background image... what am i doing wrong?

[dwinter 0]

platform pro. i have tried all 3 design modes, right now it's on fixed width. i have a valid url and the image shows up on this url, but no matter what i do the background image never displays anywhere on the site. if i switch to fixed width all i see is solid black color. i have tried setting it under design control and i've tried forcing it with the custom code section. nothing wins. that 5 minute video showing it working is now well past the 5 hour mark for me. i've looked all over and am still looking, but i can't find a solution. i also tried using design control to upload an image. no love, at all. any help would be greatly appreciated. quick edit: when viewing the page source "background.jpg" (the name of my image) is never found in the code, anywhere. so it's not that the image url or location is malformed --- it's simply never being called out anywhere in the code.

[bryan-hadaway 3]

Hi Darren, Okay, let's get; - A Link - Please share a screen of your Design Control settings - Please post the CSS that you're attempting to implement Thanks, Bryan

[dwinter 0]

Bryan, i sent the links to your gmail account since the site is private right now. screenshots of my design control settings are at http://sodpit.com/ppscreens/ in the "custom code" "css rules" section i attempted: body { background:url(/wp-content/uploads/something.jpg)} and: body { background:url(http://full-url.com/wp-content/uploads/something-else.jpg)} many posts eluded to a base.css file, somewhere, but i was never able to locate that file. one assumption was that the image wasn't optimal, so i tried like 15 different online images but none of them worked either. it certainly doesn't look this hard in the video; pretty much point, click & save. thanks again for the help.

[cmunns 16]

If you are using PlatformBase there have been reported issues of design control settings not reflecting on the site. It's temporarily fixed by activating PlatformPro then reactivating PlatformBase until we find a solution

[dwinter 0]

the platform base theme folder was uploaded via ftp but it has never been activated or used. i'm just using platform pro. additionally, i should have mentioned that i have also attempted other obvious things like disabling all plugins but to no avail.

[dwinter 0]

to eliminate any potential cross-threading of the two themes i have deleted the platform base folder from the ftp site. no change though... still no background image.

[bryan-hadaway 3]

Let's try: `body, #site, #page{background:url(/wp-content/uploads/something.jpg)}` Thanks, Bryan

[dwinter 0]

thanks. i tried that but it still didn't help. i emailed the settings and links again. this is confusing. why wouldn't it work simply with the design control settings?

[bryan-hadaway 3]

I'm wondering if you might be using the PlatformBase. If you are you can try two things: - http://www.pagelines.com/forum/topic.php?id=5256 - Going to Appearance > Editor > Pasting the code at the bottom of base.css If you're not using the base again go to Appearance > Editor > Paste the code at the bottom of style.css This is working fine for others, every setup is different though as you can imagine. Different hosts, plugins, versions etc. etc. So while others may not be having this problem you are. So we need to work together to find the culprit. Thanks, Bryan

[dwinter 0]

adding the line at the end of style.css did the trick. platform pro (not base). thank you!!! now i just need to figure out a way to get the footer solid black to overlay the white background image.

[Kate 3]

Darren: Did you try adding

#footer{background:#000000;}

?

[dwinter 0]

kate: thanks, i tried that, but it's not overlapping the white background image. it is definitely black when the image isn't there.

[cmunns 16]

It would be hard to advise on the CSS to this point then unless we could see a link to the site in progress. Especially not knowing the design mode you ended up using.

[dwinter 0]

http://2491.ati-1.com/

[cmunns 16]

What is the desired look? A full width black footer?

[dwinter 0]

i'm not entirely sure. with the fixed width design it might look good with the same width for the footer. i'd like to try full width too though.

[bryan-hadaway 3]

Looking at http://2491.ati-1.com/ I found myself unsure what to do? Perhaps you already got it the way you want? Thanks, Bryan

[dwinter 0]

Bryan: thanks for all the help. no, not quite. the background image is working, but the footer used to be solid black and looked much nicer. now the background image is showing in it's place instead of black. i would like to make the footer black again, but not by using an image. i would like to know how to make it black with the same width as the "fixed width" area and how to do it for the full width of the page so i can try them both out.

[bryan-hadaway 3]

Here you go: ` #footer, .fixed_width #footer{ background:#000; width:100%} ` Thanks, Bryan

[dwinter 0]

perfect! thanks!