SID-00716: Creating a background image for a topic

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I want to add a background image to a single topic (that's used as a title page by the GENPDF add-on). I want this as background to the topic text - not a replacement for one of the logos.

I'm using pattern skin.

I've seen previous similar questions, but not being a graphics/skin person, the responses weren't comprehensible.

Suppose my image is foo.jpg, my topic is BarTopic and I want foo.jpg to appear centered under the topic body. How, exactly do I make this happen?

FWIW, I saw a 2002 suggestion that a topic preference variable for this would be a good idea (e.g. Set TOPIC_BACKGROUND = foo.jpg). I support this idea...I shouldn't have to be a GUI internals expert to get this common effect...

Thanks.

-- TimotheLitt - 2010-01-13

Discussion and Answer

use CSS. Enclose the whole topic into a div, in the style of the div specify the background image. Do a raw view on this topic to see how it works.

CSS has many options on background (repeat etc). Check CSS docs.

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-01-14

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