WordPress.com Forums » Topic: background trouble.. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble WordPress.com Forums » Topic: background trouble.. en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:01:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thesacredpath on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-923473 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:55:53 +0000 thesacredpath 923473@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You have to create an image large enough before you upload it. WordPress will not take an image and stretch it to infinity. Background images are not something that is one size fits all. Someone might be viewing your site on a netbook with a 800px wide screen, and then someone like me comes along with a huge desktop monitor that is 2560px wide.

My suggestion, based on monitor use data, is to make the image 1500px wide by 1000px tall, optimize it heavily so that it is under 250k in file size (150k is even better), and then set a background color that is complimentary to the image you are using so that there isn't a stark edge between the image and the background color if someone has a larger monitor, or has their browser window set real wide.

]]> bhbookworm on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-923439 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:35:37 +0000 bhbookworm 923439@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ this didnt work because I want it full size

]]> bhbookworm on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-923438 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:32:31 +0000 bhbookworm 923438@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ ok I will try this

]]> thesacredpath on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-923437 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:31:38 +0000 thesacredpath 923437@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ When you go to set the background image, or upload one, you will see this on that page after uploading the image (or choosing from the media library):

http://flippintestblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/bkgrd-repeat.png

Notice where it says, "Repeat"? You have to choose No Repeat and then save the changes.

]]> bhbookworm on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-923431 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:22:40 +0000 bhbookworm 923431@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ can anyone else help please? neverunderestimateabook.wordpress.com

]]> bhbookworm on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-922935 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:20:55 +0000 bhbookworm 922935@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ thanks for getting back to me, though it didnt help that much

]]> timethief on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-922928 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:13:23 +0000 timethief 922928@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See > http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-image-recommended-size?replies=11#post-917419

]]> bhbookworm on "background trouble.." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/background-trouble#post-922927 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:11:05 +0000 bhbookworm 922927@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ does anyone know how to get a full size image as your background.. you know not tiled or anything.

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