Thread Starter
Joe
(@timelessbeing)
Thank you. Yes I am using a child. Do you have any advice about the transparency?
Hi timelessbeing,
For Twenty Eleven theme, this code should work:
#page {
background:rgba(255,255,255,0.5); /* the values are RED GREEN BLUE ALPHA, where alpha is the transparency control, 1 = 100%, 0.5 = 50% */
}
You can put that into the bottom of your main theme’s CSS or child-theme’s CSS; or if you have WordPress’s offifical Jetpack plugin installed, go to Appearance –> Edit CSS.
For RGB color values, you can use sites like colorpicker.com to find their value.
Hope this helps,
Nhat
@nhat: will you please stop encouraging people to add or edit their main theme’s stylesheet. They need to use ca child theme or a custom CSS plugin.
Thread Starter
Joe
(@timelessbeing)
Hi Nhat. That did nothing.
Where did you put your code?
I just tried to reapply that on my testing site again; it works.
Here’s a screenshot of Twenty Eleven without that code: [link]
Here’s Twenty Eleven after applying that code: [link]
Notice the 50% transparency in the 2nd image.
Thread Starter
Joe
(@timelessbeing)
I installed the “Simple Custom CSS” plugin, and just copy pasted your code right into it.
Yes I want mine to look just like yours
Thread Starter
Joe
(@timelessbeing)
I tried it again using Jetpack, and this time it worked. It only affects the body of your page though. Now I just need to figure out how to do it for the header.
Thread Starter
Joe
(@timelessbeing)
Header and body backgrounds overlap. That means that even if you set the header bg to fully transparent, the body bg still shows through. I really want my header to have no background.
Thread Starter
Joe
(@timelessbeing)
Aha. I’ve got it now. Here’s my code…
body #page { background: transparent; }
#primary { background-color: <color+alpha of your choice>; }
#branding { background: transparent; }
