Title: Background behind text
Last modified: July 16, 2020

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# Background behind text

 *  [sammyjib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sammyjib/)
 * (@sammyjib)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-behind-text/)
 * Hi!
 * I’ve set a colourful background imagine in theme options -> advanced styling -
   > main content background. What I would also like to do is set a white (maybe
   transparent) background to go behind the text on all pages (except the home page).
   Is that possible?
 * I know I can give the blocks of text a background colour in the page editor but
   to do this for every single block on every page of the website will take a lot
   of time and therefore I was wondering if it would be possible to do something
   similar in an easier way.
 * I would also like to know how I can change the colour of the text of the home
   icon menu on the homepage.
 * I hope you can help me!
 * Thank you 🙂
 * Sam
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbackground-behind-text%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * (@hannahritner)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-behind-text/#post-13136398)
 * Hey Sam,
    Try adding this to your custom css box in Theme Options > Advanced 
   Settings:
 *     ```
       .entry-content {
           background: rgba(255,255,255,.5);
           padding: 20px;
       }
       .home .entry-content {
           background:transparent !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * You can change the color of your icon menu text with this css:
 *     ```
       .home-iconmenu a h4, .home-iconmenu a p {
           color: red;
       }
       ```
   
 * Hope that helps!
 * Hannah

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 * Last reply from: [hannah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahritner/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-behind-text/#post-13136398)
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