Going Crazy?!!!

Kerry · #1 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 07:39 PM

Hi Lisa and all,

Quick question as I'm going nuts...Is the a limitation on the header width for your (Lisa's) free CSS template?

I've been playing around with it and cannot get it to work for QuotesInSight.com

See: http://www.quotesinsight.com/index_test.html

Changed it from 100px to 196px and it doesnt seem to want to take??? But because my "plume and ink" sort of bleeds into the container- 100px is too small?

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

PS: Not sure if this shoud have gone in Design section? (sorry)

Hugs,
Kerry

lisa · #2 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 08:53 PM

Hi Kerry

I think I see the problem. Your style sheet says the background image for the header is ../image-files/NEWLOGO.jpg

So that would mean your image is supposed to be located at
http://www.quotesinsight.com/image-files/NEWLOGO.jpg

When I navigate directly, it's not there so that means the image hasn't been uploaded to SBI! yet. The tricky part is you won't be prompted to upload that image because it's not linked from any of your SBI! pages, it's only linked from the stylesheet so you're going to have to trick the system.

Upload a dummy page via the "Upload Your Own HTML method" and provide a link to http://www.quotesinsight.com/image-files/NEWLOGO.jpg in the code of this dummy page. Follow the steps until you get to the point where it asks you to upload NEWLOGO.jpg

Don't continue all the way to "Build It!" because this is just a dummy page. The point is I want you to force SBI! to make you upload this image.

Let me know if that works.

lisa · #3 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 09:01 PM

One more thing. Don't forget to put the complete path to the image in your stylesheet. Right now you have a relative path which is telling the browser to go back a directory. Change the background path in your stylesheet from...

HTML Code:

background-image: url(../image-files/NEWLOGO.jpg);

to...

HTML Code:

background-image: url(http://www.quotesinsight.com/image-files/NEWLOGO.jpg);

Since SBI! puts all the content in the root folder it's just best to keep your stylesheet paths absolute and use the complete URL.

Kerry · #4 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 09:15 PM

Lisa,

You are the best, but sadly it still is not working. The NEWLOGO.jpg has been uploaded to SBI and I did change the path, but alas I have failed

I'm going to keep playing around....

Thanks again

Kerry · #5 (**permalink**) 07-08-2008, 09:38 PM

LOL- Don't know how i did it really, but I renamed the image "logo0707.jpg" and retraced all my steps and voila! It Works!

Thanks Lisa again for your help

lisa · #6 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 12:36 AM

Well I'm glad you got it although it's strange your newlogo.jpg never uploaded. I just tried the path and it's still not there. Well anyway so glad it's all working for you now! Your site is looking good girl!

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