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There are several ways to change the image of the 'bird' on the standard Cumulus web page. You will need an [[FTP tool]] | There are several ways to change the image of the 'bird' on the standard Cumulus web page. You will need an [[FTP tool]] | ||
* The simplest way is to upload a new picture to the images folder of your website; the file should be called picture.jpg. Please ensure the | * The simplest way is to upload a new picture to the images folder of your website; the file should be called picture.jpg. Please ensure the image is not too large and bear in mind it will appear on the bottom left of the page; the site data may cover some of the image. As a guide, the default image is 600 x 450 pixels. | ||
* Secondly, you may upload an image using your own file name. Edit the | * Secondly, you may upload an image using your own file name. Edit the weatherstyle.css file and look for the line <tt>background-image: url(images/picture.jpg);</tt> around line 9 and adjust as necessary. Upload the edited css file to the website | ||
* if you wish to remove the image completely edit the | * if you wish to remove the image completely edit the weatherstyle.css file and remove the line <tt>background-image: url(images/picture.jpg);</tt> Upload the css file to to the website | ||
NOTE: It is not recommended that you overwrite the image in your local folder (webfiles\images\picture.jpg) because that gets overwritten when you update to a new build of Cumulus. Ideally your image will be in its own local folder outside the Cumulus structure. | NOTE: It is not recommended that you overwrite the image in your local folder (webfiles\images\picture.jpg) because that gets overwritten when you update to a new build of Cumulus. Ideally your image will be in its own local folder outside the Cumulus structure. | ||