Title: CSS code not changing things
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# CSS code not changing things

 *  [NollieHeel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nollieheel/)
 * (@nollieheel)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/)
 * Hi-
    Got trouble with my CSS code in my style.css file showing up. I created 
   a child theme too so it wont get messed up in the future. None of the code used
   for testing does anything to the page.
 * Here it is, can anybody verify why nothing happens?
 * /*
    Theme Name: mckinley-child Theme URI: [http://example.com/mckinley/](http://example.com/mckinley/)
   Description: Mckinley Child Theme Author: MM Author URI: [http://example.com](http://example.com)
   Template: mckinley Version: 1.0.0 Tags: schweet Text Domain: mckinley-child */
 * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../mckinley/style.
   css”);
 * /* =Theme customization starts here
    ————————————————————– */
 * a.home-link {
    color: red; }
 * div.entry-content {
    color: blue; }
 * my site is [http://www.mattmm.com](http://www.mattmm.com)

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 *  [Wolfs bRain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfs-brain/)
 * (@wolfs-brain)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650495)
 * Hi Nollie
    I’m not exactly sure what part of your site it is that you’d like 
   to change. But i searched through your html to try and find what you might be
   wanting to change.
 *  Try this code and let me know if these parts of the site are the ones you wanted
   to change.
 * #post-5 > div {
    color: green; } #masthead > a { color: red; background-color:
   red; }
 * If you have any more questions please feel free to ask.
 * Wolfy and Brain
 *  [batharoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batharoy/)
 * (@batharoy)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650497)
 * I can see that the entry content is blue as you specified.
    Your html output 
   does not have any selector of `a.home.link` What exactly is it you want red?
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650512)
 * One of the problems is that you didn’t define the site title and tag line in 
   your WordPress settings. Here’s what your header looks like:
 *     ```
       <header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">
       <a class="home-link" href="http://www.mattmm.com/" title="" rel="home">
       	<h1 class="site-title"></h1>
       	<h2 class="site-description"></h2>
       </a>
       ```
   
 * So you can see there’s no content in the h1 tags (your site title) or your h2
   tags (your tagline). Go to **Settings > General** and fill in the site title 
   and tagline so there’s some content to display.
 * However, once you do that, you’ll notice that there’s another CSS rule that’s
   overriding your **a.home-link** selector. There’s a rule that looks like this:
 *     ```
       .site-header .home-link {
       color: #fff;
       display: block;
       padding: 40px 0 20px 0;
       text-decoration: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * So what you should do is change your own selector to match the one you’re trying
   to override:
 *     ```
       .site-header .home-link {
       color: red;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [NollieHeel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nollieheel/)
 * (@nollieheel)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650519)
 * > .site-header .home-link {
   >  color: #fff; display: block; padding: 40px 0 20px
   > 0; text-decoration: none; }
 * Where did you find that code ?
 * Im trying to just change the color of some content basically… since I entered
   the CSS I had from when my site was on wordpress.com, and nothing happened.
 *  [Wolfs bRain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfs-brain/)
 * (@wolfs-brain)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650521)
 * He found it in your parent themes style.css file. By the look of your site seems
   your getting the hang of it. Mazeltov!
 * If there’s anything specific on the site you’d like to change ask away.
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650522)
 * > Where did you find that code ?
 * It’s in the parent theme’s style.css file, around line 835.
 * Looks like you got it working. Just as a tip, unless you are using the exact 
   same theme as your site on wordpress.com, the CSS selectors might not be the 
   same. Use a web debugging tool like [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com/) or [Chrome Developer Tools](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/)
   to see what selectors to use for specific elements.
 *  Thread Starter [NollieHeel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nollieheel/)
 * (@nollieheel)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650524)
 * Ah I see. its in the parent theme css.
 * I still wish to have the header text display in the web browser TAB, but not 
   on the website page itself.
 * and still not seeing any changes immediately after editing my child theme CSS
   file, no matter what I put in.
    confused!
 *  Thread Starter [NollieHeel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nollieheel/)
 * (@nollieheel)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650528)
 * Another factor I’m considering is the Safari (xml?) document I exported from 
   when my site was at wordpress.com, and imported into my site when I got it set
   up at wordpress.org.
    Could that have anything to do with the changes not showing
   up ?
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650532)
 * > I still wish to have the header text display in the web browser TAB, but not
   > on the website page itself.
 * You can set the visibility to hidden. That way, the text will still display in
   the browser tab but not on the site.
 *     ```
       .site-title, .site-description {
          visibility: hidden;
       }
       ```
   
 * > still not seeing any changes immediately after editing my child theme CSS file,
   > no matter what I put in.
 * I didn’t see any sort of caching plugin in your code. You might have to clear
   your browser cache after each change; kind of a pain in the butt.
 * How were you able to import an XML doc into your theme? I don’t think that would
   have anything to do with your site not updating right away.
 *  Thread Starter [NollieHeel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nollieheel/)
 * (@nollieheel)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650540)
 * Yeah the cching plugin might work; in the future though. they say to download
   it only after your website is finished with its design.
    I deleted browsing history,
   etc. and now I see the changes.
 * Tools> import
    I imported the doc that wordpress.com gave me, it was a Safari
   document, which my naïve a** thought weird because they’re talking about an xml.
 * Thank you all for help so far!
    Im sure Ill have more gripes.
 *  Thread Starter [NollieHeel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nollieheel/)
 * (@nollieheel)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650542)
 * So I guess next gripe is, is there a solution to not having to clear the browser
   cache after each time I view changes. the w3 totalcache plugin’s a bit far fetched
   at this point?
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650545)
 * Which browser are you using? Have you tried hitting Ctrl-F5 to refresh your browser
   when you want to see changes?
 * Yes, don’t install any caching plugin until you are all done with your site design.
 *  Thread Starter [NollieHeel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nollieheel/)
 * (@nollieheel)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-code-not-changing-things/#post-4650546)
 * IE 11.
    Nah Ill have to try that

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