Background question

Anonymous
November 19, 2011 at 2:52 pm #2367

Is it possible to make the background of the theme ‘invisible’ so i can see the background behind (see photo below).

It might look terrible, but I want to try and see how it looks.

Steve

http://s1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb330/stevepure/?action=view&current=Untitled.jpg
Anonymous
November 19, 2011 at 3:36 pm #19972
Upload an image to your wordpress directory. Copy its image location (with extension like .png or .jpg). Or copy the image location of an existing image. Then add this code to custom CSS, and paste the image path in 3rd line.
```
#content {

background-attachment: fixed;

background-image: url("Replace this with your image URL");

}
```
Anonymous
November 19, 2011 at 3:44 pm #19973
If you want to use this image,

then just add this to custom CSS.
```
#content {

background-attachment: fixed;

background-image: url("http://pure-sauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ornate_14.jpg");

}
```
steve5000
November 19, 2011 at 3:44 pm #19974

Thanks Prasanna, you really are a helpful guy!

Steve

Anonymous
November 19, 2011 at 3:49 pm #19975

Well, nice to see that code working! 🙂

steve5000
November 19, 2011 at 3:54 pm #19976

Yea, i tried it and it didn’t look very good, i think the background image is way to dark.

I will try a lighter background image later and see how it looks.

steve5000
November 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm #19977

Out of interest, what is the maximum file size you would recommend for background image? Obviously i don’t want my website lo load slowly.

Mod

Kenneth John Odle
November 19, 2011 at 4:51 pm #19978

You can also try making a .png that is semi transparent, and using that for the background of your main content area. This has the advantage of reducing file size (because the .png file is small) and ensuring that the background images align perfectly.