Custom background color: how to reset to chosen theme standard?

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   helmar
   Member

   The title says it all. Some of my pages somehow got set a custom background color of #000000 instead of the theme standard of #212747.

   How can I reset it without having to visit each page or post manually? (If it's in the MySQL db table, where can I look for it?)

   Helmar

   Posted 3 months ago #
2. 

   helmar
   Member

   I am going to answer this question myself, for those who are having the same issue: in your MYSQL database, under the table "wp_postmeta", look for the meta_key "_custom_background". Delete all those records that "erroneously" show a background colour different to that of your theme. I noticed about 10 records where the background was differing from the theme setting. After deleting them, all showed up fine.

   Helmar

   Posted 3 months ago #
3. 

   helmar
   Member

   Dear Elliott,
   I need your help here. I run Awake 2.8 and for some reason, when I create a new post, Awake overrides my theme background colour, although I didn't specifically selected it. So it's not my mistake, but some fluke in the system.

   Helmar

   Posted 3 months ago #
4. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello helmar,

   Send us a link to your post and we'll take a look.

   Posted 3 months ago #
5. 

   helmar
   Member

   The link is not going to help you. You only see the CSS entry in the source code, showing a black background (000000), and that's it. Nothing in the theme points to the black background, but for some reason it is written into wp_postmeta.

   So, you would have to check on your side where or when this occurs, because all I can show you is the final output.

   Helmar

   PS: Needless to say that I delete the _custom_background records from the table to have it nice and clean.

   Posted 3 months ago #
6. 

   Webtreats
   Support

   Hi helmar,

   Does the background color get set to #000000 every time you create a new page?

   I tested this on my end and the custom background color remains empty unless something is entered into it.

   Posted 3 months ago #
7. 

   helmar
   Member

   Yes, it does. I was wondering why this all of a sudden crept up, because it didn't happen before, but now when I create a new page or even save an existing one (page, post), the _custom_background entry is being written into wp_postmeta.

   Helmar

   Posted 3 months ago #
8. 

   Webtreats
   Support

   Hi helmar,

   If you like I can take a closer look at this issue for you.

   I'll need FTP access to your site and a WordPress admin login.

   You can private message me here:

   http://mysitemyway.com/support/pm/new/webtreats

   Posted 3 months ago #
9. 

   helmar
   Member

   Done that. Any ideas? Just added another post - same issue. Perhaps it's linked to the sidebar, because I always choose a sidebar for the post, and as the background colour is set to black and some changes occurred, that setting gets written into wp_postmeta. Maybe that helps.

   Helmar

   Posted 3 months ago #
10. 

    Webtreats
    Support

    Hi helmar,

    I replied to your private message, I also need a WordPress admin login to your site.

    Posted 3 months ago #

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