of Garland folder and rename custom > open custom folder > > open style.css in
notepad and alter the lines
background: #f7f1de url(bg-navigation.png) repeat-x 50% 100%;
to
background: #f7f1de url(bg-navigation.png) repeat-x 0% 100%;
and
background: #fbf9f2 url(body.png) repeat-x 50% 0;
to
background: #fbf9f2 url(body.png) repeat-x 0% -37px;
and
background: #ffffff url(bg-content.png) repeat-x 50% 0;
to
background: #ffffff url(bg-content.png) repeat-x -10px 0;
and
max-width: 1270px;
to
max-width: 1920px;
- save and close
Using your browser go to your website > admin/build/themes > enable the custom theme
and set to default > [Save Configeration] Now > [configure] and choose the color set
that you want to base your custom theme on (in my case Belgium Chocolate). Decide if
you wish to use the [Logo] and [Site name] options, or if you are incorporating them
directly into your background graphic and tick/untick accordingly. I DO use them, but
have my own home_logo.gif that works well and is available within the download >
[Save configuration]
Using [Windows explorer], Go to files > color > new folder something like
[custom-1e27bf52] view this folder as thumbnails.
Download
drupalcustom.pspimage
http://vivianbeanland.com/ventura08/files/drupalcustom.pspimage , which is a PaintShopPro v8
file, a trial version of which is available at http://www.hensa.ac.uk/sites/ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/grafedit/PSP810ev.exe
Open file - drupalcustom.pspimage, on RLS of window you will see the layer box > in
the group called GarlandColour most are inactive > turn off pinkplastic (by clicking
on the eye) and turn on say belgiumchocolate > you will see that the background has
changed. Now within [Group - main] > choose [mainimage] > Edit > Cut and the car should have gone. File > open > bring in an image of your own (anything will do for now) > edit > copy > back to drupalcustom and paste > as new selection > position top left to suit your wishes > selections >select none. To recap, we can change the base colour to whatever we want and brining an image in automatically blends it with the background. Now [File] > [
Revert]
> and change colour the belgiumchocolate as above > and save as drupalcustom.png
> close this fileand open up drupalcustom.png again (this ensures it
is now a single layer flat image). Save it in the [custom-1e27bf52] folder as
body.png overwriting existing one > check home page in browser to view change - if
all ok continue
On RHS of PainShopPro window in Overview section click Info tab (if not already showing) > this will show your cursor position
zoom
to say 300% > use the selection tool to select 0,0 to 1920x37 copy/ paste as new
image > save in the [custom-1e27bf52] folder as bg-navigation.png overwriting existing one > check home page in browser to view change
