how do i change the background color of the sidebar?

[tequila jack]

Hi guys,
my previous tread was answerd but i have one more question: how do i change the background color of the sidebar?
Best,
Jack

[jonc]

You can add these two lines anywhere in the style.css file, but change the hex codes to whatever color you want:


.im-sidebar { background-color:#000000;}
.im-sidebar2 { background-color:#FFFFFF;}

[tequila jack]

@Jonc,
Thank you very much for the info and the quick reply.
best,
Jack

[LLFiggs]

You can add these two lines anywhere in the style.css file, but change the hex codes to whatever color you want:


.im-sidebar { background-color:#000000;}
.im-sidebar2 { background-color:#FFFFFF;}


This is fabulous! I love adding color, but is there a way to color the entire sidebar? This code only put color behind the widgets. I tried adding an empty text widget hoping to extend color down the sidebar, but that didn't work.

Thanks in advance for your help. Again!

LaCharla

www.TLFiggs.com/wordpress

[floname]

Is it possible to add a gradient effect?

[Ms.Lola]

This code isn't working for me. There is no difference in my sidebar when I paste this code into style.css. Any troubleshooting suggestions for me? Please!

Thanks!

[Dan Nickerson]

In other posts on this topic I had said that it was not our intention to make it easy to change the colors of the container backgrounds.

Our intention is to help our users make more income which is why we hardcoded it to a white background.

Jon gave code that would change the widget area backgrounds.

If you have a desire to change the overall sidebar color you best bet would be to have this image altered.

http://www.socratestheme.com/downloads/wp-content/themes/socrates/images/bg-center.png

You can color the section where your sidebar appears and it should run the whole length of the container. If you are using bottom widgets it will cover those too.

For Ms Lola's question can you share your link?

[martfay]

HI..i followed your advice here, i colored the bg-center.png file in photoshop and then uploaded it to my website...
what happens is it colors the entire thing, not only the side bar background but the post background too.

[Dan Nickerson]

Sounds like you colored the whole image. You should only color the outside of the image.

[martfay]

how do i determine which is which..
when i open it in photoshop, its just one long tiny horizontal strip...

[Dan Nickerson]

Zoom in.. it just looks that way until you zoom.