Trouble adding background image

more information please

Thanks for quick reply – and apologies, I accidentally pressed “post” before i was done.

My second question is how I make the contact form – which is a cForm – transparent (except the text fields).

Thanks again
/p

insert this condition just before the </head> tag in header.php:

<?php
if(is(page('contact')) :
echo '<style type="text/css" media="screen">
.container-inner {
background:#FFF url('.get_bloginfo('template_url').'/images/contact_bg.jpg) left top no-repeat; }
</style>';
endif;
?>

you can fine tune the background position by using positive or negative px values instead of ‘left’ and ‘top’.

to get the backgrounds in the form transparent:
https://philipus.com/wp-content/plugins/cforms/styling/wide_form.css

.cform fieldset	{
	margin-top:10px;
	padding:10px 0 10px 0;
	border:1px solid #9d9d9d9;
	border-left-color:#9d9d9d;
	border-top-color:#9d9d9d;
	background:transparent;
}

.cform label {
	width:200px;
	margin:0px 10px 0 0;
	text-align:left;
	font-size: 10px;
	display:block;
	color:#888888;
	background:transparent;
	padding:2px;
}

Thanks for this. When i insert the condition, I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in /home/philipu/public_html/wp-content/themes/f8-lite/header.php on line 43

And when i remove the : I get:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO in /home/philipu/public_html/wp-content/themes/f8-lite/header.php on line 44

my bad – typo:
should read is_page('contact')

<?php
if(is_page('contact')) :
echo '<style type="text/css" media="screen">
.container-inner {
background:#FFF url('.get_bloginfo('template_url').'/images/contact_bg.jpg) left top no-repeat; }
</style>';
endif;
?>

You’re a wizard – thank you!

Just so I understand: that condition sort of “separated out” the contact page for the purposes of the background within the container-inner?

Thanks once again
/p

useful read:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Conditional_Tags

Thanks very much!
p