Title: clean style.css?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# clean style.css?

 *  Resolved [oldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldfish/)
 * (@oldfish)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-stylecss/)
 * i am starting with the default theme and slowly modifying my site to the look
   i want. looking at the style.css file included it appears that there is a LOT
   of repeated code in the multiple sections.
 * for example in page element, the following is repeated in both sections
 * background-color: white;
    border: 1px solid #959596;
 * Is this really necessary, and if not, does anyone have a cleaned up style sheet
   that excludes it? I can’t imagine why I need both, but maybe there is something
   I am missing.
 * thanks

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 *  [Saurus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saurus/)
 * (@saurus)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-stylecss/#post-967854)
 * Code that refers to the SAME area of your template can be shortened via “css 
   shorthand”, but it must refer to the exact same area. Since you have not included
   a link to your site it is difficult to determine what can be shortened and what
   cannot.
 *  Thread Starter [oldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldfish/)
 * (@oldfish)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-stylecss/#post-967857)
 * well it’s the default theme, so i figured you all had a copy.
 * I guess I will clarify the above example. There are several sections to the style.
   css file. There is a typography section for all the lovely text and background
   formatting. There is also a structure section that deals with the padding, margins,
   position, etc.
 * in typography we have this:
    #page { **background-color: white; border: 1px solid#
   959596; text-align: left; }
 * in structure we have this:
    #page { **background-color: white;** margin: 20px
   auto; padding: 0; width: 760px; **border: 1px solid #959596;** }
 * As you can see there is a bit of repetition with the CSS. That’s just one example
   among many. Is there a reason that would be there other than to create a nightmare
   for updating the CSS?
 * I can strip it all out no problem, but if someone has a cleaner version it would
   make things a bit easier as the file is nearly 700 lines long, and tracking down
   redundancies kind of sucks.
 *  [zeniph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeniph/)
 * (@zeniph)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-stylecss/#post-967871)
 * No spedific reason for it being that way – just how the original author decided
   to write it back in 2005 – far as I know its not really been updated since. By
   segregating it into logical sections he’s also unfortunately left some redundancy
   and duplication within it.
 * Just because wordpress ships with it as default doesnt mean anything about it
   being best practice for CSS (though there’s nothing technically wrong with doing
   it that way).
 * Do a search – theres several variations and improvements on it that might suit
   your purposes.
 *  Thread Starter [oldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldfish/)
 * (@oldfish)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clean-stylecss/#post-967882)
 * thanks guys that answers it for me. i know the redundant bits equate to a fraction
   of a fraction of a second, but somehow i feel better being rid of them.
 * i figured they could go, but had that nagging “what if” thought.
 * zeniph- i have done a few searches and looked at several templates. you’re right,
   there’s a lot out there.

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