Question: Background changing?

[archeops14]

Okay, so I see many threads have been nicely decorated through backgrounds and stuff in the first post. Just wondering, which bb code do I use?

 

[Oryx]

That would be using CSS, which you can learn more about here.

 

[archeops14]

Thanks a lot for the information.

 

[Gymnotide]

In particular, the CSS tags you're looking for are the following

width:<100%* for a full background or a smaller number for a smaller one, obviously; can use absolute number of px as well, like "1000px">;
background-image: url('<URL>');
background-color: <COLOR>; (this one is important if you want the background to have a color before the image loads)
padding:<#PX>; (usually around 10px to 30px is good)
*you may find that 100% spills out of the PC themes, though.

Font-changing tags are also useful. Use the link Toujours posted to figure out how to do this more in-depth. An important one is
text-align:<LEFT/RIGHT>; (because you are most likely centering the div)

And if you're using a number smaller than 100%, you'll probably want
border: 1px solid black;

So, for example:

[CENTER][div=width:60%;background-image:url('https://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj7d9k1gyr1qig7uzo1_400.jpg');background-color:#EEEEEE;padding:30px;text-align:left;border:1px solid black;]Now this has a background. However, notice that it's not always nice to have backgrounds, since they often make text hard to read. A good way to bypass this is by either (1) fading your background or (2) nesting your CSS-divs (the latter is preferred).

[cd=padding:10px;background-color:lightblue;]Like this! It'll make your text a bit more readable. Just be sure to pick a nice color.

Use CSS sparingly, however, since it gets annoying fast if all your posts use it. Reserve it for thread openers and things of the like.[/cd]


[/div][/CENTER]

Now this has a background. However, notice that it's not always nice to have backgrounds, since they often make text hard to read. A good way to bypass this is by either (1) fading your background or (2) nesting your CSS-divs (the latter is preferred).

Like this! It'll make your text a bit more readable. Just be sure to pick a nice color.

Use CSS sparingly, however, since it gets annoying fast if all your posts use it. Reserve it for thread openers and things of the like.

 

[archeops14]

Thanks a lot, but I've kinda figured that out already. Thanks for all the help though.