Title: Remove background image – sela theme
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Remove background image – sela theme

 *  Resolved [alyssagerling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alyssagerling/)
 * (@alyssagerling)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/)
 * Hi there!
 * I’m wondering if it’s possible with this theme to remove the background image
   so that the menu/footers etc show up full screen. I want them to touch the sides
   of the window. I’m not a huge fan of the grey bars (background image) on the 
   left and right edges of my content.
 * Let me know! Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [alyssagerling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alyssagerling/)
 * (@alyssagerling)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/#post-7314355)
 * I attempted to change the values of padding in the editor for .page and .site
   and that didn’t work.
 * HELP!!!
 *  [wh82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wh82/)
 * (@wh82)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/#post-7314426)
 * What is the URL of your site?
 *  Thread Starter [alyssagerling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alyssagerling/)
 * (@alyssagerling)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/#post-7314489)
 * It’s currently under construction but it’s visible on the sela theme ([https://wordpress.com/themes/sela/](https://wordpress.com/themes/sela/)).
   It’s just the grey borders on the left and right edges surrounding the content.
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/#post-7314510)
 * Sela is designed as a fixed-width theme, and the background colour you’re referring
   to is only visible on larger screens. Depending what a user’s screen width is,
   they may see more, less, or none of the background colour. To modify the theme
   so it’s wider or no longer fixed-width would require some substantial tweaks 
   both to CSS and functions to resize elements like featured images, and might 
   make also the main column too wide to read comfortably on larger screens. I don’t
   recommend it.
 *  Thread Starter [alyssagerling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alyssagerling/)
 * (@alyssagerling)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/#post-7314546)
 * Thanks for the tip Kathryn!
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/#post-7314556)
 * My pleasure.

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 * Last reply from: [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-background-image-sela-theme/#post-7314556)
 * Status: resolved