# \[Pro\] Background Image?

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [February 11, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410 "2013-02-11T17:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/RavenManiac)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/1 "2013-02-11T17:58:25Z")

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Is there anyway I can use a Master Page (in FWP 5.5 or 6.0) to update a background image for ALL pages based on that Master without affecting any other items?

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**Author:** ![Ernie\_Simpson](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a587f6/32.png) [@Ernie\_Simpson](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Ernie_Simpson)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/2 "2013-02-11T19:21:29Z")

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Out of curiosity, when you’ve tried this what, exactly, happens?

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On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:58 PM, RavenManiac [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden)wrote:

> Is there anyway I can use a Master Page (in FWP 5.5 or 6.0) to update a  
> background image for ALL pages based on that Master without affecting any  
> other items?
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**Author:** ![John\_Cooper1](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@John\_Cooper1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/John_Cooper1)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/3 "2013-02-11T19:33:05Z")

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Yes, Virginia, that’s what Master Pages are intended to do. A background image on the Master Page will appear on all instance pages. If you change the Master Page the instances pages will update after you republish with affecting any other items.

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**Author:** ![RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/RavenManiac)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/4 "2013-02-11T20:36:53Z")

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Yeah, I must be doing something wrong. 95% of my problems are user errors. 🙂

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**Author:** ![RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/RavenManiac)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/5 "2013-02-12T17:21:55Z")

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Okay, I figured out what the problem is. For whatever reason I didn’t use the page wrapper from the master page and instead opted to add my own for the first web page, which also affected all the pages, which were duplicates of the first.

Can I simply add a new page wrapper to the master and then drop all of the inline boxes into that wrapper?

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**Author:** ![John\_Cooper1](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@John\_Cooper1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/John_Cooper1)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/6 "2013-02-12T17:41:25Z")

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Perhaps you are doing two basic things wrong:

1. To achieve the backgrounds for page and window you don’t necessarily need a ‘wrapper’, which sounds like you are using the old method of coloring an item and sending it to the back. Make sure you select background colors from the Inspector - this way you don’t need a ‘wrapper’ item. To do this make sure nothing is elected on the page, go to the Inspector palette, and click on the pen icon.

2. Do this first for the Master Page. Then, do not create new pages by duplicating the first one. Create new pages from the Master, either from the menu: Page/New Pages, or in the site panel on the left by dragging the Master into the area below.

You then don’t need a wrapper - you can simply place items on the page - or group them if you wish.

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**Author:** ![RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RavenManiac](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/RavenManiac)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/7 "2013-02-12T18:20:09Z")

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John, thanks for your post and tips.

Is suggestion 1 a new feature in FWP 6?

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**Author:** ![Bob\_G](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bob\_G](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Bob_G)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/8 "2013-12-06T19:10:42Z")

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Simple question. How do you create a “Wrapper” with inline boxes inside? I am trying out Backdraft but can’t seem to get the wrapper I create to be in CSS.

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**Author:** ![David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/David_McCallum)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-background-image/16410/9 "2013-12-06T20:07:10Z")

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Double click on the blank FW page until you get a flashing cursor and use Insert\>Html item

Just make sure yoiur CSS layout button is On first

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