Change / Add background image to default theme

Hy there for all,

First of all i must tell you that i am new OpenCart user and i am not an advanced coder. Just know a few things about CSS and almost nothing about php. But i always have google to learn.
So i have downloaded the last version of OpenCart and installed it on my computer and run it with WampServer.
Everithing is ok, util i have decided to change the background for my online store. I edited the css file, but all i could do was to change the color but not add a image.
Looked in other stores for examples bot nothing worked. So now i am stucked with that white background.
I would apreciate any type of help. Please...
**later edit: I forgot to tell you that i am using the default opencart theme where the css file does not have a image as background. this is the hard part 'cause if the them was using a image the solution would have been simple, replacing the image.....but the only code there is for the color.

In:
catalog/view/theme/yourtheme/stylesheet/stylesheet.css
Instead of: use: where: your_background.jpg is the name of the image you want to use!
Upload your image to folder:
catalog/view/theme/yourtheme/image/

Thank you mcamca.

I tryed with the code you gaved me several times. The thing is that i was not replacing the color option with the backgraound as a image option and i think this is why the white background was there everytime over my actual bg.
Just made the replacement instead of just adding and nou it-s there. I have my background.

Thank you verry much. Best wishes.

this does not work for me.....

I am using the latest version of opencart and the default theme.

http://www.dawnofenlightenment.co.uk/im ... tlarge.jpg is the pic I want to use

You can do all this and more with my Theme Options Module: http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... on_id=9927

Cheers

body {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background: #ffffff url('../image/b1.png');
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;

}

Done this, still not getting the background wallpaper. Please help

thanks!

You have to reference the path of your new theme in the header.tpl (YourTheme/template/common/header.tpl)

replace the default CSS with YourTheme CSS

When using the default theme the code looks like this:

body {
font-family: 'Open Sans' , sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
color: #666;
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 20px;
width: 100%;
background: url('../../../../../image/***your_image_name***.png') no-repeat;
background-size: 100%;
-webkit-background-size: 100%;
-moz-background-size: 100%;
-o-background-size: 100%;
}

I couldn't get an image to load too. The problem for me was that somehow the path to the directory of the background image was incorrect.
Typing exact path to the image file using folder names like that " background: url('/folder_name/folder_name/folder_name/image/name.png'); " was not recognized.
The solution that worked for me was changing "folder_name" to "/.." . Notice that each "/.." brings back one level up in direcotory.
For given example above try typing this: " background: url('/../../../image/name.png'); ".

Hope this helps!