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Sheri Baker
702 PointsWordpress Premium Theme - Editing CSS
I just finished the Getting Started with Wordpress series and it was great! I've built a couple of sites using free themes, but this is the first one I am building using a Premium theme I bought from ThemeForest. When I go into Appearance > Editor, rather than having the CSS right there to edit like in the videos, my theme says "Don't edit this file to change the styles, because it is not linked by default, edit assets/stylesheets/standalone/style.css instead.*/" There is also an "Edit CSS" tab, which says (among other things...) "Just write here what you want to change, you don't need to copy all your theme's stylesheet content."
Where do I go/how do I navigate to edit the CSS, and search for the ID or class of specific elements? Thanks!
7 Answers
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest TeacherIt looks like your theme has provided a different way to edit the CSS than the standard WordPress method. That's perfectly fine: you should follow whatever instructions the theme creator provides for you. Just click that Edit CSS tab and put any custom CSS you want in there.
Sheri Baker
702 PointsThanks so much Randy. Would I use Filezilla to find the assets/stylesheets/standalone/style.css file? I might just hold off until I take the next set of classes to learn more about CSS.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherHi Sheri, Randy is right that you can just add your CSS below the code already in the main style.css file.
Phil Rice
5,536 Pointsi would do as you suggested , use filezilla (make backups of the file of course), Have a good read of the docs though (in case the CSS was produced with a LESS compiler or something as some are now , as then you will need to use one to edit and recompile - lots easier than it sounds btw!) and if you get stuck send the support of where you bought it from an email. I usually find premium theme support to be pretty good in helping out with these things.
Sheri Baker
702 PointsThanks Zac and Phil! Phil, that's a great idea - I will contact the developer if I need support. What is the best Treehouse class to take to learn more about this part of the process?
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherWe cover the general topics at the end of the How To Build a Blog series and how to find and edit the CSS file in the How To Build a WordPress Theme video. These won't relate directly to your issue but may help.
Sheri Baker
702 PointsPerfect! Thanks so much.