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1. Max Sewell
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm trying to figure out how to use an alternate background image on static pages. I know css and have a passive knowledge of php. Any help would be appreciated.

   I did do a search for this but came up empty.

   Thanks,

   Max

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Are you using the body_class function in your theme's header.php

3. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   background image for what?

   general, you could embed the style definition into haeder.php with a conditional tag is_page() or is_page('pagename')

   something like:
   

   <?php if(is_page()) { ?>
   <style type="text/css" media="screen">
   #page { background: url("<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/staticpagebg.jpg") repeat-y top; }
   </style>
   <?php } ?>

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

   @esmi:
   thanks, of course, i keep forgetting body_class()

4. Max Sewell
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks people! Thank you, thank you --I'll give those ideas a try!

5. Max Sewell
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://www.emilyroche.com/

   Hi,

   I was able to create an alternate background for my client's home page using this php:

   <?php if($_GET["page_id"] != 0 && $_GET["page_id"] != 2 && $_GET["page_id"] != 33){echo "<div id=\"wrap-out\"><div id=\"wrap\">";} else {echo "<div id=\"wrap-out-alt\"><div id=\"wrap\" style=\"min-height: 1081px;\">";} ?>

   Trouble is, my client also didn't want the blog excerpts on her home page, so I created a special "blogs" page (http://www.emilyroche.com/?page_id=77). Now when you're on that page and you click on MORE under an excerpt, you get a new page (http://www.emilyroche.com/?p=59) with the alternate background (which is bad).

   I'm guessing its because the software wants the blog displayed on the home page but I've circumvented that.

   Any way around this?

   Thanks,

   Max

6. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   try and integrate a || is_single() into your code:

   <?php if($_GET["page_id"] != 0 && $_GET["page_id"] != 2 && $_GET["page_id"] != 33 || is_single() ){echo "<div id=\"wrap-out\"><div id=\"wrap\">";} else {echo "<div id=\"wrap-out-alt\"><div id=\"wrap\" style=\"min-height: 1081px;\">";} ?>

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

7. Max Sewell
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks alchymyth! --it works perfectly!

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