It’ll actually show, but there’s a couple things to know…First is that the default width of your pages will be 100% of your browser window, so you won’t see the background image except on short pages in height. If you change your site’s width to 1920 or even 1600, you will then see your background image.
This is strictly for the actual page background, but not for the content area background.
Thank you – that did it.
Can I ask you if it is possible to change the page background from white to another color? The cusomizer background only has controls for the background image.
Absolutely… go to Appearance >> Customize >> Colours
There you can change the background colour.
Humm, I’ve done that, but for some reason it isn’t applying my settings. I updated it with #9cd1c0 – you can see my link here after saving this setting. http://ba2.4e7.myftpupload.com/
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
Your background image will take precedence over the colour.
Ok, here is my background setting:
Background Image
No image selected
Here are my color settings:
Colour Scheme
Grey
Background Color
#9cd1c0
Here is the outcome:
http://ba2.4e7.myftpupload.com/
Not sure what I’m doing wrong…but pages are still white backgrounds.
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
The issue really is that the majority of the website covers the entire screen (over the background) and so your ‘#9cd1c0’ background colour is only just visible, at the top and bottom. You’re wanting the majority of your site to turn that colour instead?
Are you referring to the part where the text content is?
Yes, the content part of the pages.
You can change the content background area by doing some custom CSS. If you’re using Jetpack, you can use the Edit CSS feature, but if not, use a plugin like Simple Custom CSS and change your content area with this:
#content {
background-color: #ffffff;
}
You would change the colour of your choice because the #ffffff is the default white.
However, please be aware that your page will look odd with the curved graphic which is white and whatever colour you choose; the white part will always be there.
You can disable the curved graphic from the theme customizer, if you still want to have a different content area background.
You are the best. Thank you for your help and advise. I’m all set.
