Newspaper style theme HELP

  • avenue47

    (@avenue47)


    11 years, 7 months ago

    So, I signed up to help do my cousin’s wordpress theme. His entire website, really. Problem is, I haven’t coded or anything in about two years, and everything is really rusty.
    I know the basics, but I would love to use an old paper stock image as a background for the posts to create a newspaper-style theme.
    It is for a steampunk web series. Currently they are working off of their facebook, https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldOfSteam.

    He really wants something along these lines:
    http://www.lalunemauve.fr

    However, I’m having trouble syncing images of a newspaper sort to my blog. I’m using CSS, but I would love if I could get some headway. I’m using the Constructor theme (I tried _S and it was a bit difficult to work with my experience)… but I would love to start to use _S and make a newspaper style theme.

    My progress is at http://theworldofsteam.com

    Thank you so much!
    Vicki

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  • zartgesotten

    (@wearitwell)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    I don’t see your question! What exactly is it you want from us?
    It might be easier if you pick one thing and ask for specific help.
    Thanks
    Anja

    Thread Starter avenue47

    (@avenue47)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Anja! Sorry!
    Just wondering what the best way to get started on a theme like lalunemauve. I know I need a background image or a content image of a vintage paper stock, but how would I go around that?
    Do I make a bit more sense? Even something like this: http://rj.steampunk.com.br

    zartgesotten

    (@wearitwell)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    I am very sorry but I still don’t see a specific question here!
    It’s like if I asked you “How do I go around fixing my car?”

    Understand? There is no answer we can give you if you don’t ask specific questions like: “There’s a yellow background color in my header, how do I turn it into a blue background”.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    11 years, 7 months ago

    When modifying themes you’ve downloaded, you should create a Child Theme or use a Custom CSS plugin, have you either?

    Sometimes you may not need to modify themes and changes can be made in the dashboard. For example, to change the background of a theme, you could go into Appearance > Themes, then customise your theme and select the background image option.

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