I must be nuts

[TheListener]

Have been playing with a theme on my test forum.

Got little idea as to what I am doing.

Knowledge of css, html and php is 0.

So far the main colour I have come up with for a theme is as follows.

If someone could point me in the direction of changing the background css I'd be grateful.

[mashby]

I'd say you are a peanut. Background CSS for what, the entire body?

[TheListener]

I'd say you are a peanut. Background CSS for what, the entire body?

Thanks walnut



Yep the whole body.


The hex is BDB76B and the colours name is Khaki Green.

[mashby]

What do you currently have set for body in your CSS?

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body {
background: #BDB76B;
}

[Clara Listensprechen]

If this is 2.0 Gold & newer, the background isn't handled by CSS alone, and there are (at least) 2 layers of background. Looks like the peanut is the stuff below the header, the body part alone in the far background. The header has a separate background.

[TheListener]

Peanut stuff?

That was me calling mashby a peanut Clara. lol

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/* Set a fontsize that will look the same in all browsers. */
body
{
background: #BDB76B url(../images/theme/backdrop.png) repeat-x;
font: 78%/130% "Verdana", "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 15px 0;
}

[Clara Listensprechen]

Well, if you're changing both the backdrop.png and the # specified color, that's certainly the backmost background. main_block sits ontop of that as logo background and on which the body frame lays. Depending on opinion, you may or may not regard the body frame as an additional background on which the content lays....or it's an even frame.

[TheListener]

Pardon?

Sorry Clara but what ya said sounded like technobabble.

I'm only dabbling with it at the moment.

Nothing serious.

[Clara Listensprechen]

Pardon?

Sorry Clara but what ya said sounded like technobabble.

I'm only dabbling with it at the moment.

Nothing serious.