Trying to add a background image to a full width sidebar

[fbcclinton 0]

I'm difficulty adding a background image to a full width sidebar. I've explored posts here and tried adding in custom css but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?

[catrina 103]

You might not be targeting the sidebar with the right CSS selector (or maybe the CSS attributes weren't correct). Did the CSS you already try look something like this?: [code]{background-image: url('http://BACKGROUNDIMAGEURL');}[/code]

[fbcclinton 0]

I've made a little progress since I posted, Yes, I've tried that CSS and was able to get the image to show up only behind the widget text. I'm using firebug and the region that I would like the image to show up in is a larger area around the widget in the sidebar. When I select it with firebug, the code that shows up is for

, which is used all over the page so I can't apply the image there without it showing up everywhere. I don't know if this makes sense, but what I'm trying to accomplish is a graphical horizontal stripe across the full width of my page, and I'd like to use a widget within that stripe. I thought about using morefoot, but it is too low on the page.

[Danny+ 1,327]

Hi, Can you provide me with a link to the image please and a concept image of how you would like it to look.

[fbcclinton 0]

here is an example of what I'm trying to accomplish. The actual image is semi-transparent so the background shows through. http://fbcclintonmo.org/wordpress/wp-content/themes/ignite/images/centerstripeexample.png I'm trying to put it in my home page http://fbcclintonmo.org/wordpress

[Jenny 33]

http://www.pagelines.com/wiki/Custom_CSS and http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp

[fbcclinton 0]

Thanks for the help, being new to firebug I wasn't sure how to get the css path for that one specific region because when I clicked on it it showed a whole list in the style column. I discovered the "copy CSS path" by right clicking and was able to make the changes that way. Now I've got another issue for another thread.