background image gone

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  sebspx · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 3:27 am

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  I was editing the css and changed my font color and then my background image won’t display
  I reuploaded it but it is not working – I even created a new version of the bg file but it won’t redisplay

  can you please fix this?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 3:33 am

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  We need a link to the site so that we can take a look.

  Did you by chance copy and paste the entire stylesheet into the CSS edit window?

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  sebspx · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 6:58 pm

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  Yes I did cup and paste the entire sheet into the CSS window –
  Was I supposed to change the background image in the css sheet?
  lagreefitness.wordpress.com

  THANK YOU!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 7:06 pm

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  Many times, images for backgrounds and other theme level images are declared in the CSS and are done so with what are called “relative” URLs. The URL is shortened and is “relative” to the directory the CSS file is in. Your custom CSS is stored in an entirely different place (actually in the database) and overrides the original. That means the “relative” URL is no longer relative and the system cannot find it.

  Relative URL: images/kubrickbgcolor.jpg
  Absolute URL: http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/kubrick/images/kubrickbgcolor.jpg

  With CSS at wordpress.com, what you want to do is to add only the specific selectors and only the specific declarations that you are adding or changing to the CSS edit window and then make sure that “add to existing…” is selected. That way the relative URLs for the theme level images are not broken.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 7:08 pm

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  If you give us a link to the site you are talking about, we could help you fix it without having to go through a bunch of rework.

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  sebspx · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 7:23 pm

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  Hi – thank you for the education :) – I didn’t realize you only needed to paste the css you are changing – and now that you say that I see the warning at the bottom of the page :) on the CSS section – oops!

  I was able to add the background back in the css – – now I am missing the overlay that was at a half or somewhat opacity that went over the body part where the content is.

  the site I am working on is
  http://lagreefitness.wordpress.com/

  THANKS!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 7:51 pm

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  This is for #container.

  

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  sebspx · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 9:32 pm

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  Thank you so much. it worked!

  Appreciate your efforts and time!