Blog DIY: Patterned BackGround

Today we have a special DIY Blog Treat! Revka (who is a real Web Designer) of RS Designs is posting for us today!! I am so glad too, as she has been so helpful in the past /present with my Blog.

View here to see my review on RS Designs, which I wholeheartedly recommend as I didn’t just get a Web Designer, I got an awesome new friend who is dedicated to her work and making you happy!!

BTW, she recently had a baby and he is the cutest ever!! View pictures of him here and say hi!!! Even with a new baby, she is still hard at work! You can follow the series along here.

————————————————————————– —————-

Welcome to this edition of Blog DIY! I am Revka Stearns of RS Designs, and I am honored that Jennifer asked me to write a post for her series.

Today, I am going to teach you how to create a patterned background for your blog.

1. Locate an image that you would like to use for your background. You can either pay for an image from a site like 123 Royalty Free, Stockxpert, or iStockphoto, or you try a Google search for free backgrounds or free patterns. If you choose the free route, make sure your read any licenses or terms of use to make sure that you are not using the image illegally. (If you know how to use an image editing program, you can create your own background image.)
2. Save the image to your computer.
3. Upload the image to the Web, either into an image account, like Photobucket, or into a post on your blog.
4. Locate and copy the image’s URL.
5. Access your blog’s HTML. In Blogger, this is found by clicking on the Layout tab in your dashboard and then clicking on Edit HTML.
6. Find the code section that begins with body. This is the section that governs how the background of your page will appear.
7. In the body section, find the line of code that begins with background.
8. Insert your cursor before the closing semi-colon (;), add a space, and then type url("http://urlofyourimagegoeshere.com") repeat top left. (Do not type the period; that is just ending the sentence. *smile*)
9. If you blog in Blogger, preview to see if you like your changes. If not, try a different image.
10. Save your changes, and view your new patterned background.

I hope this tutorial has been clear. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Share