Show Thread Enhancements - tiling background image behind posts

Put a tiling background image behind posts in showthread.

I know it's a pretty small mod but I have seen it asked a fair bit here and on vB.com so I figure maybe one or two folk might find this helpful.

Create your tiling image.
Name it posttile.jpg
upload posttile.jpg to your skins misc folder.

Attached is a nice christmassy example you could use for default skins:

Add the following to your skins Additional CSS Definitions (changing your_skins_name_here to your skins name!):

For Default vB Skin:

.posttiler {
   background-color: #F7F7F7;
   background-image:    url(images/misc/posttile.jpg);
   background-repeat:   repeat;
   background-position: top center;
}

For Custom Skins (location of misc folder may differ!)

.posttiler {
   background-color: #F7F7F7;
   background-image:    url(images/your_skins_name_here/misc/posttile.jpg);
   background-repeat:   repeat;
   background-position: top center;
}

save


Open:

postbit

Find:

<tr>
	<if condition="$show['moderated']">
	<td class="alt2" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
	<else />
	<td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
	</if>	
	<!-- message, attachments, sig -->

		$template_hook[postbit_messagearea_start]

		<if condition="$show['messageicon'] OR $post['title']">

In-line Find:

alt1

Replace with:

posttiler

save file

[ArnyVee]

This is a good idea. Thanks for sharing

[TheInsaneManiac]

I like this idea, but I don't want it to be a tiling image. I made something of how I want it to look like in photoshop:

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by TheInsaneManiac

I like this idea, but I don't want it to be a tiling image. I made something of how I want it to look like in photoshop:

I am not 100% sure but you might jsut be able to remove the

   background-repeat:   repeat;

to stop it from repeating..

[TheInsaneManiac]

Originally Posted by ryancooper

I am not 100% sure but you might jsut be able to remove the

   background-repeat:   repeat;

to stop it from repeating..

I already know how to get it to appear. I just want it to appear only in certain forums. I need an if condition, but can't figure out how to get one to work right.