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1. smcurtis
   Member

   I'd like to set a background color for the wallpaper section for a form in the Theme Editor, but in addition would like to set a background image, and set the image to no-repeat. The purpose of this is to have a background image that, in the case of a long form, would blend into the background color at the bottom of the form.

   Posted 12 years ago #

2. Lokidog
   Member

   All your custom CSS you should be able to do in the Themes Editor. Choose your theme do what you need to do text font etc and when you save it you'll see a small arrow to the right of the "Save theme" button open this and you'll see advanced, click this and you can insert your custom CSS there for that particular theme. Once done don't forget to re-save it. You won't see any CSS effect in the Theme editor it will only be visible when you publish your form for viewing.

   For help with CSS if you need it (I'm sure you don't but just in case) try here: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp

   Posted 12 years ago #

3. smcurtis
   Member

   Thanks for the response. I did see the Advanced, and saw where to enter some custom css, but the problem is I don't know which rules to modify, for example, there are a variety of backgrounds in each form, and i can't see how to label the background I want to change. Can you tell me which .css file I can examine to pull the rules from so I can write custom code? Thanks!

   Posted 12 years ago #

4. smcurtis
   Member

   How can I know which ID selector I'm writing a rule for in the Advanced CSS pane? For example, there are 6 different backgrounds that can be adjusted in the Theme Editor. Are the ID selectors for these different backgrounds the same as their names in the theme editor, for example, ".wallpaper" for the wallpaper background?

   Is there a default .css file that I can examine to determine what the ID selectors are for the different changes I want to make?

   Posted 12 years ago #

5. Lokidog
   Member

   Each one of the 6 ID's in the "Backgrounds" section of the Theme editor seem to take the files from the same place: machform/images/form_recources.

   Maybe what you are asking for is too much from the tools available in the editor.

   Can you not just use the Custom image option in the background section of the theme editor?

   I think maybe the best way for you to do this would be to integrate/embed the form directly into your web site by taking the generated code from the form itself, this way your existing CSS in the web site would be ready to go.

   This way you'll have more customizing parameters to work with.

   Failing that maybe you should drop a line directly to Yuniar and his team: http://www.appnitro.com/contact

   Wish I could help more.

   Posted 12 years ago #

6. smcurtis
   Member

   Yes, I may end up going that route, that's a great suggestion. thanks!

   Posted 12 years ago #

7. songcity
   Member

   I, for one, like the universality of the Machform page and how well it fits on cell phone browsers. The only think sucks is that the editor doesn't give me the option to fix my custom background page image behind the form. I see that this post is 2 years old. Is there any code that I can manually edit in my CSS to achieve this? I just don't know what rule to call in the and put into the "advanced code" of the theme. AND do you see FIXED IMAGE BACKGROUNDS as being an option in future updates?

   Posted 9 years ago #

8. AMurray
   Pro Member

   @songcity

   This is the third time I've seen you ask about fixed backgrounds - please see the other responses

   Thanks

   Posted 9 years ago #

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