Title: Background/wallpaper.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Background/wallpaper.

 *  [pensaro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pensaro1/)
 * (@pensaro1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/)
 * I use ‘Magic Blue’ theme which I am pretty happy with. The only thing I would
   like to change is the grey background with the pale diagonals. I am not sure 
   if it is even called background or wallpaper but it is the background against
   which the whole WordPress blog is displayed. I can’t find any reference in the
   stylesheet to wallpaper. If someone could tell me how to alter that background
   color to light blue or maybe purple I’d be very grateful. Thanks, Pensaro1.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1253934)
 * the theme uses ‘bodybg.gif’ for the background
    right click on background and
   choose “view image” and you will see exactly where it is located
 *  Thread Starter [pensaro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pensaro1/)
 * (@pensaro1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254128)
 * Hi there Samboll. Thanks for the info. I guess that means I need to replace the
   already existing ‘bodybg.gif’ with one of my own. I will try that and report 
   back. Pensaro1.
 *  Thread Starter [pensaro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pensaro1/)
 * (@pensaro1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254130)
 * Hi, its me again. I’m not having any luck with this. I tried (in cpanel) replacing
   the ‘bodybg.gif’ with one I created but everything stays the same. Could I use
   a ‘jpg’ image instead of the ‘gif’ already there? The permissions for this file
   are set at 644. Does that make a difference? Pensaro1.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254142)
 * to make it work without modifying code yor background needs to have the exact
   same name as the one you are replacing.
 * If you want to use a .jpg, you will likely need to modify your theme’s `style.
   css` and/or `header.php` to reflect the new name.
 *  Thread Starter [pensaro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pensaro1/)
 * (@pensaro1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254148)
 * I actually tried replacing the existing ‘.gif’ with a new .gif of the same name
   but different image color instead of using a .jpg. No change. I even tried borrowing
   a .gif from another theme, renaming to bodybg.gif and overwriting the existing.
   gif but nothing changes. I did these things via cpanel blog…themes/magicblue/
   images. Nothing seems to change. I don’t know enough about code yet to sort this
   out so I’m still stuck!
    This is what is in my header php;
 * body{
    background: #fff url(“<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/images/
   bodybg.gif”); }
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254150)
 * maybe it’s more than just a background image.
 * What’s the URL to your site?
 * Peter
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254153)
 * ok upload your image and change
    `/bodybg.gif` to whatever your image name is
 *  Thread Starter [pensaro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pensaro1/)
 * (@pensaro1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254155)
 * To Samboll, I just uploaded and renamed the image I want. No change. To pboosten
   my site is [http://www.pensaro.com](http://www.pensaro.com). Thanks.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254160)
 * you will also need to look in your theme’s `style.css`
    top line `background:#
   fff url("http://www.pensaro.com/blog/wp-content/themes/magicblue/images/bodybg.
   gif");` change to appropriate image url here also
 *  Thread Starter [pensaro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pensaro1/)
 * (@pensaro1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgroundwallpaper/#post-1254163)
 * I couldn’t find anywhere in the style sheet to change that but changing things
   in the the header.php has done the trick. Many, many thanks. Big smiles! Pensaro1.

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