Need help changing background color on Andreas09

johnbierly · Member · Jun 19, 2007 at 2:20 am
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Hi, Everybody,

I’ve been trying to figure out where in the CSS I need to edit to change the background color — on the sides, under Categories, Blogroll, etc. — from the theme’s naturally fading color to a single, solid color. I’ve tried various things and even set up a dummy blog just for CSS testing/playing, but I can’t figure out where to make that change and wondered if anyone else using Andreas09 had been successful in doing so, and if so, how you did it. :)

Here’s an example of what I mean:

I’m trying to change the background color under Categories, etc., to a solid color.

Thanks so much for your time and your consideration.

Sincerely,

John
sunburntkamel · Member · Jun 19, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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i’m feeling stupid now, because i can’t find where the gradient is added. nonetheless, this will fix/hide it:
```
#wrap {
margin-top: 0;
padding-top: 5px;
background: #ccc;
}
```
devblog · Member · Jun 19, 2007 at 2:55 pm
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… i can’t find where the gradient is added.

The gradient is part of the header background image (bodybg-orange.jpg) defined in the #container element.
```
#container {
	background:#f0f0f0 url(images/bodybg-orange.jpg) repeat-x;
}
```
Personally, I think that’s kinda weird… I mean, the body background should be a separate image.
sunburntkamel · Member · Jun 19, 2007 at 3:55 pm
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yeah, i realized that after. firebug apparently decided the image was too long, and cropped it.

and yeah, that’s definitely not a best practice.
johnbierly · Member · Jun 19, 2007 at 5:22 pm
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Massive thanks to both of you! I appreciate your taking the time to look into it and answer.

sunburntkamel, I did what you suggested and it worked like a charm.

Thanks again!

Very sincerely,

John
johnbierly · Member · Jun 19, 2007 at 9:13 pm
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Okay, one more stupid question. Now, at the bottom of the page, between the bottom of the content box and the footer, there’s a solid gray stripe. How do I make the color of the wrap box go all the way down to the footer?

I’d be useless without this forum, and I appreciate everybody who’s a part of it. Thanks again.
sunburntkamel · Member · Jun 20, 2007 at 6:23 pm
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there’s a div that makes the layout complete properly. add this:
```
.clearingdiv {
background:#FFFAF0;
clear:both;
height:30px;
width:auto;
}
```
johnbierly · Member · Jun 20, 2007 at 9:15 pm
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Once again, sunburntkamel, you are my hero. I recognize that I’m useless at CSS and appreciative of your time and your help. Thanks again!
sunburntkamel · Member · Jun 21, 2007 at 1:01 am
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no problem. you should check out http://getfirebug.com
just right click on the part of your page that’s not behaving, and click “inspect element”.
johnbierly · Member · Sep 10, 2007 at 10:29 pm
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Hello again,

I have another question about this. (Imagine that. :))

Here’s the custom CSS to clear out the background and make it all white:
```
#wrap {
margin-top:0;
padding-top:5px;
background:#ffffff;
}

.clearingdiv {
background:#ffffff;
clear:both;
width:auto;
}
```
But when I look at this page …

http://johnbierly.wordpress.com/about/

… or a search page like this …

http://johnbierly.wordpress.com/?s=ray+liotta

… or a short post like this …

http://johnbierly.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/im-way-behind/

… the white background doesn’t extend all the way down the page; the bottom of the page still shows the theme’s default gradient-gray image background showing through.

Is there any way to CSS this in a way that makes my white background extend all the way down on every page?

Thanks again in advance; you guys are the best and I really do appreciate the patience and help.

– JB
johnbierly · Member · Sep 11, 2007 at 1:55 am
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I’m actually switching from Andreas09 to another theme. Sorry to post a question and then change my theme altogether, but I do appreciate anybody who gave the question a look. Thanks as always!

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