Forum:Dont understand how to change the background.

I was going to change the background on the Duelmasters wiki, and I do have Bureaucrats access to this wiki.

I have taken a look at the editing help forums, only to be redirected to the main page a few times when trying to see how to edit skins. From random googling however I did read that the .css file on the wiki needed to be edited, but except for the new .css file put on the site a few days ago by a wikia worker, the 2 .css files I found (Monaco, and mediawiki) were either empty, or non-existant.

What page should I be looking at? I know I had seen it on this wiki before, but I cant find it for the life of me. Yami Michael 04:58, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Check out my Blog on the new Oasis/Wikia backgrounds/logos. Devilmanozzy  (Talk Page)  05:12, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Checked it out, but outside of the comment saying to add

body { background: #000000 url(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/duelmasters/images/c/c9/Bg.gif) top center no-repeat; }

I still no clue at all what to be adding to the CSS file, and if it would even change. Yami Michael 05:25, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Do you have a botton in the Top left corner thats a green triangle? Devilmanozzy  (Talk Page)  05:29, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Havent see a triangle, no. Just the button for wikia/gaming. The logo under that, and stuff like "Create a new wiki", edit, etc to the right. Yami Michael 05:32, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Please read this then....Transition Guide. In short, you may want to wait. Read this too. Devilmanozzy  (Talk Page)  05:41, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

I have skimmed over them both. I just thought that even if the wiki was changing skins, before the switch I should be able to find an easy way to just go into settings, add an image to the skin, and it would be on the wiki. When the wiki changes, thats fine, I just wanted to try something new on the wiki as its used a plain white background since it started.

Still 2 weeks until the new look will be on each wiki and monaco removed, so I just wanted a quick edit to see if the background would even look nice. Thats all. Yami Michael 05:44, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

Guess something that would of seemed so simple cant be done. Guess this forum/wiki cant help if its not related to Oasis. Yami Michael 03:30, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Don't forget to change your settings so that the skin is set to "Custom". See the picture for an example. MontagnaMagica|Talk 03:48, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Alright, this is what you do:

.color1 { background-color: #000000 url(This is where you put the URL for your image) no-repeat; } SAM SON IUS 03:54, October 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Go to the MediaWiki:Monaco.css page on your wiki.
 * 2) Put this coding anywhere in the page, as long as it isn't within another block of code:
 * 1) Just put the URL to your image in those parentheses.
 * 2) Hard refresh (shift+refresh or alt+refresh depending on your browser), and you should be all set.


 * Thanks for the help, changed the MediaWiki:Monaco.css page, put the URL in the brackets, and then changed the default skin to custom. Even after the browser refreshs, cache cleared, and checking on other pcs, im still getting a white background. Guess I just have to wait currently. If I wanted the background tiled, does that earlier "no-repeat;" stop that? Or I should get another background? Yami Michael 10:18, October 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you want the background tiled, all you have to do is get rid of the "no-repeat" attribute in the coding. If you want to have the background only repeat in the horizontal direction (like a gradient would be), just replace the "no-repeat" with "repeat-x". For vertical tiling, you would use "repeat-y". SAM SON IUS 13:43, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

I just wanted to note, that since wikia will be changing to the "New Look" you'll be able to change the background using the "Theme Designer." There you will simply be able to upload an image and set it as tiled if you like. -- YazzyDream  04:37, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

Yup. Just waiting for the new look to actual roll out on the wiki...or for the background to update after being added to the monaco skin and custom selected. I dont even know if the current background I chose will look decent for it, but either way, I have to wait for it to go up. Theme Designer is probably the only thing I want from this new skin. Yami Michael 09:44, October 6, 2010 (UTC)