I don’t see red – the hover is set here:
a:hover {
color: #FC9040;
text-decoration: underline;
}
Make sure you’ve cleared your browser cache.
Be aware that any changes you make to theme files (including style.css) will be erased when the theme is updated. It’s much preferable to use a Child Theme or custom CSS option or plugin.
Hi WPyogi. Thank you for your help. I successfully changed the “a:hovers” a while ago. I was talking about changing the hover colors in the body of a blog post. I embedded a couple of links in the text of my last post. The text of these links is black and underlined. When I hover my cursor over them they turn red. It is this color I would like to change to orange.
On another note, can you recommend a site that gives clear, easy-to-follow instructions on how to build a child theme? As a beginner, I have found this task rather daunting.
Thank you again for your help.
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but here are 8 steps to creating a Child Theme. You may not need to complete all of them.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes#Example_of_a_basic_Child_Theme
Thank you very much, Andrew. I will work my way through this and if I have questions will be back, I am sure.
Best,
Cheryl
Andrew, thank you very much for sending me the above link. It is very thorough. I am going to try to use it on a test site I have made for learning.
Would you mind advising me further? I am using the Snow Summit theme. The theme is easy to use and serves my purposes well, however, it appears that it is no longer updated. The website for the theme is no longer active. Do you know whether this theme is still supported by its developer? If it is not, would you advise me to choose another theme that is supported? My concern is that as WordPress continues to update, eventually Snow Summit will not work properly.
Thanks again for your help.
Cheryl
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
I can’t say it will never be updated, but its current status, “This theme hasn’t been updated in over 2 years” is something to worry about. Your concern is justified. Snow Summit may no longer be compatible with WordPress 3.5 in future updates.
Try searching WordPress’ theme repository and using the Tag Filters to search on criteria that you’ve liked from Snow Summit (e.g ‘light’ colors filter).
Thanks, again, Andrew. I appreciate how quickly you respond to my questions. You are an awesome moderator.
