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Adding a background picture to the dark chocolate theme - no success!

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Hi there,

now that i got my copy of c5 installed i am somehow trying to adjust the dark chocolate theme to my needs. First of all id like to start by adding a background to the whole theme...in the css file.
Usually i tend to mess around as long as it takes to persuade the css to do what i want. but now this sophisticated approach does not work.
Am i right in assuming that i have to alter the main.css file?
If yes, what do i need to code so that it works?

/* HTML Tag Redefinition */
html, body {height: 100%;  }
body {/* customize_background */ background-color: #000; /* customize_background */ padding: 0px; margin: 0px; }
img {border: 0px}
a { cursor:pointer}


again, thanks in advance!
 
dwayneparton replied on at Permalink Reply
dwayneparton
You are right in editing the main.css.
You should be able to do this by adding something like this to body.
body {
   /* customize_background */ background-color: #000; /* customize_background */
   padding: 0px; 
   margin: 0px; 
   background:url(images/your_background_image.jpg) repeat; 
}

Then add your image to the images folder in that theme.
I hope this helps.

***NOTE: Just in case you haven't done so. It's a good idea to modify you theme by copying the theme to the root/themes directory as opposed to editing the theme in the root/concrete/themes directory to avoid future update over writing.