Different backgrounds for different pages?

lkbart

I would like to be able to put a different photo in the background on my Browse page & other pages. But, when I got to customize them, the only way I can find to change the background is in the Edit Theme area under the Background tab & there is only the option of Site-wide or Homepage only.

When I try to make the Homepage independent, the menu & breadcrumb disappear & I can't figure out how to get them back without making the homepage not independent. Suggestions?

Ferguson

Only way I found is to put a different theme on each page. You can have more than one theme. And in fact with a different background image you probably want one to change colors on text, etc.

lkbart

Ok, thanks - I now see that is how I got the new page I made to be different (didn't realize that's what I did till now).

So now I go to BROWSE & click Customize & Just This Page, it won't let me delete the theme, so I go down to My Themes & click on one that I've set up & it puts the background photo there, but if I click Preview or Publish Now, it goes away. I must be missing something!

leftquark

Sounds like you're doing it right. Try clearing your browsers cache.

lkbart

Well, I've cleared the cache & tried it on a different computer & still, when I click Preview or Publish, it all goes away. Maybe a bug? Or is there something else I can try?

macromeister

lkbart wrote: »

Ok, thanks - I now see that is how I got the new page I made to be different (didn't realize that's what I did till now).

So now I go to BROWSE & click Customize & Just This Page, it won't let me delete the theme, so I go down to My Themes & click on one that I've set up & it puts the background photo there, but if I click Preview or Publish Now, it goes away. I must be missing something!

Do as you said above - go to browse, customise. Then click Theme tab. Go down to my themes and select the theme that has the new settings. Click on it. The new theme should be listed at the top of the top in the theme tab. Select done and publish. I just tried it on mine and it works fine.

lkbart

Thanks for the responses. Must be a bug then, because I've done exactly that multiple times on 2 computers & it doesn't stick. I've gone back to the Theme tab & the new theme I chose is shown there, but doesn't stick when I click on either Preview or Publish.

macromeister

lkbart wrote: »

Thanks for the responses. Must be a bug then, because I've done exactly that multiple times on 2 computers & it doesn't stick. I've gone back to the Theme tab & the new theme I chose is shown there, but doesn't stick when I click on either Preview or Publish.

When you click on the theme in my themes the edit screen should change. Does it? If it does and you then publish it should keep it.

Clear the history cache, browsing and download data, and offline website data for your browser (don't clear the others) - CTRL/SHIFT/DELETE normally brings up the dialogue. Try the customisation again then do CTRL/F5 to do a server refresh for the page.

lkbart

Not sure what you mean by change - when I scroll down to the My Themes & click on the one I want, I get a pop-up box with the 3 tabs: Basic, Background & Advanced. Then when I click Done, I can go back to the sidebar & look under Active Theme & my new theme is there. Just doesn't stay there when I preview or publish.

Apparently the theme is saving, it's just not applying it to the page. I changed the background photo & the new photo stayed with the theme, but the theme will not stay with the page.

Thanks for the info on the CTRL/F5, figured sure that would help, but alas - tried that both before & after retrying my customization, didn't change anything. Still stuck

macromeister

lkbart wrote: »

Not sure what you mean by change - when I scroll down to the My Themes & click on the one I want, I get a pop-up box with the 3 tabs: Basic, Background & Advanced. Then when I click Done, I can go back to the sidebar & look under Active Theme & my new theme is there. Just doesn't stay there when I preview or publish.

Apparently the theme is saving, it's just not applying it to the page. I changed the background photo & the new photo stayed with the theme, but the theme will not stay with the page.

When you load customisation there will be a theme in active theme. You want it to be different. If you already have another theme that matches your new requirements go down to my themes and select that new theme by clicking the box on the left or the name, not the wrench. Go back up to the top and active theme should be the new one you just selected. Do not hit the wrench there either, just do done and publish.

If you don't have another theme set up you need to set one up and then do the above steps. Once you have different themes set up you can switch them as often as you like AND if you want to you can edit the settings for them using the wrench.

lkbart

YIPPEE!! That did it!! Apparently clicking on the wrench is NOT the thing to do! Thanks tons macromeister!

macromeister

lkbart wrote: »

YIPPEE!! That did it!! Apparently clicking on the wrench is NOT the thing to do! Thanks tons macromeister!

Had a feeling that's what you were doing! Very glad you got it working. Easy now isn't it?clap

lkbart

Well, I wouldn't say easy, I'm def not a programmer!

So is there a way to duplicate the themes? I used a custom color for the fonts & every time I make a new theme, I have to guestimate the custom colors again & re-enter the fonts.

macromeister

lkbart wrote: »

Well, I wouldn't say easy, I'm def not a programmer!

So is there a way to duplicate the themes? I used a custom color for the fonts & every time I make a new theme, I have to guestimate the custom colors again & re-enter the fonts.

If you want the same colour... when you go to the colour chart there will be a hex number at the top of the panel with a 6 digit code. That is your current colour. Just note it down and use it elsewhere. Is that what you meant?

lkbart

Yeah, I finally wrote down the color numbers & am just typing in the fonts. I was just hoping there was something similar to a "save as" so I could just save the theme multiple times & then go customize each one with the background photo, since that's the only thing I want changed. Starting new each time is not that big of a deal.