Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)
WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
Which theme are you using?
I inherited the theme that was developed by a company that set the website long ago. It is a customized theme called “Edmonton Hamptons”
what exactly have you tried?
I don’t see any attempted edits in your styles to change the #sidebar background color (?)
the blue ‘sidebar background color’ is part of a background image on #maincontent:
div#maincontent{
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
float: left;
background: url(../img/midbackground.png) repeat-y;
}
you might need to edit that background image(?)
alternatively, you can style the links in the sidebar with a more specific style like:
#sidebar a { color: pink; }
etc. http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_link.asp
Hello,
I was first trying to change the color of the links in my sidebar. Then, I tried changing the color of all links (both sidebar and pages) since both seem to be linked (same color).
I have tried on style.css:
#sidebar {
color: #5b8df0;
font: 1em ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
background: #f2c0bc
}
.entry p a:visited {
color: #b85b5a;
}
a:link {color:#6482f2;}
a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
/*color: #5b8df0*/
color: #06c;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
color: #6482f2 /*color: #147;*/
text-decoration: none; /*underline*/
}
None of the changes introduced (color and/or background) produced any result on the page (it simply stays the same…)
Any tips?
Laura
always clear the browser cache after edits to the styles, to make sure that you get to see any changes immediately;
press CTRL F5 or press ‘reload’ (a few times?) or check your browser manual for how to do it…
Thanks for your suggestion.
I guess that the problem is that I was editing the style.css file on the editor at WP, but a friend told me that I am supposed to edit the http://edmontonhamptons.com/css/style.css to make the permanent changes… Where do I find that file?
Laura
Never mind, I have to contact the company that hosts our webpage…
I am a volunteer trying to help out, since we do not have webmaster atm, and I am not really familiar with it.
Thanks for your help.
What version of WP the site is on ?
The style.css doesn’t have any WP standard classes (like for images), and the jQuery is still at 1.3.2, the markups and class names don’t feel like WP at all. The only thing that’s of WP is the login page.
Just make sure you have full site backup, just in case if it’s on old version of WP which is prone to getting hacked.
Hello Paul,
I am running WordPress 3.5.2.
I was under the impression that I could quick customize things (such as bullets in the sidebar, and colors of the links in sidebar) from theme/style.css but I guess we would need to change the home/css/style.css… Is that correct?
I have only access to the WP content, since we do not have a webmaster atm (we inherited this website from previous organization) and I do not have rights to the hosted files in our host company…
We are supposed to have a new webmaster soon, perhaps he can resolve the problem.
Laura
I am running WordPress 3.5.2.
Not to worry then, just make sure you use a strong password.
but I guess we would need to change the home/css/style.css… Is that correct?
Yes, your site has only 2 stylesheets, reset.css and style.css. The reason why it’s in that path instead of /theme/style.css because theme codes it that way.
Keep the reset one as is, make changes to style.css, and becareful when edit file live on server.
