A Few Questions About Code

  • Resolved thesimling

    (@thesimling)


    14 years ago

    First of all, I’m not very advanced at code (just not my thing). Please, in your descriptions, try to be as detailed as possible so that I don’t get lost along the way!!

    Also… you will find my site here: http://www.burnettlegacy.simmin24.co.uk/wordpress

    In the middle, I have a white panel, (where the background is blocked out). Can I make this a transparent black? If so, how?

    Then, my next question: How do I make the text’s default colour white?

    Also, how do I change my site’s default font (I want a nicer font for the “Archives” bit, along with everything else)?

    Where can I locate the panel with the menu on it, and how do I make that a transparent black? Also, if it’s not too hard, how do I give it a border?

    Last question… I have got a background for a different section of my website:
    body.category-generation1 { background:url(10.jpg) fixed !important; }

    How do I make it centered?

    Thank you to anyone who helps me!!! 🙂

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years ago

    Try using Firefox with the Firebug add-on for this kind of CSS work.
    http://getfirebug.com/

    If you are new to CSS, try these resources:
    CSS Tutorials
    Learning CSS

    Varun Sridharan

    (@varunms)

    14 years ago

    hi

    find this style in style.css

    #wrapper {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding: 0 20px;
}

    and replace with the below one

    #wrapper {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF transparent;
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding: 0 20px;
}

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    14 years ago

    Esmi – I’ve tried learning it and I can’t. It’s like Arabic, some get it, some don’t.

    Varunms – that style isn’t in my style.css – I’ve used Ctrl+F and it isn’t there. There are three results for wrapper:

    #wrapper {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 940px;
    }
    #wrapper {
    background:transparent;
    background: #fff;
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding: 0 20px;
    }
    #wrapper {
    clear: both !important;
    display: block !important;
    float: none !important;
    position: relative !important;
    }

    Varun Sridharan

    (@varunms)

    14 years ago

    hi

    what is the theme name

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    14 years ago

    Twenty Ten is the theme name.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years ago

    Don’t edit the Twenty Ten theme. Instead create a child theme for your changes.

    Varun Sridharan

    (@varunms)

    14 years ago

    do u have any style.css in twenty ten theme folder ??

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    14 years ago

    Esmi – I cannot do this. I have already made too many changes.

    varunsm – Yes, I do.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    14 years ago

    Esmi – How would I edit the CSS of this? Would it automatically recognise it in my WordPress Dashboard?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years ago

    How would I edit the CSS of this?

    Via Appearance -> Editor. You need to select the style.css file from your current theme.

    Would it automatically recognise it in my WordPress Dashboard?

    Yes.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    14 years ago

    OK, I have a child theme. Now how do I solve my problems?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years ago

    You need to activate the new child theme first.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    14 years ago

    Yes, I’ve done that.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years ago

    Now remove all of the CSS from the child’s stylesheet apart from the @import line. Your child theme should only consist of a style.css file at this point.

    Thread Starter thesimling

    (@thesimling)

    14 years ago

    Wait, when I switch to the Child Them it goes back to the default settings… why?

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