• I’m still having difficulty in editing a page background in the Bizantine theme I’ve playing around with. I’ve have the following code for the page I just created:

    <h2 style=”text-align: center;”><span style=”color: #ff0000;”>KRAVE</span></h2>
    <p style=”text-align: center;”>Featuring Haswell-E series processors and X99 mobo</p>
    <p style=”text-align: center;”>Our Enthusiast line is the pinnacle of technology available for today’s fastest computers. They use only higgh performance parts from vendors focused on delivering record-breaking results. The line was designed for users who put their money where their mouth is and demand absolute perfection from their equipment.</p>
    <p style=”text-align: center;”>nVidia GeForce GTX Titan & AMD R9 & R7 series GPUs now available</p>
    <p style=”text-align: center;”><img class=” size-full wp-image-63 aligncenter” src=”http://foxteknology.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EnthusiastX99-7_19_15-v3.png&#8221; alt=”EnthusiastX99 7_19_15 v3″ width=”600″ height=”700″ /></p>

    The page background is white, text color of the above I see I can change easily. So where do I put the custom CSS code to be black? In searching some CSS coding help website http://www.w3schools.com/ there was an editor that allowed me to tinker with the code and see the result. I did and got a black background using the following code:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <style>
    body {
    background-color: black;
    }
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>

    <h1>My CSS web page!</h1>
    <p>Hello world! This is a W3Schools.com example.</p>

    </body>
    </html>

    Ignoring the header and text, the page is black. Is this the correct CSS coding? If so, where do I embed this code? Does this go in the CSS Styling sections below the page section where the text / coding shown above is?

    If this is not the correct coding, where should I be looking for guidance / support?

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  • you could add the necessary css to the bottom of your style sheet, but the changes will be overwritten if you update the theme.

    I suggest making a child theme. You will need to access your website using ftp, or better still sftp. Filezilla is a good program. You may need to speak to your webhost to set up access.
    https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes as best way to go. A second way is to use a plugin
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/
    or Jetpack
    info here
    http://jetpack.me/support/custom-css/
    In Firefox browser learn to use Firebug (just Google it) or Chrome has good dev tools (hit F12)

    In Firefox browser a handy colour-picker addon is ColorZilla

    Thread Starter FoxTek

    (@foxtek)

    I already have the WordPress Custom CSS – Whole Site and Per Post v.1 installed. Is that not the correct plugin? Should I deactivate this one and install the Simple Custom CSS v3.2 or would the Child Theme plugin be an easier way as I’m not a developer that is very familiar with coding.

    I did try to add the code to the bottom of the style sheet without success making me think I did not have the correct code syntax. What would the correct code be?

    Thread Starter FoxTek

    (@foxtek)

    The page I’m trying to edit is

    http://foxteknology.com/WordPress/wp-admin/post.php?post=59&action=edit

    The top section is where the code is beginning with: <h1 style=”text-align: center;”><span style=”color: #ff0000;”>KARMA</span></h1> and continues as noted above. So there’s my text in multiple fonts and colors, and an embedded image. The page looks as it should in this theme but of course the page background is white. I want to have the page background black and I realize I will need to change any black text to another color (ex. white) so it will display. On my current site, http://www.foxteknology.com built in Joomla you can see how it looks. I’ve used red, white and gray text on all pages with a black background. I’m looking to do the same in WordPress.

    Does that help?

    I am not familiar with WordPress Custom CSS – Whole Site and Per Post plugin but note it doesn’t have many active installs whereas Simple Custom CSS has 100000 + installs and great rating so it may be better to try.
    The link you post http://foxteknology.com/WordPress/wp-admin/post.php?post=59&action=edit
    just takes me to your login page.

    It appears from what you have posted above that you may be trying to style the page inline which is definitely not the way to go.
    Or that may be from your text tab in the editor with the styling applied by the plugin you are using. I don’t know.

    If I could see your page live I could help more, but don’t want or need access to the backend.

    A child theme is not a plugin.

    Just take your time and do some reading from the links posted above.
    Again,if you can publish the page and post a link to it I can help more

    Thread Starter FoxTek

    (@foxtek)

    Since I’m building the site on my local drive I’m not sure how to publish it. Would this link get you there?

    http://foxteknology.com/WordPress/balanced/

    Thread Starter FoxTek

    (@foxtek)

    Maklcm, I’m starting to feel that I might be over my head and need help to set up the new site. I thought WordPress was going to be a good solution rather than rebuilding in a current version of Joomla. I think even some of the basics that I have been able to manage with Joomla are confusing and frustrating me as I have limited knowledge (and need more time and patience) in web development. Maintenance and some tweaking once my original site was done was within my abilities. Now I’m finding myself a bit overwhelmed and frustrated.

    By looking at my current site http://www.foxteknology.com, can you make any recommendations on finding a developer who could build me a new site and what that might entail?

    Over a decade ago I was where you are now. I have a little experience with Joomla and know that WordPress is the way to go.It is a wonderful system, and once used to it you will say “it is so simple”, but those who have been using it for a while can forget that at first glance it can be a bit intimidating.

    Having said that there is a huge community willing to help.

    You should also read this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome
    and you could post your job at
    http://jobs.wordpress.net/post-a-job/
    Be descriptive with your job title.
    I’m presuming you are in the US so a local dev would probably be the go for you.
    The range in pricing will stagger you, depending on what you need done.

    I just had a search and found this which may help
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/fg-joomla-to-wordpress/
    but I have no experience with it

    Good luck

    Thread Starter FoxTek

    (@foxtek)

    Thanks, I’m going to need it! 😉

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