Images in table bg and category bg?

[Red Shadow]

Well, what i do works on a v2.2.6, but anything higher i try it on doesnt work. wut i do is this...

#000000" background="{imagesfolder}/tablebg.gif"

and same for category bg. am i doing something wrong?

[filburt1]

Get rid of the trailing quote.

[Red Shadow]

wut trailing quote? the one after the hex? cuz i tried that and it just made it a nasty color.

[filburt1]

Trailing means end or last.

[Red Shadow]

hm....tried that and it didnt work

[Red Shadow]

nevermind i got it.

instead of using "{imagesfolder}/bevel.jpg" i did "images/bevel.jpg"

[Tony G]

Thats weird, how come {imagesfolder} didn't work for you?

Eh..

[Red Shadow]

hm...i dunno. good thing i figured it out tho, it was making me mad

[A:\]

I believe it should be #FFFFFF" background="{imagesfolder}/catbg.gif"

This is what I use and it works for me.

[filburt1]

There shouldn't be a trailing quote. Look at the code vB uses in the templates and it should become obvious why this trick works.

[Red Shadow]

well it works now, when i did images/bevel.gif it worked

[filburt1]

I think why the {imagesfolder} keeps failing is because it's a replacement itself and a replacement inside a replacement doesn't get parsed.

[Tony G]

Originally posted by Red Shadow
well it works now, when i did images/bevel.gif it worked

Like I said, it's not the best economical way of doing it. Using a variable is better because any changes to the imagespath are updated automatically.

It's a big hassle if everything was coded /images/.

[filburt1]

Is anybody reading my posts in this thread...? :rolleyes: You're trying to use a replacement in a replacement...at my board even I have to use customimages/forumhome/image.gif and such to get things to work.

[Tony G]

Yes, But I'm saying for other places filbie. Sorry. I understand.

[filburt1]

Ah, okay. :)

[Red Shadow]

Originally posted by Tony


Like I said, it's not the best economical way of doing it. Using a variable is better because any changes to the imagespath are updated automatically.

It's a big hassle if everything was coded /images/.

I didnt change everything from {imagesfolder} to /images/, all i did was do that in the Category Strip Background Color and the Table Heading Background Color.

[autobilia]

What is a recommended size (pixels) for the category background?

[Tony G]

From memory it's something X 41.