Hi! My question is exactly what the title says. Hopefully this is the correct place to ask.

I've googled "free to use backgrounds" but had seen awhile back mentioned in the pet spotlight thread, I think, that some of those websites are sketchy and upload those images without permission. So I was wondering if anyone has some reputable suggestions they can show me! I know Colourlovers exists, but am most likely going to be looking for actual images for my backgrounds.

i use this site a lot! the images are uploaded by people who took the photos themselves from what i can tell. it used to be stock exchange or something similar to that.

unsplash and pexels are my favourites tbh! :>

Oh sweet! Thank you!

👀 I'll be sure to check it out!

aa good luck finding the right backgrounds!! ' v '

If you need another source, I've found some good stuff on https://pixabay.com/. You can make an account there too - it's not necessary, but it's helpful to remember what images you liked/downloaded. You can also modify the images as you like.

Are you after real world images or illustrations? Or pehaps seamless patterns? Real world photos best place I know is pixabay. Illustrations is pngtree and seamless patterns may be freepik (or, as you said, colourlovers) - if you are after free sources ;)

Thanks! I need every suggestion anyone can give me just for variety purposes.

Mostly real world pictures for right now but I'll keep that in mind if I want to use some illustrations, thank you!

pixabay unfortunately is one of those sketchy ones that motivates users to upload images and makes no to little effort to remove stolen content, sorry to say. from wiki:

"The images are uploaded by anonymous users. There is therefore the risk that the uploader does not even have the copyright. Pixabay does not guarantee that the uploaded images are free from third party rights. Since the upload is anonymous, users who have been warned cannot make recourse to this person and are therefore left with the costs of the warning."

I know personally I've seen images on pixabay from other sources uploaded by random people who most definitely do not own them. I have not had that experience with pexels.com, but I still am much more likely to trust an uploader who has a body of work with consistencies that let you know at least they all come from the same photographer.

Really? That is disappointing. I never remember to read the fine print!

I'll have to check out pexels. Thanks for the heads up! :)

Oh, thanks for the info! I haven't had a chance to check out any of these sites yet but I'll avoid that one.

I had the same reaction, I was bummed! Im glad there are alternatives though, and I’ll let you know if I find any others too! :)

Along w/ unsplash and pexels, I like https://negativespace.co/

Hey gang, I'm new to coding, and would like to add a solid background to my boring profile.

How and where do I do it?

the simplest is to use a pre-existing scheme. Go into your profile and click edit profile.

Look for the Profile section. If its not there, click Add Section in the toolbox at the top of the screen. Once its added, click the pencil icon to edit. There will be a title (profile), and empty box, then below that Scheme:, click the drop down and choose a color. Then update profile.

If you want a solid background, as in one color, you can just add a color hex code to your coding. You have two options: body {background-color: ;} or body {background: ;}

The hex code above will change the color to a nice light yellow, but you can look up other hex codes to get the color you want.

, thanks for the help, I had no idea those schemes were there.

, thanks for the hex code info. Could you tell me what coding I would use if I wanted to use a hosted image as my profile background?

Sure thing. Make sure that you're using the correct code (it should end in a .jpg, .png, or .gif) and then put the link in the coding like this:

body {background-image: url(imageurl.jpg);} OR body {background: url(imageurl.jpg);}

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, thanks for that coding, I might try it after I get bored with the current profile look, lol!