FAQ Question #97

Go to your Modify Journal page (http://www.livejournal.com/modify.bml)
Scroll down to the bottom and use the override code found below in your "Overrides" box. If you are missing some options on this page, please refer to http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=174.

Note that if you are using more than one GLOBAL_HEAD override (such as a font override and a background override together), you will need to merge them together. Details on how to do this can be found at http://www.livejournal.com/users/howto/926.html from the HowTo journal (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=howto).


GLOBAL_HEAD<=
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-image: url(http://www.example.com/image.jpg) !important;
}
-->
</style>
<=GLOBAL_HEAD


Within the code, "http://www.example.com/image.jpg" must be replaced by the actual URL of the image you want to use as your background.

Any image you wish to add must first be uploaded to a webspace provider that allows remote loading to LiveJournal. Please see http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=130 for information on image loading requirements.

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On some newer browsers, background images can be "fixed," so that the image will not move as you scroll down the page. To do this, just add "; background-attachment:fixed" to the middle line of the above override code, like this:


GLOBAL_HEAD<=
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-image: url(http://www.example.com/image.jpg) !important;
background-attachment: fixed !important;
}
-->
</style>
<=GLOBAL_HEAD


Further information on background images can be found in the HowTo journal (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=howto) entry at http://www.livejournal.com/users/howto/8885.html.