Freshy theme won't let me change background

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  leonoverweel · Member · Apr 5, 2012 at 10:45 pm

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  Hi,

  I just recently got the CSS upgrade, and I’ve done some CSS before. I’m adding custom CSS to the existing “Freshy” theme, but it won’t let me change the background. This:
  body {
background:#738F98;
background-image:url('http://dimastero.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/background-2012-4-2-png.png');
}Doesn’t do anything.

  Any ideas?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 5, 2012 at 10:50 pm

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  I did a quick Google search Freshy CSS change background site:en.forums.wordpress.com and think you may be able to find your answer is earlier threads. http://tinyurl.com/7l9o4ur
  Don’t despair if you don’t find it in those results, as Staff do provide support for CSS editing and will help you when they can.

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  designsimply · Member · Apr 5, 2012 at 11:26 pm

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  Freshy happens to set the background color on the page ID and not the body tag. Try switching out “#page” for “body” like this:

  #page {
      background:#738F98;
      background-image:url('http://dimastero.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/background-2012-4-2-png.png');
  }

  Freshy also uses a background image for the header that’s got a gray background for part of it, and it looks weird if you change out the background color. One way around that would be to update the header background to a solid color like this:

  #title {
      margin: 0 auto;
      padding: 30px 20px 10px;
      width: 740px;
      background: black;
  }

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  leonoverweel · Member · Apr 5, 2012 at 11:32 pm

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  Thank you! Those two worked and I’ve got it figured out now :)

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  designsimply · Member · Apr 5, 2012 at 11:33 pm

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  Yay! Fantastic :)