Hi there – this should do the trick:
#access {
background-color: #d34848;
}
Keep in mind that you always need a # before your hexadecimal colour code. 🙂
Let me know how it goes!
Also keep in mind – don’t edit the theme files directly, otherwise your changes will be overwritten whenever the theme is updated.
An easy way to add custom CSS is to install the Jetpack plugin and activate the Custom CSS module. You’ll then add your custom CSS in the new stylesheet editor that’ll appear in your dashboard, under Appearance > Edit CSS.
As alternatives, you could either install a standalone custom CSS plugin, or create a child theme.
Thanks for you response Kathryn! I have to say that this is embarrassing, I do realize the necessity of the # in front of the color and don’t even know how I posted such a mistake. Long story short, I tried exactly what you posted, as well as many other things, but nothing worked until I did this:
#access {
background: #a53838!important;
}
I know that using !important is not ideal but could find no other way to change the menu background in the Bouquet theme. I had modified everything else on the site to more of a reddish coral so the berry colored menu bar looked hideous.
I totally open to any additional suggestions you have.
Could you provide a link to your site so I can see where you’re applying the code? It worked without !important in my testing. Thanks!
Ah, you mentioned you’re on a localhost.
Could you tell me exactly where you’re putting the code? Are you using a child theme, or a custom CSS plugin?
Thanks for letting me know. I tested the menu background colour with a child theme and I see what you mean – I had tested with Firebug earlier on the demo site. Because of the way the theme enqueues the optional colour schemes, you will need !important to override the existing CSS. To avoid having to do that, you would have to add a custom function to dequeue the optional colour schemes, which in this case probably isn’t worth it. 🙂
Thanks Kathryn for confirming this. I hope this thread will prevent someone else from wasting as much time as I did figuring this out.
Kathryn, I really want to thank you for taking your time to help me so thoroughly!!
My pleasure, glad you’re set. 🙂
