[HOW TO] Add a background image to posting area

[Sniper_E]

Duh, you're right Mike....

I like your image!

But it's not animated.

[bosss]

how make animated ? have you some image to put in post area and animated ?

regards
bosss

[JPa]

i change and effect is same ..just one blue line in post area!

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textarea {
   background-image: url('./images/libarx1.gif');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center;
   font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: 1.3em;
   line-height: 1.4em;
   font-weight: normal;
   border: 1px solid #A9B8C2;
   padding: 2px;
}

now is like that

regards
bosss

I have like this.


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textarea {
   font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   width: 60%;
   padding: 2px;
   font-size: 1em;
   line-height: 1.4em;
}

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textarea {
   font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   background-image: url('http://domain.com/htdocs/phpBB3/styles/prosilver/theme/images/imagename.jpg');
        background-repeat:no-repeat;
        background-position:center;
        width: 60%;
   padding: 2px;
   font-size: 1em;
   line-height: 1.4em;
}

That address issue might be that hardest part to understand. C+p that code and chance your domain and image name to it. That is for prosilver. You might not have to clear cache after that. Try just add that code and test, if don't effect, then clear cache.



EDIT
If you wanna see how it works in my forum, please visit http://suomifoorumi.net/phpBB3/posting. ... ly&f=5&t=4

[killer-kurt Tim]

It works on the quick reply box but on the actual reply box all it seems to do is show a line lol

Any ideas?

Quick reply box


Normal reply box


Its rather weird.

[stitch626]

Now this line thing is beginning to haunt me. There as another person that had this same problem but were never able to fix it. No matter what I do on my testboard, I cannot produce that line. Why don't you post your template code here in a spoiler so I can have a look at it. It may be a day or so because I have been feeling quite under the weather. Thanks

[killer-kurt Tim]

Well i will just post the template download if that's OK.

This is without the image on but is pretty much the same

http://www.tksdofficial.co.uk/Downloads/Software/Vista%20Green.zip

[stitch626]

Hello Kurt,
Hey man I am not trying to knock your board but you have some serious issues going on. Well first let me say that the download you gave me was a bad download because I tried installing it on my test forum and crashed it. So I went to your board to do some testing and couldn't even register. When you hit the submit I get some sort of error about the 'Thank Mod' Also there are quite a few broken images. You need to get these problems sorted out before I can properly trouble shoot the problem you are having.

[killer-kurt Tim]

Oh that stupid mod im going to remove it because it dont work lol. I will get on to it now.

[killer-kurt Tim]

Im sorry about that stich. You should be able to register now, i have tested the registration and it works for me.

Why its not installing on your board im not sure but i have installed it on a couple of other boards and it works fine.

[stitch626]

Kurt,
Can you please post your stylesheet.css here in a spoiler and post your image you are using for your background.
Also can you give me a direct link to the place you downloaded this style?

Thanks