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Hey,
I was wondering - if it's possible through the custom css to set up a code that will change the bg image based on the following criteria:
So basically, based on the category, the bg would change to that cat's specified image.
I'm hoping a techy type blogger will come along and help you as there is not staff support for css customization. I did find a thread in the forum search box that partly addresses one of your queries http://wordpress.com/forums/topic.php?id=5698&replies=6
@3penny: Yes, I do that with my blog: http://engtech.wordpress.com
Sandbox theme adds the categories to the body tag, so you could do CSS like:
body.category-hello-world, body.s-category-hello-world {
background: #fff url('blah.gif') repeat top left;
}
body.category-foo, body.s-category-foo {
background: #fff url('blah2.gif') repeat top left;
}
hmm. that's veeeeerrry interesting.
thank you both for the advice. I'm rebuilding my blog as it is right now, but i'll give this a shot when I upgrade it. I really hope that works.
@ engtech, where is that applied? I'm took a cursory glance through your blog, but I didn't notice anything in particular (except for the icons you've placed with your catagories.... v.cool) - how does the theme change? I'm going to go take a closer look now...
@3penny: it's the icons. :)
but you could use the same method to change anything by category.
For a while I had it so that any posts tagged with Christmas changed the cat to a picture of the cat in front of a christmas tree, but I kind of broke that when I added texture to the top header.
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