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1. hillstead22
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I've seen themedreamer before, and it isn't bad for editing themes in dreamweaver, but has anyone found anything else? I'm trying to edit the colors and everything in a theme and i'm a newb for editing wordpress. The theme i'm editing is a custom theme, so it's not like the standard easy to edit type of theme.

   Also, any editing theme plugins that help that anyone would recommend would be very helpful!

   I'm not a pro with php and css, so basically i'm not a big coder lol.I'm working on that though

2. peredur
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I'm not sure what you mean by a custom theme, or why you would think a custom theme would be any more difficult to change than any other... To me, a custom theme is one I've written myself; and such themes are just as easy to alter as any other, if not easier.

   To change colours and stuff, the usual technique is to use Firebug or similar to identify the style rule that is setting the colour and then adding new style rules to the appropriate style sheet (maybe using specificity to override a style rule that might appear later in the cascade), setting the new colours etc. This can normally be done using the editor at Dashboard --> Appearance --> Editor. If you prefer, though, you can use your favourite FTP client to download the style sheet you want to alter and then upload it again after you've edited it.

   If you're modifying a theme over which you don't have full control, it is recommended that you use a child theme.

   HTH

   PAE

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