why wont my background change? :(

hi all

ive read countless pieces on the internet on how to do this and ive tried all different codes ppl have put up but its still not working..

ive uploaded my image to :public_html/catalog/view/theme/default/image

and ive changed my stylesheet.css in :public_html/catalog/view/theme/default/stylesheet

the code ive used :

body {
background: url('../image/background2.jpg');
color: #000000;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;

though nothing seems to happen, am i doing something wrong? missing a step?

thanks!

Try like this -

Press Control + F5 a couple times to clear your browser cache. If you have Firefox I'd also recommend using Firebug for chasing down issues like this. Chrome also has some good built-in tools.

thanks for the replies!

tried inputing that code, still nothing.

im using internet explorer, tried ctrl+f5 a few times and deleted all internet history ect... still not changed anything.


*edit: i also checked my header.tpl to make sure its pointing at the correct 'default' template, which it is.

i must be missing a step somewhere because it seems i can change anything in my stylesheet.css and it seems to make no difference to my webpage?

ive realised my module headers have changed colours .. look here... www.myhomemedia.co.uk

ive changed all the code back to normal and still the same grrr

got it working with some trial and error.

cheers all

Glad you got it working, Nice site you have there. I would recommend using stylesheet to now change some of the font from grey to something a bit lighter. You can also give the backgrund of the boxes a lighter style instead of clear so they stand out a little more. There is a paid mod that recalculates the price live based on options selected. Its cheap and will set your site off even better than it is now.

thanks for the advice, ill go check it out.

i was trawling through last night changing all the font colours but i missed a few, will have to have another look through. the most part is done though.