Background Image und Header Grafik file not found

[fullenchilada]

Hey you guys,

this is my third or fourth day with the xenforo software and its all brand new to me. all the talk with the bb code and the parsing and so on is like arabic to me so i m sticking to the graphic stuff for the time being.

what i have been trying to achieve is to get my background image up on my page with a nice .png header graphic. the background image is a big one and i dont want it to tile all across the page. i just want it to stay in the middle of the browser window and be fixed when i scroll content. i put the following code in BODY Sonstiges (sorry the xenforo is in German...i m guessing its miscellaneous for the English version) in the admin section:

background-image:url('styles/sologamer/sologamer/background.jpg');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:center top;

Sologamer is the theme i m using and i m trying to adjust it to fit my needs. The problem now is that whenever i use this in my test environment, the background image will appear. However, if I use the same lines of code for my live board, nothing shows up. The same applies for the header.png graphic which happens to be in the same folder as the background.jpg on the server. When I replace the header.png with the graphic that came with the theme, then the graphic (which is somethingsomething.jpg) shows up on the page. I have absolutely no clue why that is. The path seems to be correct and the files are already uploaded to the server. A little help will be greatly appreciated.

I have also been wondering if there are any "xenforo tutorials" for absolute beginners that have absolutely no clue about bb code and php and parsing and so on. whenever i read the posts, i get completely lost.

Anyway, again thanx for any help in advance

fullenchilada

 

[Carlos]

I tried to find a manual for the skin, but the forum is dead... Meaning I can't find the information regarding this.

Might want to send a ticket to the owner that runs SleekXF.

There is no image file at that URL.

http://www.wildstaronline.de/styles/sologamer/sologamer/hp_banner.png

Yeap, not found.

 

[fullenchilada]

ok i fixed the thing with the background. i forgot to take a few lines of code (the ones that you listed brogan) out of the extra.css so everything is cool with the background.

still there is the problem with the hp_banner.png which has been uploaded to the server so its in the same directory as the background.jpg

 

[Paul B]

It's working fine for me now.

The header logo and background are both showing.

 

[Carlos]

I had noticed that in this url: http://www.wildstaronline.de/styles/sologamer/sologamer/hp_banner.png

There's two SoloGamer file directories. lol.

Upload hp_banner.png to http://www.wildstaronline.de/styles/sologamer/sologamer/

 

[fullenchilada]

i was using filezila to upload it to the server and the program listed the file on the server. my buddy just told me that he couldnt see it there so he is gonna upload it again. lets see what happens

 

[Paul B]

Didn't you say you wanted the background fixed?

Edit the markup to this:

background: url('styles/sologamer/sologamer/background.jpg') no-repeat fixed;

 

[fullenchilada]

well looks like we made it. thank you so much you guys for the quick help

 

[fullenchilada]

actually i did yeah. where can i add the "fixed"?

 

[Carlos]

To me, the background looked fine.

Wait a minute, what does fixed mean for a background like that?

background: url('styles/sologamer/sologamer/background.jpg') >no-repeat fixed;<

See those arrows? That's where, it's in Brogan's code box.

 

[fullenchilada]

oh i think brogan means that once you scroll the page the background doesnt move. i actually meant that i dont want the background to tile and be centered. so its all good thanx again you guys

 

[Carlos]

It looks great, you guys used transparency with that banner that used to be a single image.

It blended quite well. Good job!