Wordpress CSS Editing

WordPress Working with CSS • How to change your worpress themes using wordpress and CSS style sheets Wordpress and CSS

Don’t Get Scared 1. Set up a test blog 2. Load a theme 3. Get Ready to be amazed

Get A Color Picker A color picker will help you a lot in finding just the right color for your themes text etc. www.tucows.com/preview/240092

How to Find your CSS Stylesheet 1. Log into your Wordpress 2. Go to Presentation 3. Navigate to Theme Editor 4. Click on Stylesheet

What does it look Like body { background: #E0E0E0; color: #000000; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; }

Change and check • Use the color checker to find the color you want then substitute in your css and you have change the color. • If you want your default text a little bigger change the font-size: 13px to maybe 14px

Change and check • Save and open up a new tab in your browser and see what the changes have done to your blog • When you make changes just hit the refresh in your browser to see the changes.

Header Graphic #header { width: 860px; height: 190px; background: #2397E9 url(images/header.jpg) top center no-repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left; border: 1px solid #E0E0E0; border-bottom: none;.

Content pane can be easily changed. #content { Change the size of the display: block; content main window background: #ffffff; width: 540px; but be sure to also margin-top: 20px; change the size of your margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; side bar width if you margin-right: 30px; float: left; make the main content position:relative; window bigger. padding: 0px; }

Sidebar pane can be easily changed. #sidebar { Change the size of the display: block; sidebar and you can color: #000000; width: 200px; also adjust the padding, float: right; margins etc. position:relative; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px As you can see it is just 10px; text-align: left; a bit of testing to see border: 1px solid #cccccc; what they all do. }

Opps I made a BOO BOO. Don’t get distraught Just upload your CSS.php file from your template files and it will all go back to the original settings. When you happy with your changes create a new folder and download all your theme changes for you next install.

Play and Learn As you get more used to changing the different facets you will find it a lot of fun. You can always use CTRL + F to find anything you want.

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Wordpress CSS Editing

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