# [[PatternSkinCssCookbook]] Recipe: Hide the top bar **This recipe shows how to hide the top bar and to put the logo in the left bar.**
* Set USERSTYLEURL=%ATTACHURL%/notopbar.cssYou can write this line in %SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiPreferences, in [[Main/WebPreferences]], in your user topic or on a single page.
.css
file, you need to set the image to the absolute url: <style type="text/css" media="all"> #patternLeftBar { background-image:url("http://www.dementia.org/twiki//view/%WEB%/WebPreferences/logo.gif"); } </style>You can always write a
<style>
in a topic - all current browsers support this - but the page won't validate as valid XHTML.