Module Description
If your site is designed around utilizing background images, then this module is for you! Whether you need a surgical implementation that only administrators/developers can implement or provide the ability to allow users to attach their own background images to entities, this module has you covered.
Installation/Documentation
There is an highly detailed blog post dedicated to the installation of this module: https://tag1consulting.com/blog/background-image-new-drupal-8-module
Soft Dependencies
* Inline Entity Form - Currently required if you wish to embed the background image form on other entities.
Recommended Modules
The following are a list of recommended modules that you may find useful when working with this module:
* Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation - Useful for minimizing the generated CSS for each background image.
* ImageMagick - Useful in cases where PHP memory limits bug out due to large image processing.
* Image Style Quality - Useful for further optimizing the preload background image style quality (recommend configuring somewhere around 30%)
* Image Optimize - Useful for further optimizing all background images (progressive loading)
* Token - Provides a way to view which tokens are available to use when adding overlay text for a background image.
Optional Modules
The following are a list of optional modules that you may find useful depending on some of your requirements/use-cases:
* Image Effects - Useful for altering image styles even further with various effects.
Installation/Documentation
There is an highly detailed blog post dedicated to the installation of this module: https://tag1consulting.com/blog/background-image-new-drupal-8-module
Soft Dependencies
* Inline Entity Form - Currently required if you wish to embed the background image form on other entities.
Recommended Modules
The following are a list of recommended modules that you may find useful when working with this module:
* Advanced CSS/JS Aggregation - Useful for minimizing the generated CSS for each background image.
* ImageMagick - Useful in cases where PHP memory limits bug out due to large image processing.
* Image Style Quality - Useful for further optimizing the preload background image style quality (recommend configuring somewhere around 30%)
* Image Optimize - Useful for further optimizing all background images (progressive loading)
* Token - Provides a way to view which tokens are available to use when adding overlay text for a background image.
Optional Modules
The following are a list of optional modules that you may find useful depending on some of your requirements/use-cases:
* Image Effects - Useful for altering image styles even further with various effects.
Module Link
Project Usage
864
Security Covered
Covered By Security Advisory
Version Available
Production
Module Summary
This module aims to solve the need for background images on websites by providing a way for administrators/developers to implement them surgically or allowing users to attach their own background images to entities.
Data Name
background_image