Title: Large backgrounds wordpress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Large backgrounds wordpress

 *  [thefearless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thefearless/)
 * (@thefearless)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/large-backgrounds-wordpress/)
 * Hi, im new to the world of wordpress theme creation but not regular site creation.
   I understand wordpress code a little but not a lot. so please bear with me.
 * I have downloaded a theme and it uses a super tiny sliced full color background.
   png image which from what i can see in the css it repeats to form the background
   of the site
 * wp-content/themes/mythemename/images/bg.png
 * here is the css
 *     ```
       font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
       	font-size: 12px;
       	color: #222;
       	background: url(images/bg.png) repeat-x top #2f3f4e;
       	line-height: 1.45em;
       ```
   
 * Now im wanting to use a background that I have found on shutterstock which is
   a full grunge background with items on it
 * [http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-20904082/stock-photo-old-compass-and-rope-on-grunge-background.html](http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-20904082/stock-photo-old-compass-and-rope-on-grunge-background.html)
 * but my concern is
 * 1. Site load time will go through the roof
    2. How to do it 3. When viewing the
   site at a lower resolution the fixed background image with its items will be 
   cut off
 * Now i know there is a way to do this, as Ive seen people do it, where they use
   large backgrounds for example
 * [http://www.press75.com/demos/urban-elements/wp-content/themes/urbanelements/images/bg.jpg](http://www.press75.com/demos/urban-elements/wp-content/themes/urbanelements/images/bg.jpg)
 * So my questions are
 * 1. Should i just replace the small tiny bg.png with my massive sized background
   image?
    2. How can i have this shutterstock images background appearance without
   having it repeat and look terrible

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