Title: Make background static?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Make background static?

 *  [MorgUK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morguk/)
 * (@morguk)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-background-static/)
 * How can I make the background static so it doesn’t move when scrolled?
 * I’ve looked everywhere and can’t find the background in the css 🙁
 * Please help!
    Thanks.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-background-static/#post-3170560)
 * Look at creating a [Child Theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) and
   work on that style.css file. Alternatively use a [Custom CSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-background-static/wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-css-manager-plugin/?output_format=md)
   plugin and create CSS styles within the area allocated from the plugin.
 * Then review [background-attachment](http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-attachment.asp)
   CSS property.
 *  Thread Starter [MorgUK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morguk/)
 * (@morguk)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-background-static/#post-3170595)
 * Thanks for the reply Andrew. Isn’t there an easier way? 🙁
 *  [ksteele36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ksteele36/)
 * (@ksteele36)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-background-static/#post-3170668)
 * > Andrew, for some reason child themes aren’t working for this theme… I think
   > it’s the “Theme Options” scripting ??? however, I have tried both ways – creating
   > a child theme and overriding the CSS using the theme options, I even added 
   > attributes directly into the existing stylesheet and each time I have failed–
   > any other thoughts?
 * I found my mistake was in creating the child theme itself…. my bad 🙂
 *  [ksteele36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ksteele36/)
 * (@ksteele36)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-background-static/#post-3170669)
 * Ok, I did get the child theme to work but the page falls apart & reverts to NO
   style & original images before I uploaded the custom images, logo, custom footer
   etc… So, I did some searching and found what I thought could be the answer in
   the “/colorway/functions/theme-options.php” file on line 77:
 * >  $background_defaults = array(‘color’ => ”, ‘image’ => ”, ‘repeat’ => ‘repeat’,‘
   > position’ => ‘top center’, ‘attachment’ => ‘scroll’);
 * and I changed this to:
 * >  $background_defaults = array(‘color’ => ”, ‘image’ => ”, ‘repeat’ => ‘no-repeat’,‘
   > position’ => ‘top center’, ‘attachment’ => ‘fixed’);
 * Thinking this would set the background image to be “fixed” – cleared my cache
   and reloaded the page and the image still scrolls with the page. Any help peeps?
 * thanks for reading, “K”
 *  [ksteele36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ksteele36/)
 * (@ksteele36)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-background-static/#post-3170670)
 * **********RESOLVED*************
 * Finally got it by adding this block to the CSS Stylesheet Editor under “Appearance/
   Edit CSS”
 * > .page {
   >  background-attachment: fixed; }
 * I apologize for the prior posts… just eager to get it done is all 🙂

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