Posted 3 years ago #
I set up my own theme, a theme I have used on another non-wordpress site and it worked, and my background won't show up at all. Everything else does. What's worse is that it was working a while ago, but just stopped at one point. I've tried everything I can think of.
Here's my site: http://blog.so-disco.net
& Here's what it's supposed to look like: http://so-disco.net
Posted 3 years ago #
Check your .htaccess file.
Posted 3 years ago #
It's there but what am I looking for?
Posted 3 years ago #
Hello,
What you will need to do is go to your "style.css" page under Appearance then Editor.
Look for this:
body{
background: url(images/bgr.gif) #B8CFEB repeat-y center;
color: #000000;
font: .8em Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,Sans-Serif
}
Upload your image file directly under the images folder. If this doesn't work then try going to WP-CONTENT >>> THEMES >>> WHATEVER YOU THEME IS CALLED >>> STYLES >>> YOUR THEME NAME.CSS. You will then want to look into the .css file that you are currently running and look for something like "bgr" or just the words "background".
Let me know if this helps. If not, I'll be sure to follow through to help you get it right.
Posted 3 years ago #
From what I can tell everything in the css should be correct.
I've used the exact same css on a different site, it's just once I tried to put it into wordpress that it stopped working.
Posted 3 years ago #
I'm looking at the .css right now, but need to see into the following location to find out if it is coded correctly:
@import url("http://blog.so-disco.net/wp-content/themes/stars/style.css");
Can you paste what is in there into a post? Thanks.
Posted 3 years ago #
body {background-image: url('http://blog.so-disco.net/wp-content/themes/stars/images/starbg.jpg');
color: #ffffff;
font-family: georgia;
font-size: 12pt;
text-align: center}
#container {background: transparent;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
text-align: left;}
Posted 3 years ago #
I'm not sure it's a matter of missing file as the request to http://blog.so-disco.net/wp-content/themes/stars/images/starbg.jpg is getting redirected to: http://www.freehostia.com/
Posted 3 years ago #
hmm...anyway to fix this?
Posted 3 years ago #
Try taking out the following: "http://blog.so-disco.net" so you are only left with "/wp-content/themes/stars/images/starbg.jpg"
Also, be sure that the file is actually uploaded to that exact folder. Please let me know if this works.
Posted 3 years ago #
Still not working.
Posted 3 years ago #
You could get it working if you'd use your old URL: http://so-disco.net/images/starbg.jpg or re-upload your image with the different name.
But this won't solve the redirect issue.
Posted 3 years ago #
Unfortunately, that didn't work either.
Posted 3 years ago #
It did work, I can see your background now.
EDIT: and now I don't.
Like I said, replace background-image: url('http://blog.so-disco.net/wp-content/themes/stars/images/starbg.jpg'); with background-image: url('http://so-disco.net/images/starbg.jpg');
Posted 3 years ago #
Try using the following image location:
http://www.jasonverdelli.com/starbg.jpg
I uploaded your background image on my server. Let's let what it does.
Posted 3 years ago #
That worked!
Posted 3 years ago #
So maybe if I put it in a different file?
Posted 3 years ago #
Ta-da!! You may want to contact your hosting company about why the image kept linking directly to freehostia.com, but I'm glad I could help you.
Posted 3 years ago #
Yes, maybe just use something like Photobucket for now. Anything that is not on the same host.
I'll keep your file on my server so if you need to you can reference it :)
Posted 3 years ago #
So maybe if I put it in a different file?
Posted 3 years ago #
That might work as well. Any luck?
Posted 3 years ago #
Thank you!
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