Forum:Can I Insert New Div IDs on pages as standard?

I've been working on a skin for the wiki http://tlbbeu.wikia.com/ and I've needed to use multiple divs to insert different image backgrounds so that I can have a custom side image cascading along the y-axis, for example, allowing a flexible page width.

The problem is.. I simply can't find all the divs I require. Here's a portion of what I've got so far:

border-width: 7px; border-image: url(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100612161052/tlbbeu/images/4/46/Border.png) 7 repeat; -moz-border-image: url(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100612161052/tlbbeu/images/4/46/Border.png) 7 repeat; -webkit-border-image: url(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100612161052/tlbbeu/images/4/46/Border.png) 7 repeat;background: url(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719175744/tlbbeu/images/9/9f/Page_fillbg.png); background-repeat: repeat-xy; }
 * 1) wikia_page {

border-width: 10px; -moz-border-image: url(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719215830/tlbbeu/images/9/9d/Tlbb_border.png) 10 round; -webkit-border-image: url(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719215830/tlbbeu/images/9/9d/Tlbb_border.png) 10 round; border-image: url(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719215830/tlbbeu/images/9/9d/Tlbb_border.png) 10 round; background: url(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719174356/tlbbeu/images/0/04/Page_leftbg.png) left; background-repeat: repeat-y;
 * 1) article {

}

background: url(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719175557/tlbbeu/images/d/d7/Page_rightbg.png) right; background-repeat:repeat-y;
 * 1) bodyContent {

}

background: url(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719175557/tlbbeu/images/d/d7/Page_rightbg.png) right; background-repeat:repeat-y; }
 * 1) article h1 {

background: url(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100719175557/tlbbeu/images/d/d7/Page_rightbg.png) right; background-repeat:repeat-y; height: 0.1px; }
 * 1) contentSub {

Ideally I'd be able to have something equivalent to #article and #wikia_page so I can add more background images, though I don't want to have to manually insert a new div ID into every page. Anyone got any ideas as to what I can do? BeardedBee 23:54, July 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * I would look through w:c:help:Help:Customizing_Monaco/skin. It should be pretty up to date. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 5:59 PM PST 19 Jul 2010

Cheers for the reply Fandyllic. I've looked through all the help pages I could find, and many wikia monacos. Sure that page is up-to-date but it is by no means expansive or explanatory enough. I need to customise the standard HTML for the my wiki it seems, though I'm not sure this is possible. BeardedBee 01:18, July 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * It is difficult to give you a useful answer, since your description of what you wanted was somewhat vague and the sample CSS you provided doesn't really help understand what you're trying to do. A mockup or maybe an example constructed of tables or something would help. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 9:24 AM PST 20 Jul 2010

I've uploaded a version of the page to an external website here:. What I'm trying to do is give the article area a background, though the sides (left + right, though not yet top or bottom) are custom backgrounds. To insert them I've had to use divs within the page as anchors for the background images, though I've run out of appropriate ones. BeardedBee 17:55, July 20, 2010 (UTC)

Any solution? -BeardedBee 19:51, August 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * It should only take a bunch of CSS changes with references to images, but I'll have to explain it in a few chunks. You can see this kind of thing at w:c:wow:Portal:Main. Do you want the background to stay fixed or scroll with the article? -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 3:18 PM PST 2 Aug 2010

The background image behind the article is irrelevant. What I'm concerned about are the backgrounds within the article itself. Do you see how the right bg image doesn't quite get to the position it should be? This is because I've run out of divs in the right places, which is why I was wondering how to have new divs on every page as standard, in the places I want them. I obviously don't want to have to put them in manually. I'm not unfamiliar with css or javascript btw, but the latter is much more difficult than css:) - BeardedBee 09:18, August 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sound like its time for w:c:tlbbeu:Special:Contact. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:14 PM PST 3 Aug 2010