Title: making background fixed
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# making background fixed

 *  Resolved [envoyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/envoyer/)
 * (@envoyer)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-background-fixed/)
 * How can I make my background fixed so that when scrolling down, only the blog
   posts move but the background stays where it is? I once was able to click an 
   option to do this but since moving from a free wordpress blog to wordpress.org
   I don’t seem to be able to find that option anymore. My site is [http://www.candlelitlife.com](http://www.candlelitlife.com).
   Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-background-fixed/#post-2933757)
 * if there is no option, you might need to edit style.css of your theme;
 * and add `background-attachment: fixed;` to the style of `body`
 * [http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp)
 *  Thread Starter [envoyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/envoyer/)
 * (@envoyer)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-background-fixed/#post-2933758)
 * Thanks so much for your reply, I am just having a hard time figuring out exactly
   where to find where to add that, sorry I am totally new to blogging and css, 
   think you can point me in the right direction? Thanks!
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-background-fixed/#post-2933765)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files)
 * **_dashboard – appearance – editor:_ style.css**
 * near the beginning;
    the existing style is:
 *     ```
       body { margin:0; padding:0; background:url(http://candlelitlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tealdots-0034-e1343705649962.jpg);
              font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
              font-size:12px; color:#b8babb; text-align:center; }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [envoyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/envoyer/)
 * (@envoyer)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-background-fixed/#post-2933766)
 * sorry I have found out what to do now. I just added the word “fixed” after my
   back URL. Thanks

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