"Girl in Green" – Semi-transparent veil over photos

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  oneflychica · Member · Feb 18, 2012 at 11:39 am

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  Hi there,

  I was wondering if anyone knows how to best remove the semi-transparent “veil” that goes over all of the images on the homepage of the “girl in green” theme? It tends to make all of the photos look very washed out, and I’m hoping there is some way of changing this.

  Thank you very much! :)

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

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  timethief · Member · Feb 19, 2012 at 2:05 am

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  Have you purchase a custom design upgrade so you can do the required CSS editng?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 19, 2012 at 3:59 am

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  Please see this related thread (to avoid confusion)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Feb 19, 2012 at 4:00 am

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  oops, multi-taskining inefficiently: link here
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/photos-in-posts-appear-washed-out?replies=5

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  oneflychica · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 12:36 am

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  Hi there,

  I haven’t purchased the custom design upgrade as yet. Do you know if I will definitely be able to remove this “veil” with the editing?

  Thank you!

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  justpi · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 12:50 am

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  Definitely yes, but why not switch to a better theme?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 1:33 am

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  I agree. I would switch to another thene.

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  oneflychica · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 8:59 pm

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  Good point! I think I just really like the “girl” in the corner. Other than that, not a huge fan.

  Any suggestions on a theme that’s really pleasing to the eye, yet user-friendly (as girl in green is/was)? :)

  Thanks! :)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 9:14 pm

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  It’s a background image. http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/girl/images/girl.gif

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 9:20 pm

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  Oops! I forgot to say that the image and theme are free. So you can use that image and resize it to whatever size you want. Go here > http://theme.wordpress.com/ and try out some themes. Note there are live demo site links for each theme there.

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  justpi · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 10:47 pm

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  In my opinion Girl in Green is one of the worst designed wordpress.com themes (second only to Rounded), and the sooner you get rid of it the better. As timethief pointed out, in most themes you can add your own image as a background (or in the sidebar).

  And most themes work the same: there’s nothing in Girl in Green that makes it more user-friendly than the rest.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 10:51 pm

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  Agreed and I place them in the same order too.

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  oneflychica · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 11:32 pm

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  Oh wow! Thanks so much for the input. I will likely use the “green girl” as an image file at some point.

  I was going through the themes and noticed that:

  andneutra selecta
  retro fitted
  modularity life
  spring loaded
  parament
  wuwei
  coraline
  greyzd
  manifest

  all caught my eye. Would either of you say that any of these themes are particularly good?

  Thanks again! :)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2012 at 11:47 pm

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  Hi again,
  Will you please read what I posted in your other thread? https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-the-selecta-blog-and-widget-layout-be-flipped?replies=2#post-823615

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  oneflychica · Member · Feb 21, 2012 at 12:12 am

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  Awesome – thanks so much! :D

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  timethief · Member · Feb 21, 2012 at 12:13 am

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  You’re welcome.