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Tagged: background, css, Executive, style, styling

  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 1 month ago by dudrix123.
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  • January 23, 2013 at 4:10 pm #14164
    MakeYourselfVisible
    Participant

    Howdy,

    First time Genesis user and CSS n00b here (I'm learning :P)

    I just built my first website for a client using the Executive theme and I'm wondering how to change the background color of the main section (where the content goes), and not the background color of the entire site (the part that you can select from background=>appearance).

    On http://www.bardotgroup-renewables.com/about-2/, I'm talking about the text background that is currently white.

    Thanks in advance!

    -David

    January 23, 2013 at 4:42 pm #14174
    Jon Bellah
    Member

    Change the color in the #content selector. It currently looks like:

    #content {
    float: left;
    padding: 30px 60px 10px;
    width: 680px;
    }
    

    Follow me on the Twitters at @JonBellah. I blog about web design, development and a lot about Genesis at CSSForge.com

    January 23, 2013 at 4:47 pm #14175
    MakeYourselfVisible
    Participant

    Hi Jon, thanks for the reply.

    Do you mean I should add color: #XYZ to that so it looks like:

    #content {

    float: left;

    padding: 30px 60px 10px;

    width: 680 px;

    color: #XYZ;

    }

    February 2, 2013 at 6:14 am #17326
    dudrix123
    Member

    I am having the exact same problem, makeyourselfvisible. I am able to customize most aspects of the page using firebug, but I can't seem to find the code that specifies the background color for the actual content on each page. I am happy with the custom background that I have already set up, but the default white background for new posts and pages is ugly, and it doesn't match the rest of my site. I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to change at all.

    Website  http://www.bellamarstudio.com/meet-the-owners

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