Background image in V8

[Piersland]

Hi Folks,

I'm considering using a background image in our v8 site http://www.locomobilia.com
any suggestions would be appreciated in how I can go about adding a background image instead of a plain colour

Many thanks

Piersland

[leehack]

settings | site options - scroll down to the bottom and have a mooch.

[Duncan Rounding]

...down to the bottom and have a smooch!!

Misread it sorry.

[Piersland]

Thanks Lee

settings | site options - scroll down to the bottom and have a mooch.

Hi Lee,

Super quick response as per usual.....thank you
Having a mooch and thought I'd play around with a bg image.
I've noticed that when I navigate from pg to pg the screen goes white for a split second!!
Is this normal?

Thanks

Piersland

[jont]

Known as FOW "Flash of White"

[pinbrook]

Known as FOW "Flash of White"

eek thats abit nasty....

if you want to keep the bg image it might be a good idea to add a bg colour of black. this may or may not replace the FOW with a FOB which wont be so hard on the eyes - you'd have to try it

[Piersland]

Fow

Hi folks,

I've decided to optimise the bg image as best I could and though the FOW is there it is not as bad! - time for a B R E W

Piersland

[jont]

You could try wrapping the whole page in a <div> and applying the background-image to that ... this can sometimes overcome body & html loading issues.

The css should declare a colour the same as the main image.. if black eg:

#pageWrap {
background-image: #000 url('image.gif') no-repeat;
}

[jont]

if you want to keep the bg image it might be a good idea to add a bg colour of black. this may or may not replace the FOW with a FOB which wont be so hard on the eyes - you'd have to try it

FOW will still occur as it is a browser loading issue.... but it is a good idea to have the background-color the same as the image (for slowly rendering pages)