how to change post background?

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  jhanaji · Member · Apr 2, 2007 at 9:27 pm

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  I don’t want to make a permanent change. All I want is to create a different color background for several paragraphs within a post. For instance, if I want a different background color only for a quote within a post, how would I do that? What code would I use?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 2, 2007 at 9:46 pm

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  We cannot edit the underlying code in our templates at wordpress.com. Perhaps the only way you could affect such a change is to purchase a css customization upgrade but that’s not really as “temporary” as you are indicating for a single post.

  The work around you can use that I’ve tried is to create an image in a program like msPaint and place the text overtop of the background colour you choose. Then you can upload it into the post as an image.

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  jhanaji · Member · Apr 2, 2007 at 10:34 pm

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  Yes, that’s an idea. Thanks for the response.

  jhan

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  timethief · Member · Apr 2, 2007 at 10:51 pm

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  You’re welcome. The maximum sizes for images in blogging spaces in each theme can be found here http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/how-big-can-my-images-be/