Title: Custom Post Background – need help !
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Custom Post Background – need help !

 *  [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I LOVE “_Custom Post Background_” plugin. It allows me to set what background
   I want to have in whichever post. So I can have “apples” in post #1 and “grapes”
   in post #2 as my backgrounds.
 * **THIS is what it looks like:**
    [http://i.imgur.com/RRuUL.png](http://i.imgur.com/RRuUL.png)
 * **THIS is what I want it to look like:**
    [http://i.imgur.com/esRt0.png](http://i.imgur.com/esRt0.png)
 * Thank you for reading & hopefully you will be kind enough to help me!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-background/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-background/)

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684612)
 * can you post a link to your site?
 * it seems that your theme’s html structure is not fit to use the plugin (?)
 *  Thread Starter [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684625)
 * I’m using “Traction” theme.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/traction](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/traction)
 *  Thread Starter [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684638)
 * It just seems to me that the problem is the fact that the image background is
   set for words written inside post only, not the actual post. This problem is 
   so frustrating as I have no idea what to do to solve it, hopefully someone will
   be able to help me out…
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684805)
 * > the image background is set for words written inside post only, not the actual
   > post.
 * that is right – the plugin wraps a div with the background formatting around 
   the post _**content **_– while you are trying to have this around or for the 
   post _**div**_;
 * unfortunately, I don’t see any way to get this working without re-writing the
   plugin code.
 *  Thread Starter [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684826)
 * > that is right – the plugin wraps a div with the background formatting around
   > the post content – while you are trying to have this around or for the post
   > div;
 * I checked the code before and yeah, that’s exactly what it does. How long do 
   you think it would take to re-write the plugin code? Isn’t it possible to just
   change a few lines and make the plugin insert the background image for specific
   post number?
 * For example whenever a post is created we get a unique number – e.g. **<div id
   =”post-835″**, then if another post is created it will have div id of post 836,
   and so on…
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684828)
 * you could consider to post a job at [http://jobs.wordpress.net/](http://jobs.wordpress.net/)
   to find out more about how long it will take to edit the plugin to do what you
   want – or to edit the plugin/theme combination.
 *  Thread Starter [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684829)
 * Could you be a little bit more specific please? Since that is a job section, 
   it means that I would have to pay to someone? How much do you think it would 
   cost? Any idea how long it might take to edit the plugin? How long would it take
   for someone to contact me? If you could give me as much details as possible on
   this matter, I would be really grateful!
 *  Thread Starter [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684836)
 * Alright, I have posted a new job asking for those who are interested send me 
   a few details, such as how much it will cost, when can they start, etc.
 * Is it really not possible to get help here? Paying someone is my last hope?
 *  Thread Starter [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684865)
 * I used “mIRC” (instant relay chat) to try and get some help, I was told by someone
   to do this:
 * > _find the container div ID .. take the current chunk of CSS style from your
   > current stylesheet and move it to the new container div ID
   >  add background:
   > url (page/bg.jpg) from where it is now to the actual div you want to put the
   > background on
 * However, I am not quite sure what he meant by that, I’m just a little bit confused.
   If someone could explain that to me or modify the plugin accordingly, I would
   be really grateful.
 *  [hernewleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hernewleaf/)
 * (@hernewleaf)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684995)
 * I would love to know this as well – I had hoped to used this plugin to apply 
   an image behind the title of my posts (not in the actual body of the post). Does
   anyone know an alternative plugin or solution I could use for this? Thank you!
 *  Thread Starter [testingmoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingmoon/)
 * (@testingmoon)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684997)
 * I already figured it out, no need for plugins or anything like that, I’ve used
   a manual method, it’s very simple and yet so effective 😛
 *  [hernewleaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hernewleaf/)
 * (@hernewleaf)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-background-need-help-2/#post-2684998)
 * Care to share, testingmoon? I’d love to apply an image to the background of the
   title section of all of my posts.

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