Category background image

[Al Zander]

Nothing found in search, so before I go fooling around with the options on my board, I am sure this is a very simple answer.

1)Category Strip Background Color
2)Table Heading Background Color

Those two strips - can I and how do I use an image instead of a color value there?

Thanks in advance

[tubedogg]

#000000" background="myimage.gif

Note where the " are. Edit your replacement variables directly because you won't be able to put this in on the Styles page.

[Al Zander]

Pretty much what I figured, just wanted to be sure. Thanks tubedogg.

BTW, Cool avatar, whatever it is. Looks sorta like a bat under a giant green fuel pump. (just in time for Halloweeenie)

Cheers

[tubedogg]

Thanks! The credit goes to a guy named Adam over on SitePoint Forums. It's a "T" with a bat, but close enough.

[Al Zander]

Oh, okay I see it now. Cool, I like it.

[Thurian]

Hello, I am trying to do the same thing with my catagory strip color. I uploaded my back.gif image to my image folder in vb. I then went to Forum Hompage Templates and opened forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost. I replaced <td bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" with <td bgcolor="back.gif" but it didn't work. Please let me know what I am doing wrong. Thanks in advance.

[WizyWyg]

Read tube's answer again..
bgcolor cannot be an image file
background can

[Thurian]

Thanks for the reply, I changed bgcolor to background but still no dice. What exactly do I write to get a tiled background gif on the category strip?

[tubedogg]

<td background="back.gif"

[Thurian]

I tried that one but for some reason it didn't work. I wonder what I am doing wrong? :^(

[JJR512]

Originally posted by tubedogg
#000000" background="myimage.gif

Note where the " are. Edit your replacement variables directly because you won't be able to put this in on the Styles page.

I put it in on the Styles page and it worked just fine. I did it after reading freddie (I believe) mention it in the Tips forum. But as I said, it works fine (for me) in the Styles page.

Styles --> Modify --> fonts/colors/etc --> Category Strip Background Color = #DFDFDF" background="{ imagesfolder }/silver-fade.gif

(No spaces inside the curly brackets, of course!)

[tubedogg]

Hmm...I must've been thinking of something else.

[Thurian]

That totally worked JJ! Thank you muchly.

[pdatoon]

I was wondering how could you use a different picture per category and not always the same. Any ideas?