Good website design is crucial for any online presence. The Astra theme understands this well, offering a range of modern colors to make your site visually appealing. To enhance customization, the Astra Pro plugin includes the Colors & Background addon.
This module gives you more control and a wider range of options, allowing you to personalize your website according to your preferences and branding needs.
Through this document, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to effectively use this Colors & Background Module.
What is Colors & Background Module in Astra
This premium feature is available with the Astra Pro plugin. So in order to use this addon, you need to have the Astra theme installed along with the actual Astra Pro plugin.
Astra theme (free) gives some basic color options. While Colors & Background Module with Astra Pro plugin adds more options in the customizer.
You can follow the below steps to activate the add on and explore the premium settings.
Step 1 – Make sure you have the Astra Pro plugin installed and activated.
Step 2 – Activate the addon from Astra > Astra Pro Modules > Colors & Background.
Step 3 – After activating, the module will add additional color options for various sections in the customizer ( Appearance > Customize ).
Below is the detailed list where you can see newly added color options in the Customizer:
- Global > Colors > Content
- Header > Site Identity
- Header > Primary Header
- Header > Primary Menu
- Blog > Blog / Archive
- Blog > Single Post
- Sidebar
1. Global Colors
The Astra theme itself provides basic global color options as mentioned here. In addition to this, the addon will also enable the following options –
- Content Background – With this, you can add a background image and color to the container, i.e., any area where you add text.
- Headings – You can set colors for each heading, H1 to H6, from one place.
- You will also find the responsive option enabled for the Content Background.
Note: Content Background will be visible only with Boxed and Content Boxed container layout.
2. Header
Separate color options will be available under the Header tab for –
- Site Identity- Enable displaying site title/tagline and you will observe color options.
- Primary Header- Set background and color for your header.
- Primary Menu- Set colors to the menu and submenus on normal, hover (color of the menu item when pointer moves over it), and active mode (color of the menu item that is currently active – the page you’re currently viewing).
3. Blog
Blog / Archive – Along with the post title and meta, this will add color options for the Archive Summary Box. This box will appear on an archive page like categories, where the title and the description of the archive page will appear.
4. Sidebar
You’ll get color options for your sidebar.
You can even manage the Sidebar’s Title Color, Text Color, Link Color along with the Background options.
One of the advantages of the Astra theme color module is its user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to use even for those with limited technical knowledge. The module offers a wide range of color options, allowing users to choose from pre-defined color palettes or create their own custom colors.
With this module, you can change the color scheme of your entire website, including buttons, links, headings, and other design elements, to match their branding or personal style.
