Stretch Image length of page

Hi Megan!

Can you give me a few more details about what you mean by stretching the image over the entire length of the page? Do you mean that you want it to be a full background image, like this: https://css-tricks.com/wp-content/csstricks-uploads/fullpagebackground.jpg

Hi!

I would like the height of my image to stay the same and I would like to expand the width.

My image is currently the width of my site and I can’t figure out how to go past it so it goes the width of the whole page.

Does that make sense?
Thanks again!

Hey, it looks like you got it! Hi-5!

Oh no I did not. I mean that I want it to go the entire width of the page. Like the menu bar. I have searched for an answer and nothing is working. Any suggestions?

oh duh, sorry – i looked at it on my tablet and it worked! but i see it doesn’t in desktop.

so, this is an HTML/CSS issue. on desktop, you have a wrapper div around your content called #page, and it has a fixed width of 980. That’s keeping it from taking up the full width of the page. Here’s a screencap: https://imgur.com/pAsgida

You could solve this by making a child theme and closing the #page div before the #banner div, setting the background-size of #banner to cover, and reopening the #page div for the content below, but that will likely effect the mobile view, so be sure to check both.

When I have a problem like this, I normally build out the HTML/CSS totally separate from WP, just in text editor, and make sure it works the way I want, then add it in! This prevents unanticipated kerploding. ??

Thank you. I understand now. However, I went to go and try and make a child theme. However, I made my theme from scratch. So, it tells me I need to install the parent theme. Is this a normal problem when creating your own theme?

Never mind. I got around it by adding a CSS editor and added background-size: cover;. My next question is, how do I close the page div before the banner div? I do not see that in my front page template? Could you please explain?

Thank you very much!

You bet! Most likely, you can just add a closing </div> tag right before the banner. you’re basically try to do this:

<div id ="page"><!--this has a fixed width of 980px-->
<div id= header'></div>
</div><!--this closes your page div-->
<!--this ends the first block. now add in your banner-->
<div id="banner"></div>
<!---this ends your banner. now add in your content, being sure to wrap it in a fixed width or the layout will break-->
<div id="lowerpage"><!--this should also have a fixed width of 980 px-->
<div id="content"></div>
</div>

Also, if you decide to try doing a child theme, there are really good details on how to do it in the Codex: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes#How_to_Create_a_Child_Theme

Perfect thank you so much for your help.

And, thanks for the instructions. I did follow them, but I think I made a mistake in my parent theme. I get a “your parent theme is not registered error.” ugh! I will figure it out at some point ??