Background Color not changing

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  pflorida · Member · Dec 31, 2014 at 6:03 pm

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  I am trying to customize the color of my background. In the preview section, my background is the correct color, orange. However, when I save and publish, my blog background color is still the default. The theme is not a premium theme and says that it is free to customize. I have cleared my cached and cookies and also looked at it in different internet browsers. Nothing has worked.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 31, 2014 at 6:18 pm

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  Do you have a premium upgrade?

  WordPress.com sells bundles upgrades. We can “preview” changes in the theme customizer that do not actually display on the blog unless we purchase the upgrade.

  If you have not purchased the Premium bundle that contains the custom design upgrade note that no changes you try out aside from those such as Custom Background, Custom Header, etc. which are stated on the theme description pages in the features column (right hand side) will be visible to visitors.
  Premium bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  If you are using the preview mode for the Custom Design upgrade some of the settings in that mode will save but they won’t show up on the front end unless you purchase the upgrade.

  To go back to the free options, go to Appearance → Themes → Customize → Colors and click the “exit the preview” link in yellow at the top of the panel on the right.

  See also: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/video-tutorial-customizing-your-theme/

  If you have purchased a Premium bundle then please use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 31, 2014 at 6:19 pm

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  Oops! In your case the username account was registered prior to September 1st, 2014. That means you can purchase the custom design upgrade by itself and do not have to purchase the premium bundle of upgrades.