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How to make a Blog Background
This will only work if you have already made a customize style sheet or CSS (customized blog banner) If you haven't made one yet, check my other guide on How to make a blog banner (it's so easy!)
Making your blog background colorful with a picture of your choice*
Choose a picture for your background and host it....(usually in photobucket...etc...)
Go into your personal Blog
Click on Customize
Then, Click on Advanced
Scroll down through the html and find where it says border and background surrounding. It's near the bottom and looks like this.......:
/* ------------------------------------------ */
/* border and background surrounding */
/* content and alternate comment blocks */
/* ------------------------------------------ */
html>body div#outsideFrame { width:98%; }
div#outsideFrame {
background-color:#F9F9F9;
background-image:url(INSERT YOUR URL HERE);
background-repeat:repeat;
background-scroll:fixed;
/* border and background surrounding */
/* content and alternate comment blocks */
/* ------------------------------------------ */
html>body div#outsideFrame { width:98%; }
div#outsideFrame {
background-color:#F9F9F9;
background-image:url(INSERT YOUR URL HERE);
background-repeat:repeat;
background-scroll:fixed;
.....See where it says (INSERT YOUR URL HERE) put the url to your picture in that spot. (your url starts with http:// )
Now click on Save and look at your pretty blog background!
You did it!!!
Please Note:
If it doesn't show up, that usually means you haven't loaded your picture in your picture host
or
you have spaces in your http:// url or you've written it wrong
or
you deleted some of your html in your CSS
Before you begin:
*It would be a great idea to copy and save your CSS in a safe spot before you attempt to change anything in your customize/advanced CSS area.
Guide created: 10/17/06 (updated 07/02/09)
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