Has Atahualpa developed any way to to designate a particular background image for all posts in a certain category using CSS, since this old thread was posted? :

http://173.199.154.86/showthread.php?t=7523

The following CSS works to place a background image on the category page for a certain category, but not for the background of all posts in that category:

body.category-6 {
background-image: url("......");
}

Is there any way to designate a particular background image for all posts in a given category?

I am using Atahualpa 3.7.12, with Wordpress 3.5.2.

Many thanks.

I can't think of a way without, editing the theme code or using a plugin that would add the category name as a class, to the div that surrounds the post.

Thank you Juggledad. Any suggestions of good and light plugins to do that?

Never had a need to search for one.let us know if you find one.

I'm not sure how "light" it is but after seeing your request I decided to look at a few and this plugin is currently on the top of my list for features. I have not tested extensively though.

Thank you, Larry. I will see about trying the Background Manager plugin. I note that PHP 5.3 or better is required for the plugin, so will have to check with my host first. The plugin looks good. Hope it works!

Many thanks!

ok, I don't know where my head was yesterday, must be exaustion from working with the kids at VBS at church. sigh...

This is quite easy and done with no plugins. Just add to the CSS inserts

div.post.category-xxxxxxxx {background: options;}

for example, say you have the category 'recipies' and want the backgroound color to be blue you would use

div.post.category-recipies {background-color: blue;}

and the background will be blue.
for an image you could use

div.post.category-recipies {background-image: url('http://yourdomain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/yourimage.jpg');}

you can also use the 'background' declarative to set multiple properties in one statement

remember that a post can be in multiple categories, so if you set this up for multiple categories you may not get the result you expect...