Title: Changes to wp-layout.css
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Changes to wp-layout.css

 *  [phildobbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phildobbin/)
 * (@phildobbin)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/)
 * It seems that changing css styles in wp-layout.css have no effect. Even basic
   stuff like changing the body font family from sans-serif -> serif won’t take.
   I’m obviously doing something idiotic so any advice welcome.
    This on WP 1.0.2

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 *  [unoamigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unoamigo/)
 * (@unoamigo)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58905)
 * Delete your web browsers cache.
    Internet explorer and firefox do not always 
   reload the style sheets when you hit refresh. They look at index.php, which hasn’t
   changed, then use whatever is in cache.
 *  Thread Starter [phildobbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phildobbin/)
 * (@phildobbin)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58907)
 * I’ve changed wp-layout.css so the body tag reads:
    body { border: solid 2px #
   565; border-bottom: solid 1px #565; border-top: solid 3px #565; font-family: 
   Times, serif; margin: 0; padding: 0; background-color: white; color: black; }
   but the post is still showing as sans-serif.
 *  [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/)
 * (@beel)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58910)
 * Without a link, I am just guessing but did you make sure sans-serif is not being
   called later (perhaps in .storycontent, etc.)?
 *  Thread Starter [phildobbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phildobbin/)
 * (@phildobbin)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58911)
 * I’ve tried in several different browsers (Safari, Moz, Camino, OmniWeb) some 
   for the first time of looking: same deal.
 *  [unoamigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unoamigo/)
 * (@unoamigo)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58914)
 * Yeah, can’t really help without a link. Otherwise it’s all just guesswork – which
   could take years. 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [phildobbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phildobbin/)
 * (@phildobbin)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58918)
 * Here’s the link : [http://www.phildobbin.com/wordpress/index.php](http://www.phildobbin.com/wordpress/index.php)
   
   Thanks to all.
 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58931)
 * cascading mate, the deeper properties takes priorities… 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [phildobbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phildobbin/)
 * (@phildobbin)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58933)
 * Thanks. That did it.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [phildobbin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phildobbin/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-to-wp-layoutcss/#post-58933)
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