background colour for textbox

[peterroden]

I am trying to make a textbox with a grey background.
http://www.rosamundcoady.com/about/

I have tried to make a class but I dont think I put it in the right place (the Header section in Editor?)
Im really new at css so dont really know how it works.

I would really appreciate some advice while I start to design this site.

Thanks so much!

P

[arminunruh]

Well first of all your class right now is "<div class="backy"></div>". That's not a class, that's html code ^^

Just write "backy" there without "

Then in lay options -> misc options, in to the CSS fields write something like:

    padding: 2%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background-color: black;

[peterroden]

Armin, you are an absolute legend!
Life saver!

For some reason I didnt think to put the code in 'misc options' I was putting the code in the editor...

Great now I can continue with the design!

thanks so much!

[arminunruh]

Cool! :+1: