^^ Managed to paste gsharpe's excellent code in to the css user. But I would be nice to be able to actually use my own background. So my question is: If I had a phote/picture I wanted to use as a background - how would I write then? Thanks a bunch in advance!

Anna, if you get time take a peek here http://www.html.net/tutorials/css/ Its so easy and not as hard as it looks, Enjoy

Gerry

 

[Anna]

THANK YOU!