Sela Theme – Removing the Border/background

  • speedesch · Member ·

    Hi

    Is there a way to remove the border that sits on the sides of the pages on the Sela Theme. I want the design to flow to the end of the page on left and right and not have the 10px or so border running vertically along the sides? I had a background image but somehow it boxes anything you put in the header. Kindly advise.

    Regards
    Luculle

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  • mouli · Staff ·

    Hi,
    Apologies for the slack response here.
    That looks like a background color on the page so try the following: 

    body.custom-background {
	background-color: #ffffff;
}

    What are you trying to achieve with the header and or background image?

  • speedesch · Member ·

    Hi

    No, prob. If you have a background image / colour the header looks boxed in. If I change the background to white, the design looks incomplete because it then leaves a gap on both left and right margains/sides. Can one take the design to the edge, not having to use colour or background image. The site is actually http://www.dezignrebel, not bookcritico. I have two sites build on Sela theme.

    Regards

    Luculle

  • mouli · Staff ·

    Hi
    You could try this but it might look funny on really big screens: 

    .site {
	max-width: 100%;
}

    and you then need to make the header image full width like this: 

    .hero-content > img {
	width: 100%;
}

    You will need to check how it behaves on a full range of screen sizes including a really wide one because my feeling is that spreading the content across the full width might look a bit odd.

    Another alternative might be to try another theme that is already full width.
    Let me know how you get on.

  • speedesch · Member ·

    Fab, thanks so much! I have an idea up my sleeve, I just have to create a bit of artwork. Might fix it without too much hassle in breaking the Sela Design.

  • mouli · Staff ·

    Glad to have helped.
    Feel free to get back to me if you need any further help.

  • speedesch · Member ·

    Thanks will do. Have a fab day!

  • speedesch · Member ·

    Hi there

    Do you perhaps know if WordPress tech made changes to the Sela Theme? All of a sudden both my sites running on this theme has these very broad side margins? Never used to be that broad? Kindly advise.

    Luculle

  • mouli · Staff ·

    Hi
    I can’t be sure but there is a page about your theme here:
    https://wordpress.com/theme/sela

    From that i can see that you have the option of a full width page template for each page, although maybe not for the front page which has a template all of it’s own.

    There is also a good support forum here:
    https://wordpress.com/theme/sela/support

    Try posting your question there or you could try a search for full width themes to see what is available.
    Go to Themes and put Full Width in the search box.

    I hope that helps you find a solution.

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