Changing a background image in phpBB style.css

RangerLord — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:48:43 +0000

Here is the section of style.css where I want to change the background image, and I'm trying to understand the precedence of the CSS code. I want to replace earth_bk.jpg with alternate_bk.jpg while leaving space_bk.gif which tiles across the rest of the background. For testing, I have the code in the following configuration for now. Both Netscape and Firefox display the forum with the file alternate_bk.jpg in the upper left corner and the rest of the background tiled with space_bk.gif, while Internet Exploder still displays earth_bk.jpg in the upper left with the tiled space_bk.gif.

I'm simply trying to understand how this code is being interpreted so I can make the changes I want and know that they're dependable.

html>body {
background: url(images/space_bk.gif) fixed #000;
margin: 0px;
color: #fff;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }

* html body {
background: url(images/earth_bk1.jpg) no-repeat fixed #000;;
margin: 0px;
color: #fff;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }

a, a:visited {
color: #b7bfda; }
a:hover {
color: #F7BC5B; }

html>body #container {
width: 735px;
background: url(images/alternate_bk.jpg) no-repeat fixed;
padding-top: 25px;
padding-left: 15px;}
* html body #container {
width: 735px;
padding-top: 25px;
padding-left: 15px;}

Precedence, etc.

RangerLord — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:33:18 +0000

teammatt3 wrote: I can't help you there, RangerLord. But have you tried the offical PHPbb forums at http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/ ? I think they would have a better understanding of PHPbb then us.

True enough about the forum software itself, but like a lot of software that supports alternative skins, phpBB doesn't provide support for third-party developed templates.

I have followed the link provided by the developer of the template I am using, but it links back to his blog, and there is no mention of any support for the phpBB template. Also missing is any e-mail link, so in order to ask for help from the author I guess I'll just have to post a comment in his blog.

Meanwhile, I've been through the CSS provided with the default template, as well as another template that I've downloaded, and none of them are doing anything like what I'm seeing in this one.

I would just go find another template that I like, only this one had a theme and layout practically perfect for what I wanted, and all I wanted to change on it was one of the background images, plus add a menu link back to the other part of the website.

- R/L

teammatt3 — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:43:08 +0000

I can't help you there, RangerLord. But have you tried the offical PHPbb forums at http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/ ? I think they would have a better understanding of PHPbb then us.

Conditional CSS?

RangerLord — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:35:24 +0000

(See previous post) No help, anyone?