(SOLVED) background pictures

[mark4040]

Hi i'm new to prestashop so i might sound a bit thick but if i want to change my background from white to a picture background where do i get the pictures from i.e. do i download off the internet and if so where do i have to upload them to i.e. on my desk top or do i have to save them in a fold on the server.
sorry for sounding thick.
Mark.

[rocky]

Upload the image to the themes//img directory, then change the following code near the top of themes//css/global.css:

body {
   background-color: white;

to:

body {
   background: url(../img/background.jpg);

This will take the image background.jpg and tile it as the background. You can add no-repeat before the semicolon if you don't want the background to repeat at all.

[mark4040]

hi rocky
i have uploaded a picture called snowflakes and i have edited the code as below}
body {
background: url(../img/snowflakes.jpg);
is this wright.

cheers

[rocky]

That's right. You should end up with something like this:

body {
   background: url(../img/snowflakes.jpg);
   font-size: 11px;
   font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
   color: #5d717e;
   text-align: center
}

The other lines may be different depending on your theme.

[mark4040]

Thank you again cheers Rocky.

[rocky]

Please edit your first post and add [sOLVED] to the front of the title.

[Pippo3000]

Upload the image to the themes//img directory, then change the following code near the top of themes//css/global.css:

body {
   background-color: white;

to:

body {
   background: url(../img/background.jpg);

This will take the image background.jpg and tile it as the background. You can add no-repeat before the semicolon if you don't want the background to repeat at all.

hm, tried this as well and it does work except that the background image is not behind the shop itself, i.e. the image shows all over the shop making it impossible to actually see and navigate the shop. is there a special trigger which makes the background image appear really in the background, showing left, right and little bit on top but not in the shop itself?

phil

[ScubaLessonsInc]

make the image 1400 by 1400 with the 960 wide white square in the center.. that will keep your store white but your sides of the store with your image.

make sure to put in the no repeat if you do not to tile the image all over.. the no repeat will keep the image sitting like it should.

[ScubaLessonsInc]

The center box should now be 980 in versions 1.4 and above.