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Rattus – Thanks for responding – I did figure out how to do it on my hosting site!

To prevent the page title from appearing on all pages, put the following in the style.css of your child theme:

.entry-title{
display: none;
}

mytaxsite.co.uk,

Thanks for your assistance. I tried the code that you listed and when I checked my site, the background color flashed red (I use a custom background photo) and then reverted to the custom background (I use a custom background photo). However, the background is not what I am trying to change. I am trying to change the background color of the page. If you look at About Us page on my site, you will see the difference from the home page. The background of the about us page (where my text is located) is a cream color while the background color of the Home showcase page is white.

You will note on the home page (showcase template) that at the bottom where there is normally the recent posts (which I removed) is normally located, there is a strip of the correct color. This is just above the footer widget.

Perhaps I am not explaining correctly the area I am speaking of. As I said, I am a total novice.

Debbie

@drew, I am sorry, I must seem dense, but I am so new to this, I am having difficulty. I looked in the syle.css file of my main twentyeleven theme to try to find the code you specified, so I would know what to add to my twentyeleven child theme and I’m not sure where I am looking. Do I want to do this in the style.css or the showcase.php?

@mytaxsite.co.uk
I tried adding that code to my child theme, I had already changed the color in my theme options, but it still did not change the showcase theme page. This is the only page that did not change, all others changed.

Thanks for the assistance!

Thank you so much for all of the suggestions. After some trial and error I finally was able to make the changes I had asked about above. Thanks for all of your help!

Hi, I just noticed that when I changed the color widget area background, it also changes in the sidebar. I want the background of the sidebar widget area to remain white and the footer area to be green. Is this possible to do?

Alchmyth – thanks, I found it and removed the code you recommended, however, I still have the awful green showing. I will look around some more to see if I can figure out why this is happening. I managed to get the widget areas the right color, but the background is still that funky green.

I appreciate your assistance. Knowing where to look at the code is very helpful. I’ve been trying to use firebug also, but I’m not sure I am understanding everything completely.

I appreciate the assistance, you can spend sooo much time researching!!

@mytaxsite.co.uk – thanks that did change the background of the widget area, but did not solve my problem completely, I am still missing something. The background behind the widget area is still that terrible green. https://66.147.244.111/~amazoni7/

@alchymyth – thanks, but how do I get into the parent style.css now that I am using my child theme? I tried including the code you provided in my child theme, replacing the background-color: #89FF00; with my color #689C48 and nothing changed.

My apologies, I am learning, but I an so new at this and it can be so confusing!

I appreciate you responses and help. Thanks.