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jojobanana
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May 19, 2020
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Adding background to text box on Adobe Portfolio

  • May 19, 2020
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Hi!

 

I'm creating a website on Adobe Portfolio, and I'm just onto creating the About Me page.

 

 

I would like there to be a transparent white background on the text on the right, just to make it a little easier to read against the background, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do that. Surely there must be a way, right? 😄 

 

Thanks!

 

Joanna

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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March 16, 2024

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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sharp_kindness5C1F
Participant
October 13, 2020

I don't know how much this will help you but I created my own background image and fiddled with it until it lined up behind my text! I screen shot the page preview, threw it into photoshop and put rectangles over the text to mark it out, set the colour, deleted the background and export. Worked really well for me! 

 

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 14, 2020

    @sharp_kindness5C1F 

    What's the URL to your Portfolio?  This could go to hell in a handbasket especially when end users increase their text size.

    You cannot nail jelly to a wall.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      Richard Gladman
      Participant
      July 7, 2020

      Hi Joanna,

       

      I've been wondering how to do this too - did you ever figure it out?

       

      Thanks,

      Rich 

        Nancy OShea
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        Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 7, 2020

        Patterned backgrounds in content areas are a really bad idea. 

        See this help article for more ideas.

        https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035899754-Welcome-page-images-backgrounds

         

         

        Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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        jojobananaAuthor
        Participant
        July 8, 2020

        Hi Nancy,

         

        I can understand why that is on a base level, but surely if Adobe just added the option to add a background to a text box, patterned backgrounds wouldn't really be a problem? I'm a pattern designer, I'd like to have pattern on my website haha! 

         

        Thanks,

         

        Joanna

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