How do i put a picture in the background of my vb template?

[dirtymerc]

Hey guys im trying to figure out how to put a gradient background in the background of my template, I wan t it to show up outside of my main content table which is set at like 85%. If anyone could help me that would be greatly appreciated.

[bjorkfan19]

You mean for the body background?

For 3.0, go to "Edit Templates" from the dropdown in the Style manager. Find "Body", and add this to "Extra CSS Atrributes":

background-image:
url("http://www.imageaddress.com");

[dirtymerc]

for 2.3.0

[bjorkfan19]

Styles > Modify > Fonts/colors/etc > Body tag. Add this somewhere in there after "body" (with of course a space before and after as needed):

background="http://www.imageaddress.com"

[canaryforum]

... and how do you do the same for the forum/category headers?

[Zachery]

there is a trick you can do for category headers but it will mess up your CSS scroll bar
#000000" background="images/bgimg.gif
you can also edit the template where it makes the categorys appear


go to
Templates > Modify > Template name > forum home >
forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

<tr id="cat">
 <td bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" colspan="6"><a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><normalfont color="{categoryfontcolor}"><b>$forum[title]</b></normalfont></a>
 <br><smallfont color="{categoryfontcolor}">$forum[description]</smallfont></td>
</tr>

change to somthing like this i think

 <tr id="cat">
 <td bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" background="yourbgimg.ext" colspan="6"><a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><normalfont color="{categoryfontcolor}"><b>$forum[title]</b></normalfont></a>
 <br><smallfont color="{categoryfontcolor}">$forum[description]</smallfont></td>
</tr>