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Ginevra Molly Weasley (tt_ginny) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2012-10-27 17:45:00

Layout background issue
I'm using this lovely layout by Lobelia the wonderful and any background I use, no matter the size of it (linked from photobucket) is tiling instead of stretching to fit and it's making me a sad panda.

This is what it looks like this.

I'm a CSS newbie. Any help would be so greatly appreciated.

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	affictitious 2012-10-28 12:52 am UTC (link)
	I sometimes use `background-size: 100%` so you could try using that and seeing if it helps. The only thing I'd recommend would be using a hi-res image for that so you don't lose the quality of the background image. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tt_ginny 2012-10-28 01:02 am UTC (link)
	That worked! Thank you thank you thank you! big hugs (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	affictitious 2012-10-28 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Yay! \o/ You're welcome, glad I could be of assistance. :3 (Reply to this) (Parent)

habituation
2012-10-28 06:12 am UTC (link)

The background is set to tile regardless of the size of your image because of this line in the code:

background-attachment: scroll; background-repeat: repeat-y;

In order to set the background as a static one, it needs to be replaced with this:

background-repeat:no-repeat;

This page may be useful for additional information.

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	habituation 2012-10-28 06:15 am UTC (link)
	Sorry, to clarify, you want to leave the 'background-attachment: scroll' (or 'fixed' if you want the background to stay static as you scroll down the page) part in, but replace the 'repeat-y' part with 'no-repeat'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tt_ginny 2012-10-28 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! I'm beginning to get a better understanding of how CSS works now. And thank you VERY much for the link. You are an angel! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	evaakeru 2012-10-28 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	I also use: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=everything_lj for assistance when working with layouts since IJ is based on LJ code (Reply to this)