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  • Timothy Hall
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    April 21, 2015 at 8:20 pm #16688

    I like your Alora theme a lot.
    However, I have been trying to find a plugin that will work with your theme that will do the following..

    On a per-page basis, I want background images with transitions ‘where I can also set the image opacity, ‘to show through to the selected background color underneath – thus tinting the background images. The plugin should also have the ability to add a texture overlay to what I just described.

    The per page options do allow selection of a background image, or a background color – yes.
    But there’s the limitation that the image’s opacity is fixed at %100 – so it’s either an image, or a color – but not both. The other limitation is that only one background image can be assigned per page or post ‘using the per-page options you provide.

    The plugin that I normally use is called Background Manager. Unfortunately, for some reason it doesn’t work with your theme.
    I have tested it with the WP 2015 theme, and it works there – and it woks on all my other websites under a wide range of themes.

    The Background Manager plugin is not being supported by the developer any longer.
    Maybe you should ask him if it’s something you can integrate right into your Alora theme at some point – since it is the best of kind for this type of thing.

    Or, do you have another suggestions?

    If you want an admin login I am happy to provide one.
    Just let me know..

    Roman
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    April 21, 2015 at 9:08 pm #16690

    please provide login details in private reply

    Timothy Hall
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    April 22, 2015 at 4:36 pm #16708
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    Roman
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    April 22, 2015 at 7:49 pm #16713

    I have created page Testing Background and set some values for the background and it works..please check and let me know…you can always use only one option Image Set, Overlay or Background Color

    Timothy Hall
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    Posts: 9
    April 22, 2015 at 11:53 pm #16726

    Right – I already knew that I could select either a color or an image (but not both); and that’s why I’m using the Background Manager plugin I mentioned – because I need to be able to do more than just one image OR a color choice for the backgrounds.

    However, the background manager plugin is not playing nice with your theme.
    And since the Background Manager plugin is no longer being supported I thought you might have thoughts or suggestions on how to accomplish the following..

    On a per-page basis: I need to have background images with transitions, including overlay choices, and a background color (with image opacity settings ‘to reveal the underlying background color).

    You don’t offer this in the current theme itself; but my hope is you’ll be able to offer a fix – maybe via a custom function – that would enable inserting of third-party background plugins, and that will override (replace) your Alora background image and color overrides.

    Here’s a (7min 23sec) screen capture movie to demonstrate the issues I am experiencing with the custom background plugin and the Alora theme.

    BTW: Thank you for the attention to detail ‘evident throughout this theme.
    Bravo !!!

    Roman
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    Posts: 3147
    April 23, 2015 at 4:15 pm #16741

    adding this piece of code fixed the issue, Custom CSS:

    body {
    z-index: 0;
    position:relative;
    }
    body.admin-bar #wrapper #slidingbar-area {
    top: 0px;
    }
    #wpadminbar {
    height: 35px;
    }

    but not sure if it will not affect something else on the website now 😕 by the way, I was not able to get it working even with the Twenty Fifteen theme

    Timothy Hall
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    Posts: 9
    April 23, 2015 at 8:55 pm #16756

    Thank you Roman – that will work.
    Although it’s my hope that in future versions of the theme you will implement something like Background Manager ‘that is integrated into the Alora theme ‘like you did with the different banner/slideshows.

    As Background Manager is now no longer under further development, maybe you should see if you can pick it up from him? It’s just a thought.

    Thanks again for the assistance.
    I still have to switch over to WP 2015 (theme) to set the background images; but at least now I can change the underlay color from the individual pages and the customizer page.

    Many thanks for figuring this out for me.