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1. tigermumintraining
   Member
   May 31, 2012, 3:21 PM

   I am creating a combination for this blog using my own page background image (#wrapper) but wanting to keep the Matala style rough edges to the content areas.

   I have managed to get the top half of the rough edges 2-col image to show (#inner-wrapper) using CSS but for the life of me can't get the bottom of the content areas to show.

   I have found the graphics for #primary-bottom (http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/matala/images/bg-primary-bottom.png) and #secondary-bottom (http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/matala/images/bg-secondary-bottom.png), but can't get them to display whatever I do!!

   Please can someone help?

   The blog I need help with is tigermumintraining.com.

2. designsimply
   Staff
   May 31, 2012, 4:19 PM

   The new background looks totally fantastic!

   The reason you're having trouble is that the Matala theme hides the theme-provided background images if you have added a custom background image or color. You can selectively turn them back on though. Adjust your #primary-bottom and #secondary-bottom CSS to this:

   #primary-bottom {
   	display: block;
   	background:url('http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/matala/images/bg-primary-bottom.png') no-repeat bottom left;
   }
   #secondary-bottom {
   	display: block;
   	background:url('http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/matala/images/bg-secondary-bottom.png') no-repeat bottom left;
   }

3. tigermumintraining
   Member
   May 31, 2012, 4:29 PM

   Thanks for the answer and the compliment! - much appreciated. :)

   This worked a treat but I still have a white block showing over some of the bottom graphics. I have tried changing the colour of #primary & #secondary to not be white to see if that was it but no luck.

   Would you be able to take another quick look for me?

   Thanks

4. tigermumintraining
   Member
   May 31, 2012, 4:38 PM

   I have also searched the matala style sheet for anything else #fff but nothing is jumping out at me as a reason for this.

   I opened the actual graphic for the primary one to make sure it was not part of the design but there is no white block there either.

   Thinking it could be a margin or padding thing maybe but where?

5. tigermumintraining
   Member
   May 31, 2012, 4:54 PM

   I added an extra post to make the page longer and this helped slightly but white block still showing at the bottom of the primary content area

6. designsimply
   Staff
   May 31, 2012, 4:54 PM

   It looks like it's part of the image itself to me. It's just hard to spot. You can see it if you take the image and stick it on a black background. Here's a screenshot so you can see what I mean: http://cl.ly/H268/o

7. tigermumintraining
   Member
   May 31, 2012, 5:13 PM

   yep - I see what you mean - thanks for that :)

8. designsimply
   Staff
   May 31, 2012, 5:18 PM

   Cheers :)

   I'm looking forward to seeing the site when you're finished!

9. jessicajjohnston
   Member
   Jun 6, 2012, 2:54 PM

   I'm having some issues with editing this theme to fit a site I'm building as well. Worked for countless hours last night and simply cannot figure out what I am doing wrong!

   http://jessicajjohnston.com/misc/matala-content-bottomissue.png

   the link above is a screenshot of the issue. this is a site i'm building for a local brewery and so I have it hidden from the public until finished. Have a feeling I'm missing a link, possibly to the bg-col2.png file but I am at my wits end trying to figure this out.

   Any help = GREATLY APPRECIATED!

10. designsimply
    Staff
    Jun 7, 2012, 5:17 PM

    @jessicajjohnston, this forum provides support for blogs setup here at WordPress.com. Looks like the site you're working on may not be hosted here--and in that case, I can point you to some outside resources where you can either ask for volunteer help or hire help.

    See http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ to learn about the differences.

    If the blog you're referring to is hosted at WordPress.com, please start a new thread and include a link to the blog (even if it's private for now).
    http://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization/#postform

    If the blog you're working on is not hosted at WordPress.com, you can ask for volunteer help in the WordPress.org forums at http://wordpress.org/support/

    If you need to hire a designer to help you, check out this list:
    http://directory.codepoet.com/

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