Adding background to text box on Adobe Portfolio

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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

New user

kglad

Community Expert

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sharp_kindness5C1F

Participant

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

@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

Hi Joanna,

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

Thanks,

Rich

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

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

kglad

Community Expert

I would also like to request this feature: add background to textbox - but really to any "sections" like photogrid, images, or video. Even just to be able to select a background color for the textbox would be great.

It would be extremely helpful to demarcate sections on my website pages and make certain elements pop, rather than have a continuous look when scrolling. A lot of creative websites feature this design element.

@dawnstudiopt

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