changing my background colour

  • jameslarkin

    (@jameslarkin)


    13 years, 2 months ago

    http://www.sixteenbit.co.uk

    im trying to change the background colour on my site, using an existing theme

    how ever when i changed one of the background colours in the styles.css ( http://www.sendspace.com/file/zp8n70 ) it doesn’t seem to do anything, i have looked through the and now found loads of background colours

    can some one look at the code and tell me which one i need to change i just want my background colour to be ( ffff00 )

    i am an almost complete newb ???

    thanks for any help you can give me 🙂

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  • W.P. Ginfo

    (@wp-ginfo)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    Hi James,

    I’ve had a look at the site.
    You’re making some progress, but it seems you’ve also ‘broken’ a few bits on the way.

    ALWAYS Make a backup of your site, before making any changes!! Do the same after a success, before you make further changes. This way you have a fallback position, should things not work as planned!

    Browsers have webtools that help you find which element controls what.
    Start by pressing <F12> and check the site and it’s code.

    Additionbally you can add add-ons like ‘firebug’ and webdeveloper by chrispedrick.com.

    line 424 of the style.css reads

    #bg-line {
    top: 0px;
    width: 980px;
    height: 980px;
    z-index: 1;
    background-color: #ffff00; /*added to change the background color */
    margin: 0px;
    position: fixed;
}

    Note:
    Create a childtheme
    Don’t make any changes to a theme itself. Instead make the changes to a childtheme. It keeps your changes neatly together, and it’s easier to see what you’re doing. More importantly: Should the author of your original theme update the theme, your changes will not be overwritten. Your site with your adaptations will remain intact.
    (see: http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Child_Themes )
    Suggestion: use the ‘one click childtheme plugin’.

    Suggestions:

    1. Use FTP to access the files of your site and it’s childtheme.
    2. Use NOTEPAD++ or proper EDITOR [not wordprosessor] to edit css and php.
    3. Make the changes in the CHILDtheme!
      – copy php files / css-file(s) of the original theme [as required] to the childtheme directory and edit them as required.

    4. http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Getting_Started_with_WordPress
      http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/CSS
      http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Finding_Your_CSS_Styles
      http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/FAQ_Troubleshooting
      http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Backing_Up_Your_Database

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