[Plugin: Custom Post Background] Here are some more instructions on use

Hello, it took me a little too long to figure out how this works. However, it’s a GREAT little tool.

I have a WP 3.1 MultiSite with lots of WPMU DEV plugins. I wanted a better page and post look so I activated this plugin. It didn’t work right away because I didn’t understand how the css should be set up. So here’s an example of what I did to both my pages and posts in my main WPMU site.

After you look at your admin panel under SETTINGS, you see “Custom Post Background”, select it.

Then you’ll see all your current posts and pages listed. Select “EDIT” next to the appropriate post or page.

Then you’ll see the control boxes that the developer describes in his screenshot.

Here were my WORKING settings:

Name: It automatically fills this in
Background Source: I didn’t use a graphic, so I have this set to “Disabled”
Repeat: Again, this is for a graphic, so I have this set to “none”
Color: This setting changes the ENTIRE page, including the widget sides of your pages. I wanted my widgets left alone, so I left this block BLANK
CSS: This is where the magic actually takes place! Here’s what I put, and you can copy/paste this into the CSS block and then go from there:

border: 3px #F79E04 solid;
padding: 10px;
background: #ECF4F9;

Display Type: I finally selected “Display Only on Post Page”, as that worked PERFECTLY for me.

Then select the “Edit Background” button to confirm the changes.

I hope this helps give a bit of clarity as far as implementation.

Thank yo so much to the developer of this code. This plugin brings life to an otherwise boring white post or page.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-background/