I'll test this on my site when I get home from work and let you know my findings. :)

my first setup was at xampp.
couldnt see the background and yesterday i tried it at the live forum.
couldnt see the backround there either as @Bubble #5 said also.

i read the you'll check the hack so i'll be waiting (i dont have waiting issues. take your time :) )
i hope it will work cause i really like it :)
(its marked as installed)

What type of set up is your live forum? Not that that should make a difference, since this is a template edit.

I did not get time to try Bubble's image yet, was to tired yesterday, maybe today after work. :)

i am sorry i dont understand the "what type of setup".
the live forum is vb 4.2.0 pl3 on a dedicated server.
the default theme is untouched and my themes have their own directories.
for each skin, i dont have the css of any background with the important! tag
i dont know what exactly you need me to write.

I'll be looking into this also Barbara. I think I know why it's not working. I wrote a similar hack for 3.6 and had the same issue, and if I remember correctly it wasn't the hacks fault, but another setting on the forum.

i see. i have no knowledge in coding (so i can override some options) hope you guys can find the solution :)

OK Barbara I've got good news and bad news :p

The bad news is that I've tried countless things and couldn't get this hack to work.

The good news is that Ozzy's other hack (which is very similar) does work.

I couldn't get the image to center so I had to use a larger transparent background, but I'm still working on the CSS part. Then a smaller image can be used. Still looking into why the other hack isn't playing nice. I'm sure someone here will narrow it down sooner or later. Just takes a bit of time.

Here is the image I'm using until I can get the centering to work:

i saw that hack today. is ozzy productive or what? :)
i'll give it a try and if it works, i'll use that one instead.
thanks :)

There is no real update, I just removed the code from the first post, and put it into a txt file.

Ozzy, did you ever figure out why this mod doesn't display images correctly?