Misty Lake – Gradient background and remove comment area

Hi Jill,

2. I would also want to remove the “comment area” under the pages like “Kontakt” etc in the menu (I still want them under each new post). Could I do that?

To disallow comments on a particular post or page, uncheck the “Allow comments” box on each post:

If you don’t see the Discussion area on your page or post, you may need to turn it on through the Screen Options tab at the top of the page:

Let me know how it goes.

I’ll reply to your other question separately.

1. I want to change the background to a gradient using css.
But I can’t find where I should insert the css-code style.css!? I guess the code is (background: linear-gradient(180deg, #5FA831,#EBFFDE);)

Just a heads-up that you shouldn’t be editing style.css directly, as all your changes will be overwritten when you update the theme.

If all you have are CSS changes, then you could use a plugin to add your custom CSS: 1) you can use the Jetpack plugin and activate the Custom CSS module, or, 2) you can install a standalone custom CSS plugin.

If you have theme edits in addition to CSS, you can create a child theme. If you want to go that route, you can explore these guides:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes
https://op111.net/53/
https://vimeo.com/49770088

Your code should work when applied to the body tag, through your child theme or custom CSS plugin:

body {
 background: linear-gradient(180deg, #5FA831,#EBFFDE);
}

Because of CSS inheritance rules, if the above doesn’t take effect you may need to add !important just before the closing semi-colon, so the code becomes:

body {
 background: linear-gradient(180deg, #5FA831,#EBFFDE) !important;
}

I just tested this on my end and it works. Let me know how it goes!

Screenshot of your site with gradient applied:

Hello Kathryn!
Thank you sooo much for all of your help!
Now everything look the way I want it.
Thank you for the heads up with editing directly in the style.css (which I have done). Now I have installed the Jetpack and since I have done a lot of changes directy in the style.css I copied everything and pasted it into the “Jetpack CSS-thing”. Hope that is ok?

Thank you once again! And hope you’ll have a great christmas ??

Best Regards,
Jill

Hi Jill, moving all your CSS changes into Jetpack’s Custom CSS area was the right thing to do.

Happy holidays to you as well!