replace background image

Hi there!

I 've just installed the quickstart package and the first thing I tried to do is to change the background image. I am supposed that I 'd replaced an image with another one first in media manager and then in template.css. But all files in media manager are empty. Am I missing something? How to do that?

My site is mumsbitar.se

Thanks in advance

Media manager is to be used in articles or basically inside joomla components / modules etc.

Background element is part of theme and you can change by either replacing following image with your image.

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/images/style2/bg_pattern.png


Or by using css code to override current image.

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body {background-image: url("../images/style2/bg_pattern.png");}


You can add above code in to templates "css/override.css" file and enable css override option in template settings > advanced settings > css override "on".

See you around...

Thanks for your quick response but I still don't get it!
You wrote that image's url is : /images/style2/bg_pattern.png

So, Shouldn't I upload my image into the file before I 'll replace it in css? style2 ... But where do I find it?

Please pretend that you give instructions for dummies...

Option 1:
You can rename your image to "bg_pattern.png" and upload to "templates/gk_restaurant/images/style2/" overwriting current image file.

Or

Option 2:
You can open "/templates/gk_restaurant/css/override.css" file with a notepad and add below css code in it.
For this example I have used image name as "mynewbackground.png" you can use anything you like.

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body {background-image: url("../images/style2/mynewbackground.png");}


You would then upload your new image to "/templates/gk_restaurant/images/style2/"

Then enable css override option in templates setting > advanced settings > css override "on".

You can do either one. Using second option is recommended as in future in case you update your template then obviously original image will come back as template update will overwrite your file.

Let me know if you need further help

Thanks Norman!

I applied the option 2 as you recommended and it works fine although some caching problem delays changes. Some changes are applied immediately but others no.

I keep posting new queries so you are always welcome to answer !

Thanks again

No problem at all, see you around...