WordPress.com Forums » Topic: I want to add a background onto my theme... http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme WordPress.com Forums » Topic: I want to add a background onto my theme... en Wed, 22 May 2013 10:10:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thesacredpath on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-743578 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:54:54 +0000 thesacredpath 743578@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ For header images, ALWAYS prepare them ahead of time to the exact size for your theme that is listed at appearance > header. If you do that then wordpress will not have to crop it and re-save it as a different file and you will retain the quality of the original.

]]> timethief on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-743559 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:41:55 +0000 timethief 743559@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @dagzinggirl
Some theme provide for custom background colors or images and some do not. Those that do have this feature have the setting here . Appearance > Background

]]> dagzinggirl on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-743550 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:35:40 +0000 dagzinggirl 743550@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm having a major brainfart right here. I want to add a background to my blog, and I did so yesterday, but now i have a new blog and i cant figure out how to do it. Also why does my header always come out in bad quality, and is there anything i can do to make it better?

]]> thesacredpath on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-737199 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:16:52 +0000 thesacredpath 737199@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As far as why someone cannot put .something in the CSS and then just call it from within a post or page, that can be done as long as the person has the Custom Design Upgrade.

]]> thesacredpath on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-737198 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:13:27 +0000 thesacredpath 737198@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ At wordpress.COM, things work differently. You cannot edit or change the CSS without the Custom Design Upgrade. What you can do self-hosted is not relevant to wordpress.COM.

Familiarize your self with the basic differences between wordpress.com and self-hosted wordpress.ORG installations.

]]> zendim on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-737191 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:00:13 +0000 zendim 737191@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Woops.. Screen lag caused that last pathname to turn out wrong.
Its Appearance/Editor. And this is when your in the Dashboard.
:<)g

]]> zendim on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-737189 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:58:34 +0000 zendim 737189@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm hosting on my own server.
I tried something that seems to be working, and it makes me wonder why anybody is paying for this Custom CSS upgrade.

I just went to Appearance/Edit/Editor. Then I entered a custom class. Then, I called the class from a div inside the html window of a page.

Works just like one would expect it to.

:<)g

]]> raincoaster on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-737177 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:56:58 +0000 raincoaster 737177@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com has disabled it. The changes possible to CSS here are limited for security and other reasons. WordPress.com is a much more locked-down environment than WordPress.org.

]]> zendim on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-737167 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:28:01 +0000 zendim 737167@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm going to jump in here, as Mr. thesacredpath seems to be listening, and my question will probably help helensian as well.

I know how to write css. I'm used to working in a "hard coding" environment where I know where everything is and its just a matter of linking it up and having your syntax right.
Wordpress seems intent on defeating this simple method, if one wants to step outside the lines of whatever their template is.
But, its just css, I'm thinking. So, why can't one just find the .css file for their template,, such as "standard.css" -- a css ffile that is called in every template, add a .something class, and then call it from the html of text area of a page, with something like this: <p style="something">?
What prevents this from happening?

]]> thesacredpath on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-736805 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:00:53 +0000 thesacredpath 736805@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It looks like you found it.

]]> helensian on "I want to add a background onto my theme..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-a-background-onto-my-theme#post-736602 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:46:07 +0000 helensian 736602@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I want to add a back ground onto my theme - there is no set section for this but it does say "support for custom background" in the theme description. Please help!

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