How to change background on Word Press

How To change the background of your Word Press website or Blog

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Access to your FTP
• New Background image

1. So you would like to change the background color on your Word press website. This can be done in a matter on minutes, but you have to have an image and navigate to your FTP to make these changes. One thing to remember is that the image reproduces itself to make the background, you can’t just grab a standard wallpaper background and use it, and this would increase your website load time and not give you the visual effect you are looking for. One thing to keep in mind is that most people don’t like a background that is to busy or distracts them from the main content.
2. Type in your FTP account and log on
3. Find the folder called wp-content open it and find the file called themes and open it you should see your theme name. Open your theme folder and you will see a folder called images open this, Now you are in right where you need to be and should see a file called bgcolor.jpg Click on the file and it will show you the current background. Make sure you are in the right file.
4. Now you have saved an image on your computer that you are going to use to replace the default image, NOTE: copy and paste a backup of the current image and rename it backupbgcolor.jpg or something to let you know what that file is. Now you are ready to upload your new background image.
5. Find the image that you are going to use and rename it using the same name that the current file in your FTP is using, save this image to your desk top. Now in your FTP account in the image folder drag and drop or copy and paste the new file, you should get a pop up telling you that you are replacing the file, if it asks you for permission to do this yes would be the correct answer.
6. You can now minimize your FTP account into your task bar, I would not close the FTP yet until you have checked your website and are satisfied with the update. Make sure to refresh your browser so the changes can take effect, if you are not happy with the changes then you go back to your FTP and try another image or replace it with the one that you renamed and saved.

Tips & Warnings

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• If you don't know what you are doing in FTP be careful
• It is possible that your image may not work
• Remember to save the original image for back up