Hi,
A friend of mine gave me this code to use on Discourse for background imagery. It works fine but I was wondering if the way it is coded could be perfected a little more?
// solid white background for content
body:before {
display: inline-block;
width: 1125px;
min-height: 100%;
height: inherit;
background-color: white;
content: " ";
position: fixed;
left: 50%;
right: 0;
transform: translate(-50%, 0);
-webkit-transform: translate(-50%, 0);
}
// compatibility for all devices
@media (max-width: 1139px) and (min-width: 1000px)
{
body:before {
width: 1010px;
}
}
body {
background: url('https://i.imgur.com/12WWafT.jpg') no-repeat 50% 50% fixed;
background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
}
That’s neat! I assume the point of it is to avoid having the background image flash while the page is loading. I think that problem could also be fixed by changing the Discourse styles so that the page doesn’t collapse during the loading event.
Good man! I can use in my site. Thanks! 
I’m using this on the forum I’m putting together now. I don’t think you need the media queries section if you are using a recent version of Discourse:
// compatibility for all devices
@media (max-width: 1139px) and (min-width: 1000px)
{
body:before {
width: 1010px;
}
}
Also, the width in the first part should be 1126px instead of 1125px.
The margin needs to be adjusted for the admin section. It is a problem in the Discourse css. Until that gets fixed, you can use this to keep all the admin section inside of its wrapper:
.admin-contents {
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
The ‘Categories’ page will need a bit of work to look good like this.