• Hi – does anyone know how to change the background image of the Adventure theme? I really like the theme but I need to change the image for something more relevant to my site’s content
    Thanks!

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  • The Adventure Theme does not support custom backgrounds.

    Your best bet is probably to create a Child Theme, and define a custom background image for the Child Theme.

    carleshiacom

    (@carleshiacom)

    Yes, you can change the Adventure background. Check out my site http://www.prayeroutreachassemblies.org if you don’t believe me. All you have to do is go in the Theme Editor, Adventure: Stylesheet (style.css) and change the line of code that is directing the theme to use that picture. For me, the default picture was 02.jpg. Download the picture you want into your file manager and then go to the line of code that says,
    ************************************************
    Defaults
    ************************************************/

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    font-family: sans-serif;
    padding: 0;
    clear:both;
    }
    body {
    font-size:13px;
    background: fixed center center url(images/02.jpg) #000;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    }

    Change the (images/02.jpg) to whatever you like- the picture will have to be pretty big in terms of file size because if it is not than the picture you use will be tiled on you page background and its best if its in High definition or it will look terrible. Hope I was helpful.

    Chip Bennett

    (@chipbennett)

    @carleshiacom

    Your method is correct, but your approach is wrong.

    Never modify Themes directly. If you do, your changes will be over-written when the Theme is updated.

    Instead, use the same method to change your background image, but implement that change in a Child Theme.

    carleshiacom

    (@carleshiacom)

    I have yet to have my theme changes overridden by any updates. Of course there is a first time for everything. Thanks!

    Chip Bennett

    (@chipbennett)

    I have yet to have my theme changes overridden by any updates. Of course there is a first time for everything. Thanks!

    Then whatever Theme you use hasn’t been updated since you made any changes.

    That’s a good circumstance for preserving your changes, but not exactly ideal for ensuring your Theme stays current with WordPress…

    Why go through a bunch of BS. Just name the file you want to 02.jpg, upload it to the right folder and overwrite the one that’s there. Simple, works.

    Well… In my admin, I just went to Appearance > Background, and uploaded a new image. That worked for me.

    http://www.thecrookstons.com/

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