How do I change the background image?

Hi!

I just purchased the game magazine template and I was wondering how to change the background image to something else?

Thank you,

Sofia

Hi,
nice to meet you.

We have so many guides on our wiki, for example this section:
http://www.gavick.com/documentation/cat ... -template/


Give me a second I will give you more details information in next post

About customization of background (of all templates) first you should choose which color style you would like to use. In template configuration : http://www.gavick.com/documentation/joo ... -settings/

Second if you'd chosen, now you can use your own background image using your image.

1) First prepare new background image, in this template we , as default, used panoramic photo (wallpaper) with 1 710px × 814px - but you can use similar dimensions, not always must be this same.
2) Rename your image to bg.jpg - and copy here (use FTP/SFTP): templates/gk_game_magazine/images/ of course replace old image with yours, refresh browser ... ...done

p.s.
Default background color was/is #F5F5F5 (light grey) to change it, use

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body {
    background: url("../images/bg.jpg") no-repeat scroll center top #YOURCOLOR;

}

where #YOURCOLOR- is your new HEX color

About customization I have ONE but very important advice.

Install two joomla web pages:
1) one with Quickstart - to see how it works
2) Empty Joomla (no demo content), then install template + modules

Thank you for all your help, I really appreciate it!

I still have a couple of questions though. I created the panoramic picture and named it bg.jpg and replaced it for my old image in FileZilla. It doesn't seem to work. Am I missing something?

Thank you again!

Sofia

About customization of background (of all templates) first you should choose which color style you would like to use. In template configuration : http://www.gavick.com/documentation/joo ... -settings/

Second if you'd chosen, now you can use your own background image using your image.

1) First prepare new background image, in this template we , as default, used panoramic photo (wallpaper) with 1 710px × 814px - but you can use similar dimensions, not always must be this same.
2) Rename your image to bg.jpg - and copy here (use FTP/SFTP): templates/gk_game_magazine/images/ of course replace old image with yours, refresh browser ... ...done

p.s.
Default background color was/is #F5F5F5 (light grey) to change it, use

Code: Select all

body {
    background: url("../images/bg.jpg") no-repeat scroll center top #YOURCOLOR;

}

where #YOURCOLOR- is your new HEX color

Maybe not,
use old trick to update bg image

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http://YOURPAGE.com/templates/gk_game_magazine/images/bg.jpg

Use in address bar + <Enter> + use F5 to refresh image to check is it really new image.

If won't help please add here URL I will see ..upss where are my glasses

That did it!

Thank you so much!

I have another question about installing the quick start package. I can't seem to make it to work when I an trying to install it. Am I missing something simple?

Thank you,

Sofia

Maybe not,
use old trick to update bg image

Code: Select all

http://YOURPAGE.com/templates/gk_game_magazine/images/bg.jpg

Use in address bar + <Enter> + use F5 to refresh image to check is it really new image.

If won't help please add here URL I will see ..upss where are my glasses

Quickstart is not a template, so it can not be installed via Joomla back-end.
But please read those articles: http://www.gavick.com/documentation/cat ... a-package/