Slider Headline Backgrounds?

You can try by overriding the following default rule:

.widget_featured_slider .slide-content {
   background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) , rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3));
}

To do so go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS and add the following (for test)

.widget_featured_slider .slide-content {
   background: #000;
}

This should work. Now if you like you can use gradient.

Let me know whether this helps.

Thank you!

Thank you–this looks much better. Is there a way to just have it go across the text, and not the entire image?

Also, I’d love to have the same affect appear in the right-side widget next to the slider–those are the same stories, and are also difficult to read.

THANK YOU!