Change the Background
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Hi,
Background doesn’t appear in “Appareance” as it is said in the tutorials.
I found on internet that i had to add “add_theme_support ()” in the code of the theme, in functions.php.1: i didn’t find where to go
2: i never changed a code, seems risky.Any advice ?
Thank you ! Alice.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi Alice, you’re right: I’d recommend against directly editing the theme code. Instead, you’ll want to create a child theme.
But you wouldn’t be able to do either for the site you’ve listed here, since free sites doesn’t allow outside code:
If that is indeed the site you’re working on and you’d like to add a background to it, let us know; you’ll want a Premium Plan so you can use CSS with the site. Then just upload the background you want to use and we can give you the code for that.
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Hi folks,
Hope you don’t mind me adding a few things, @supernovia. : -)
@alicekline,
Background doesn’t appear in “Appareance” as it is said in the tutorials.
If your request is in regards to a WordPress.com site, then Background wouldn’t appear under Appearance. If the theme you’re using supports custom backgrounds, then you’ll be able to customize the backgrounds at Customize > Colors & Backgrounds, as described in the Custom Backgrounds support page.
The tutorial you refer to may have been for self-hosted WordPress.org sites, as suggested by @supernovia above. Video tutorials for WordPress.com sites:
- Video Tutorials main index
- Customize Your Site – category index
Within the latter index you’ll find the How to add a custom background video tutorial.
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But as @supernovia indicates the theme presently applied to the site http://alicekine.wordpress.com/ (Shawburn) doesn’t have a Colors & Backgrounds section in Customize available to sites with the free plan.
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