Backgound in FP 2K3.

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Wiley Coyote

I've edited a theme and applied my own background. The problem is is that it
duplicates itself on the page. I only want it to show up once on the page,
I've changed the size and related properties in Photoshop, but to no avail.

Can anyone assist please.

TX.
 
M

Murray

Use CSS to prevent the background from tiling. Put this in an embedded or
an externally linked stylesheet -

body { background-repeat:no-repeat; }
 
M

Mike

The reason the image duplicates is because it has to fill the page. So
becuase your image didn't fill the requirements it simply duplicated to make
up for it.

I also have a suggestion for you. Try this as a substitution:

<img src="whatever_your_image_is.bmp" style="position : absolute;left :
0;top : 0">

Hope that helps,

Mike
 
W

Wiley Coyote

I beleive I understand what you are suggesting. My question is, where do I
put this piece of code, in every page? That would seem to be awkward.

Thanks for the suggestion.
 
M

Murray

Ignore it. You cannot position a background image like that. Read my
suggestion - it will work.
 
W

Wiley Coyote

Hi Murry, I'm not sure how to do this. I created a new Style (ex: MyStyle)
and tried to use Format, Style Sheet Links to link to my style sheet, but I
cannot find it. It is listed in Format -> Styles...

Doh???
 
W

Wiley Coyote

Hi Murry, I'm not sure how to do this. I created a new Style (ex: MyStyle)
and tried to use Format, Style Sheet Links to link to my style sheet, but I
cannot find it. It is listed in Format -> Styles...

Doh???
 
M

Murray

Redefine the body tag in the FORMAT | Style dialog (select "body" and click
on Modify. Now for the inexplicably weird stuff. Select BORDER > Shading,
and you will see the option there for repeat.

Of course the simple way to do this is to enter the following directly in
the head of the page -

<style type="text/css">
<!--
body { background-repeat:no-repeat; }
-->
</style>
 
M

Murray

You can also get there with <body> > Properties > Advanced > Body Style >
Format > Border > Shading

Byzantine, huh?

By the way, I left the "Format" out of the previous option choices between
Modify and Border.

Also, to enable that field, you must have already applied your background
image.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

May work, but FP 2003 themes are applied using CSS (always as the last style to cascade)
- so the theme may override the embedded style
Best to add the style to the Theme

Format | Theme | Customize | Text - select More Text Styles
Select the body tag and then Modify | Border | Shading and select
Repeat - select no-repeat
Attachment - select fixed
Vertical Position - select center
Horizontal Position - select center
OK | OK | OK | OK & Save As a new theme name
Apply the new theme name to all pages





| Redefine the body tag in the FORMAT | Style dialog (select "body" and click
| on Modify. Now for the inexplicably weird stuff. Select BORDER > Shading,
| and you will see the option there for repeat.
|
| Of course the simple way to do this is to enter the following directly in
| the head of the page -
|
| <style type="text/css">
| <!--
| body { background-repeat:no-repeat; }
| -->
| </style>
|
| --
| Murray
| ============
|
| | > Hi Murry, I'm not sure how to do this. I created a new Style (ex: MyStyle)
| > and tried to use Format, Style Sheet Links to link to my style sheet, but
| > I cannot find it. It is listed in Format -> Styles...
| >
| > Doh???
| >
| > | >> Use CSS to prevent the background from tiling. Put this in an embedded
| >> or an externally linked stylesheet -
| >>
| >> body { background-repeat:no-repeat; }
| >>
| >> --
| >> Murray
| >> ============
| >>
| >> | >>> I've edited a theme and applied my own background. The problem is is
| >>> that it duplicates itself on the page. I only want it to show up once on
| >>> the page, I've changed the size and related properties in Photoshop, but
| >>> to no avail.
| >>>
| >>> Can anyone assist please.
| >>>
| >>> TX.
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
 
W

Wiley Coyote

It's a beautiful thing when one asks a question and many volunteers assist
in a solution. This bad boy does the trick. However, when I browse for the
background image, FP wants to use this path:

.../../../../../../Projects/FP2003 Projects/Paladin/images/paladinbckgrnd.jpg

I need to use ../images/paladinbckgrnd.jpg (obviously the path structure
will not be the same and why would one want to use the exact path rather
than a relative one?)

When I do so, the background image is not displayed.

???
Again, thanks to all for the assistance, it is appreciated.
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

You have indicated a relative path. If you want the image path to be ../images, then it must be in
that location within the current open web / site when you browse to it.

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W

Wiley Coyote

Hey Thomas. The file is located in the /images dir. If I browser to the
file, all works well and when I view in browser (F12) the background is
displayed. When I publish the web site, it is not displayed. I realize that
the path is a PHYSICAL path to the file, but when I try to use a relative
path such as ../images/filename.jpg it is not displayed.

The fix was to change the path in Format -> Theme.

All is welll now.

Thanks...
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

.../../ is not a physical/absolute path, it is relative path. A physical/absolute path would be one
with either the full domain or the full filesystem path to the file.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
==============================================
If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
a Service Pack or security update, please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services:
http://support.microsoft.com
If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
==============================================
 
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