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Adding a background image

  • Hi

    Newbie so be gentle

    I know there is a header image but I would like a background image that sites behind the header and the content

    How do I do this ?

    Thanks

    Gibby

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  • r-a-y
    Keymaster

    @r-a-y

    You’ll have to modify the theme’s stylesheet.

    Hopefully, you’ve already created a child theme, then you can override the background in your child theme’s style.css with:

    eg.

    body {background:url(URL TO YOUR IMAGE) no-repeat !important;}

    Thanks

    Yes I have a child theme and that works great

    Gibby


    Rebecca Geiger
    Participant

    @rebeccageiger

    Hi there! Mr r-a-y!
    I created the child theme (awesome thanks for all yer guyzez help) and I added the /images/shuswapsocialnetworkbackground.jpg body {background:url(/images/shuswapsocialnetworkbackground.jpg ) no-repeat !important;}
    But I am unsure where to put that information. I played around with the code and nada..
    If you could let me know what I have done incorrectly that would be Grrrrrrrrrreat!

    This is the info from the child theme I copied from the default theme :)


    r-a-y
    Keymaster

    @r-a-y

    Remember that style.css file you created for your child theme?

    Open style.css in a text editor and add the snippet above to the end of style.css.


    paulhastings0
    Participant

    @paulhastings0

    Open the theme file in website.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/bp-default/style.css

    On the very last line add

    body {background:url(/images/shuswapsocialnetworkbackground.jpg) no-repeat !important;}

    FTP that back to your site and see if it makes the change. Double check that your URL path for your jpg is valid too.


    techguy
    Participant

    @crashutah

    @paulhastings0 Only problem with doing what you describe instead of using a child theme is that the next time BP gets updated, the change you made will get overwritten. Thus the advent of child themes.


    r-a-y
    Keymaster

    @r-a-y

    techguy is right.


    paulhastings0
    Participant

    @paulhastings0

    Whoops, yes, you’re absolutely right. I use child themes myself. Just a slip of the mind. :P


    Rebecca Geiger
    Participant

    @rebeccageiger

    Dang.. I don’t know what I am doing wrong.. nothing changed (and I did put it at the end of the created child theme that I created)….
    Perhaps I am not putting the image in the right file folder? Perhaps I need to put the code in a different place in the child theme css file?
    I am a confused noob

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