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No, there are no modification installed at all. In fact, this is my first style to have installed. I don't get the problem you are having as I am not able to recreate it. I will have to call in some friends to see if they can get to the site.

wow,

It looks professional,
I really like both it and your smooth red style. :D
Continue your good work.

Hi Mark,

I'd like to start by saying I am a big fan of your styles, I think they have nice clean lines and are very professional looking. I think we are very lucky that you provide them gratis.:D

Anyway, what I am wondering is how easy it would be to replace the large background image?
I realise that I could just replace it with my own one, and know how to do that, but I was wondering how easy it would to replace it with a tiled background? Or possibly have a wide image at the top that graduates down into a solid colour. Essentailly like this website does:

http://www.visitnc.com/

I'm just not that up to speed with template mods yet, to know where to look/begin.

The image is not too deep but blends in with the black background colour, and I think it looks very classy.

Anyway, hope you can help.

Cheers

Twice

so cna I add my own background and would it work with all the mods i already have installed?

Quote:

Originally Posted by twicedaily (Post 1506761)

Hi Mark,

I'd like to start by saying I am a big fan of your styles, I think they have nice clean lines and are very professional looking. I think we are very lucky that you provide them gratis.:D

Anyway, what I am wondering is how easy it would be to replace the large background image?
I realise that I could just replace it with my own one, and know how to do that, but I was wondering how easy it would to replace it with a tiled background? Or possibly have a wide image at the top that graduates down into a solid colour. Essentially like this website does:

http://www.visitnc.com/

I'm just not that up to speed with template mods yet, to know where to look/begin.

The image is not too deep but blends in with the black background colour, and I think it looks very classy.

Anyway, hope you can help.

Cheers

Twice

If you go to the Main CSS for this style and look in the Body Extra CSS Attributes, you will see this section of code:

Code:

margin-top: 0px;

margin-bottom: 0px;

margin-right: 0px;

margin-left: 0px;

background-image: url(sleekblack/bg.jpg);

background-repeat: no-repeat;

background-attachment: fixed;

If you want to tile a image for the background, change your code to look like this:

Code:

margin-top: 0px;

margin-bottom: 0px;

margin-right: 0px;

margin-left: 0px;

background-image: 

url('link/to/your/image.jpg');

background-repeat: repeat

If you want to have a fade, you would have to make your background graphic with the gradient fading to the desired background color, and use this code to have it repeat horizontally only:

Code:

margin-top: 0px;

margin-bottom: 0px;

margin-right: 0px;

margin-left: 0px;

background-image: 

url('link/to/your/image.jpg');

background-repeat: repeat-x

Now that you know where to set the background, you can search the net for "background images using CSS" and see verious ways to create backgrounds for this style.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrdby (Post 1507650)

so cna I add my own background and would it work with all the mods i already have installed?

The background has nothing to do with template code, and will not affect the opperation of your mods installed on your forum.

Mark,

Many thanks.

I had originally used the search templates function to try and find the location of bg.jpg, and was drawing a blank. Your detailed instructions worked a treat.. Now all I need to is find a suitable replacement ;)

Cheers

but where is the xml file?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrdby (Post 1508043)

but where is the xml file?

Ok, download and decompress the zip file. You should be left with an uncompressed folder called sleek black. Inside this folder is the xml file you are looking for.
It is called vbulletin-style.xml.

Hope this helps

Thank you twicedaily. Yes, the xml is within the zip file, along with the images and install instructions.

Mark,

Am having a bit of a problem with the style as rendered in Firefox... the style picker box is being rendered way up out of position on the right, see jpg below:

http://www.christopherkett.com/firefox_problem.jpg

This is after a straight install, I have not modified anything yet. I am using FF 2.0.0.14

Any ideas?

Cheers

Chris

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