By dizzyone on

Good morning everyone,

I am using the Silver Bells Advanced Forum and I am going to attempt to change the images. I think I have located which folder the images I need to change are :
sites/all/modules/advanced forum/styles/silver bells/images

There is just one thing I need to know before I do this though. If ever there is a need to update the module, would the changes I make to the images be lost?

Hope you can help me.

Thanks a million.

Pam

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vm commented

Yes.

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dizzyone commented

Hi VM,

Hope you are well. Thank you for replying to my question. Now, I have another question :) How do I go about changing the default images in my advanced silver bells forum without ever worrying about updating the module?

Kindest regards,

Pam

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dizzyone commented

Hi

Hope you can help me. The image I need to change in the Silver Bells Forum is :

forum-list-icon-default.png

tr.even td.forum-list-icon-default .forum-list-icon-wrapper span, tr.odd td.forum-list-icon-default .forum-list-icon-wrapper span, .forum-list-icon-legend .forum-list-icon-default {
background: transparent url(images/forum_list_default.png) no-repeat center center;
}

This maybe quite simple to many of you, but I am just learning css and really need your help ... please :) My image is located in sites/default/files/images.

How do I change the url so that it points to my image in sites/default/files/images?

Thank you in advance. Really need your help on this one.

Pam

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vm commented

you need to override the CSS in the custom css file of your subtheme. Also of note, images specific to a theme should be included in the subtheme/custom theme folder.

I'd review the styling your forum section of https://www.drupal.org/node/227108

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dizzyone commented

Hello VM

Thanks for replying. Yes, I am trying to override the css in my subtheme. Say my image was in my sites/default/files/images directory, how do I re-direct the url to that folder?

The image is presently in directory images, which I presume is the default advanced forum silver bells image directory.
background: transparent url(images/forum_list_default.png) no-repeat center center; I can always change that image but I don't want to go there in case of updates.

I know in html I would do something like URL http://mysite.com/sites/default/files/images/newimage.png but, I want to make it relative to my sites folder... I'm lost!

I just need an idea of the url.

Thanks once again.

Pam

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vm commented

Again, I suggest placing your replacement images in your subtheme folder. Writing your CSS references will be that much easier to write.

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dizzyone commented

Hi VM

It's ok, I'll try and find the answer on the internet. Thanks for explaining.

Pam

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dizzyone commented

Hi

Hope you can help me.

I have asked this question before and have gone away and tried to understand what VM tried to show me. I did try and read the link he gave me, but I am still no wiser, apart from seeing that I do have an images folder in my sub-theme. I am trying to change my silver bells forum images by using css (I am a learner, but getting there). I really want to keep the url relative to my site.

At the moment the url is like this : background: transparent url("images/forum_list_default.png") no-repeat scroll center center;
}
The image is located in sites/all/modules/advanced_forum/styles/silver_bells/images.

Now, when I insert an image on my webpage, the link I use is something like this : sites/default/files/images/headers/headerimage.gif">

I don't want to change the images in advanced_forum, but I would like to, say, have a url that links to my image in my sites/default/files/images/forum_images/forumgirl.png

Does anyone know what url I would need to write in my css? Nothing works for me!
background: transparent url("sites/default/files/images/forum_images/forumgirl.png") no-repeat scroll center center;
}

I have really struggle with what you might think such a simple thing.

Hope you can help.

Thanks a million.

Pam