Title: Can't Modify Styles….
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Can't Modify Styles….

 *  [genesteinberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genesteinberg/)
 * (@genesteinberg)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/)
 * I’ve tried to modify your front.css file to widen the contact form, but it doesn’t
   seem to take.
 * On one of my sites, the form text elements are centered rather than flush left.
   I see nothing that I can adjust to fix that, and, as I said, editing css doesn’t
   take.
 * May I suggest you put these settings into the WP dashboard, so they are easily
   adjusted. And please make them work.
 * Thank you.
 * Peace,
    Gene Steinberg
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/proper-contact-form/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/proper-contact-form/)

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 *  Plugin Author [properwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/properwp/)
 * (@properwp)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/#post-6935953)
 * Hi Gene,
 * There isn’t anything in the plugin that is stopping changes to that CSS file 
   from working so I’m guessing that something else is going wrong (changing the
   wrong thing, cached file, etc). You should consider using a plugin like Simple
   Custom CSS to add your styling changes since changing that file will be undone
   when you upgrade.
 * I’ll consider a few changes to how the styling is handled on the next version.
   I can’t make every style a setting but maybe there is a happy medium.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [genesteinberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genesteinberg/)
 * (@genesteinberg)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/#post-6936135)
 * Now I’m seeing the contact form narrower on one of my sites:
 * [http://www.theparacast.com](http://www.theparacast.com)
 * I reverted the CSS to normal, so what’s up?
 * Peace,
    Gene
 *  Thread Starter [genesteinberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genesteinberg/)
 * (@genesteinberg)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/#post-6936140)
 * It’s not resolved.
 * I tried the CSS plugin on one site where it worked.
 * In theparacast.com it doesn’t. The form irenains unusually narrow.
 * On another site all form labels are centered so I am not using for now.
 * Peace,
    Gene
 *  Thread Starter [genesteinberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genesteinberg/)
 * (@genesteinberg)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/#post-6936147)
 * OK, for the time being I’ve disabled it from theparacast.com (it’s at [http://www.technightowl.com/radio/](http://www.technightowl.com/radio/))
   until CSS is resolved.
 * Peace,
    Gene
 *  Plugin Author [properwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/properwp/)
 * (@properwp)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/#post-6936159)
 * Gene,
 * If you have the styles from this plugin turned off and you’re seeing differences
   on different sites, that’s your theme styling affecting how the form looks. If
   you’re adding CSS and it’s not taking, in any case, that means your CSS is incorrect
   or not specific enough.
 *  Thread Starter [genesteinberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genesteinberg/)
 * (@genesteinberg)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/#post-6936160)
 * You misread. I disabled your plugin because of the styling problems.
 * I cannot use it until that’s fixed.
 * It’s inconsistent depending on which site I try it on.
 * It worked on only one with minor glitches.
 * Peace,
    Gene

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-modify-styles/#post-6936160)
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