Background Guide: Desktop + Mobile
Make your profile feel alive on desktop… without turning mobile into a zoomed-in crime scene.
This guide matches the Background section exactly as it appears on your Settings screen.
🧠 What the Background section controls
Your SSS background is a few layers working together:
Image (optional), tint (color + opacity), and a dark overlay (readability).
Then you get mobile-only controls so phones don’t crop everything into nonsense.
This shows the Background section open.
Background Image (optional) → Overlay Strength → Opacity → Mobile Fit Mode.
✅ The fields you’ll see (and what they mean)
- Profile Background Image — paste an image URL (optional).
- Profile Background Opacity — how strong your background color tint is (tip says try 70% first).
- Background Quick Preset — one-click helper that sets a “decent starting setup.”
- Background Fit Mode — how the image fills the page on desktop.
- Mobile Background Fit Mode — mobile-only fit so phones don’t over-zoom.
- Background Focus Point — what part stays visible when the image crops.
- Mobile Background Focus Point — same idea, but for mobile.
- Mobile Background Attachment — how the background behaves when you scroll (Scroll is usually smoothest).
- Background Overlay Strength — dark overlay for readability on top of bright/busy images.
- Profile Background Pattern — optional texture layer.
- Profile Background Color — the tint color that ties the whole theme together.
Background affects the vibe of every card, text block, and sidebar color you pick later.
🖼 Step 1: Profile Background Image (URL)
This is the big one. If you use an image, use a direct image link.
It usually ends in .jpg, .png, .gif, or .webp.
- Good: a link that ends in an image file (direct link).
- Not great: a webpage link (some pages won’t render as a background).
🕶 Step 2: Overlay + Opacity (readability insurance)
If your text is hard to read, don’t panic—use these two:
- Background Overlay Strength = adds darkness on top of the image.
- Profile Background Opacity = how strong your Background Color tint is.
Set Profile Background Opacity around 70%, then adjust up/down after you see it saved.
📐 Step 3: Fit + Focus (control cropping)
Fit decides “how the image fills the page.” Focus decides “which part stays visible.”
If your background looks perfect on desktop but weird on mobile, this is why.
- Background Fit Mode = desktop scaling/cropping.
- Background Focus Point = where the important part should stay visible.
📱 Mobile fixes (the settings that save you)
Mobile has its own rules. These three fields exist because phones love to crop aggressively:
- Mobile Background Fit Mode — if mobile looks “too zoomed,” change this first.
- Mobile Background Focus Point — if the subject is cut off, change this next.
- Mobile Background Attachment — for smooth scrolling, Scroll is usually safest.
If your background is super zoomed on your phone:
change Mobile Background Fit Mode first, then adjust Mobile Focus Point.
🛠 Troubleshooting (fast fixes)
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Problem: “Mobile is super zoomed in.”
Fix: Change Mobile Background Fit Mode first. Then adjust Mobile Focus Point. -
Problem: “Text is unreadable.”
Fix: Increase Background Overlay Strength, then set a darker Profile Background Color tint and keep opacity around 70%. -
Problem: “Background is too dark / too washed out.”
Fix: Lower Overlay Strength first. If it’s still off, adjust Profile Background Opacity. -
Problem: “Scrolling feels weird on my phone.”
Fix: Set Mobile Background Attachment to Scroll.
🎨 3 safe background recipes (copy these)
These are beginner-safe setups that usually look good on desktop and mobile.
✅ Recipe A: Clean + readable (works with most images)
- Profile Background Image: set your image URL
- Background Overlay Strength: medium
- Profile Background Color: deep charcoal/navy
- Profile Background Opacity: ~70%
- Mobile Background Attachment: Scroll
🎬 Recipe B: Cinematic (dramatic, but readable)
- Profile Background Image: photo/artwork
- Background Fit Mode: use a fill-style option (desktop)
- Background Focus Point: center/upper center
- Background Overlay Strength: higher than normal
- Mobile Background Fit Mode: choose a less-croppy option
🧩 Recipe C: Pattern + color (fast loading, no image needed)
- Profile Background Image: leave empty
- Profile Background Color: pick your theme base color
- Profile Background Opacity: 100%
- Profile Background Pattern: pick one (light texture)
- Background Overlay Strength: low/none (usually)
After you save, scroll your profile on desktop and open it on your phone.
If it’s readable in both places, you nailed it.
