Deleting Background Images

Thank you, Tara. I have reported this as a bug to our development team. This appears to be an issue with deleting the default images that were included in your site. You can add and delete images in slots 5-10 without error.

In the meantime, if you need to turn off the background image (so your page shows a background color instead of a picture), go to Configuration -> User Interface -> Dynamic Background, and uncheck the "use picture as background" box, then click Save Configuration.

You can configure your background color using your theme settings: Appearance -> Settings

Thank you for your quick response. Here's the thing though, I am unable to delete any background images since 6/20/14 including my older/unwanted uploaded images in the 5-10 slots. Ultimately, my goal is to have a different background for almost all of the pages of the website. I have used the CSS injector per your suggestions on this forum (see below), but when I view the page info with Firebug I can see the CSS uploaded image is overridden by the dynamic background image.

.html {
background-image: url("https://metalslab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/css_injector_images_image/...");
background-position:center fixed; background-repeat:no-repeat;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}

Therefore, I have just been uploading and selecting the desired image as the dynamic background.

Any guidance would greatly be appreciated~thanks!

Hmm... Did you try turning off all of the images in that module, and using pure CSS instead? That should do it.

Configuration -> User Interface -> Dynamic Background, uncheck all of the "use this picture as background" boxes, then click Save configuration.

Then use CSS Injector to set the background image as needed.

We've been wanting to replace some of the dynamic background images on one site for months, but likewise are unable to delete any of the preloaded images or ones we've uploaded. The editor would like to change the background image every few weeks; I'd rather send her to the Dynamic Background page to select a background image than ask her to edit CSS.

Greetings, Tara! This issue has persisted for a while now. In release 3.7 just completed, we fixed the bug that prevented the default Dynamic Background images from being deleted. These images can now be deleted without issue.

Thank you for your patience!

Hello!

I am having the same issue as Tara for my Dynamic Background module. I receive the message "Could not delete public://dynamic_bg/26750_0753.jpg from the system," whenever I select the Delete Picture box under Home » Administration » Configuration » User interface. There are two pictures I wanted to delete from this menu but I am unable to (instead, the pictures are displayed as an icon with a question mark).

Tarek