Slider size (case 17391)

[llw]

I have used the revised slider zip and that works fine but when i use it rather than some of the other rating scales you can no longer see the background image that i have specified and i was wondering if there was a way to remedy this? Ideally i would like to have the picture closer to the top and the slider closer to the bottom. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
Many Thanks

[jarvis24]

You can't see background images on a custom item because they are behind the HTML. However, you can add the background image to the code in your custom item like this:

<IMG SRC="myscale.jpg">

or

<IMG SRC="<ml.background>">

In the latter example, MediaLab will substitute whatever you have listed in the background field for the current item. That can be a nice way to do it because you can vary the image without having to change the custom item file.

Hope that helps

[llw]

Hi, Thankyou for your reply it was helpful- i do however have a couple of further questions- i apologise if this is simple html coding stuff that i do not understand...

Firstly the first piece of code works fine and inserts a picture i want, however i want to have the picture appear in the centre and i was wondering how to do that (i played about with align center and things and it didn't really work for me).

Moreover, i would really prefer to be able to use the second piece of code as i have 81 different photos to show and would prefer not to have to make 81 separate custom files, however, when i use it i just get a small box with a cross in it and i was wondering if i had to write something else to make it work- i would also like this in the centre. The photos i am using are bmp files.

Thankyou so much for your help...
LLW

[jarvis24]

Can you zip your folder and attach it here? I'll take a look at what you've got so far and see if I can help.

[llw]

Hi, i have attached the code below. Thankyou for taking a look, it is very much appreciated. Also just to be a little cheeky, i also want to make the numbers to the right of the slider disappear like the person above described...
Thanks
LLW

[llw]

Hi, so i have learnt how to centre it now... so progress...

[jarvis24]

Want to edit your previous post then and attach your newly revised and ceneterd version? I'll take a look and see if I can get the <ml.background> option figured out.