3eyedfish3
Member
Posted 5 months ago #
I am painfully new to WP and basically "horrified" at seemingly needing to write HTML code at times. I set up a template I liked from the large user collection, but the given font is far too small for my needs. I also want to set the color background to properly enhance the text.
What's the "trick" for modifying fonts and colors to taste in this situation? Please pardon the smell of Newbie on me! I'm watching tutorials and getting it, slowly. This is just a real stumbling block at present. WP is a fine tool I want to grasp better. Thanks.
Hi 3eyedfish3,
Welcome to the WordPress community! I know all of this can seem a bit overwhelming at first, but it will get easier, I promise. Before you make any changes the first thing you will want to do is create a Child Theme:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
Once you've created a child theme, you can then edit that child theme's style sheet (style.css) as you like. There are many great resources online for learning CSS:
http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS#CSS_Resources
I find it very helpful to use the Firebug extension with either Firefox or Chrome to help me pinpoint what CSS rules are being applied to the different areas of a page.
Hope this helps!
