New Background for ICMAG?

[Yes4Prop215]

Hey, i dont know about yall, but sometimes i have to browse ICMag when i am at someone elses house or in some place kinda public. for example im overseas at the moment and at my grandpas house, and he is very anti weed. and the background of ICMag is a bunch of weed. kind of kills the anonymity of it. `no grandpa thats basil im on an organic veggie website` LOL...

Is there a way to have a SFW version, where the background is all black or something?

I think the current background is getting kinda old....we see plenty of buds everyday why do we need to see them in the background? i think a non descript background would be nice to see, so we can cruise ICMag on the down low....or maybe an option? what do yall think?

 

[Marywanna]

I think dogs should be in the background. Signed,That Dog Person

 

[JohnnyATL]

I agree, it sucks when your sitting in class and the people behind you know your on a weed forum cause all the dope leaves everywhere

 

[KharmaGirl]

It was updated just a bit ago...doubtful Skip will change it again soon...

 

[JohnnyATL]

yeah i like the world map. but its like the top of the page but oh well

 

[GilligansIsle]

Aloha from the Island. Try using a web based proxy like anonymouse.org. While I am not sure how secure it is in comparison to a dedicated proxy like TOR it does block the background images on our coconut computer running Firefox. Like you I find it troublesome to be at the Tiki Bar and have Mrs. Howell looking over my shoulder as I am surfing.

I hope this works for you, it works for us.

 

[tetragrammaton]

Just a suggestion, but if you have a web capable phone, such as an iPhone or Droid, you can view privately? That's what I do.

 

[Meaty]

Kind of ironic that one of the biggest weed countries isn't on there. Where's Jamaica?

 

[vta]

and the background of ICMag is a bunch of weed. kind of kills the anonymity of it.

I can see how the background would stand out.

 

[WeSeekTheTruth]

looks like basil

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

OK I have a workaround for this.. Little complicated though.

Lets jump right in..

Firstly, you need Firefox with the Web Developer addon. Google/download until you have both.

Then, navigate to icmag and open the "Edit CSS" function of the Web Developer Add-On.



You'll now have a section pop up as in the image below. Click on the "Embedded Styles" tab, and then remove the part of the text indicated in the screen shot.



That should make the background image dissappear as in the screen shot below. Change the #000000 to #FFFFFF if you'd like white instead of black



Bam, background image gone

Similar technique to remove the map image...



Map gone



Now, one final setting to change, so that these changes to the site CSS you've made will remain in effect as you browse the site. You just need to hit the "Stick" button, and then the changes will stay until you close the browser.



So yeah... It's possible to make those images go away, but its not exactly user friendly. If it means the difference for some of you to browse site comfortably though, I figure the technique is worth sharing.

Maybe if everyone remains nice about it, Skip would entertain the idea of a "stealth mode" for the site that could make it look like a boring forum of some kind. Dunno if that is even possible though, so who knows.