book background image NOT PAGE

[DarkLevi]

hi all,

i want to put in a background image into the book, so the book lie's on my bgimage.
is that possible, and how?

greetings from germany
DL

[Florian Nücke]

If you have a look at the default .mz3 file, you'll see how the logo is added. You can add an overall background the same way (just adjust the position of the box a bit, of course). E.g. something like this:

Code: (xml)

<book>
  <background>
    <!-- replace the width and height with your background's width and height -->
    <box width="800" height="600" anchors="(pw-w)/2,(ph-h)/2" background="image(background.jpg)"/>
  </background>
  <!-- content -->
</book>

// also: moved

[DarkLevi]

tried this so far before posting in here

will try it with another image an reply

[Justin Time]

Hi,
I am also having difficulty getting a background image to show.  Although I see how the "poweredby.png" image is used in the background tag in the demo, I find that if I take that image ("PoweredbyMegazine3")  into photoshop and paint some red color on it, then save it back as "poweredby.png" in the original directory, that the solid painted color does not show-up on the  background image. That does make sense.   So just to be clear -- the thumbnail image shown in windows explorer clearly shows the red paint on the  "Powered by Megazine3" logo but when the logo is displayed as part of the background, there is no red on it.  I believe this is related to why I cannot 'see' any of my background images. 

I would really appreciate help on understanding what is going on.  It seems that any opaque portion of the image is being treated as transparent?


Thanks,
Justin

[hnuecke]

Did you follow the syntax as in aboves example?
E.g. the path to the background image has to be enclosed in brackets.

Did you try .png and .jpg? Do they both behave the same?
Is your path to the image correct (same rules, i.e. relative to the megazine.swf file!)?

[Florian Nücke]

Hi,
I am also having difficulty getting a background image to show.  Although I see how the "poweredby.png" image is used in the background tag in the demo, I find that if I take that image ("PoweredbyMegazine3")  into photoshop and paint some red color on it, then save it back as "poweredby.png" in the original directory, that the solid painted color does not show-up on the  background image. That does make sense.   So just to be clear -- the thumbnail image shown in windows explorer clearly shows the red paint on the  "Powered by Megazine3" logo but when the logo is displayed as part of the background, there is no red on it.  I believe this is related to why I cannot 'see' any of my background images. 

I would really appreciate help on understanding what is going on.  It seems that any opaque portion of the image is being treated as transparent?


Thanks,
Justin

Did you clear your cache after modifying the image?

[Justin Time]

Thanks so much for your replies.

It works now (!).  While I cannot identify the exact cause of the problem, I find that I can now set the background image without a problem.  I have rebooted, cleared the cache, resarted IE,  and started with a fresh version of the demo case.  One or a combination of these things fixed my problem.

Again -- thanks for the reply.  I think you have a done a great job with this product.  Congrats.

Regards,
JT