Title: css coding for the novice
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# css coding for the novice

 *  [dwgreen3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwgreen3/)
 * (@dwgreen3)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-coding-for-the-novice/)
 * I have a problem with the color of the font in my blog and also in my cart. I
   need to change that color to “black” so that it will display properly. The theme
   that I am using is Tesseract. I have reviewed the content of “How to Change Theme’s
   Font Color for Posts?” but have found the dialogue confusion for the novice that
   I am. Is there an easier explanation or is the only answer to change my theme?

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 *  [Anders Søgaard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andershagbard/)
 * (@andershagbard)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-coding-for-the-novice/#post-6837002)
 * Hello.
 * I’m not familiar with the WordPress theme Tesseract, but its simpel CSS.
 *     ```
       .CSS-selector {
       color: black !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * The !important is added so it overrides any attribute of color already set in
   that CSS selector.
 * If you would provide a link to your site, i could review it, and send you the
   correct CSS code.
 * Sincerely Anders, _[Link redacted]_
 *  Thread Starter [dwgreen3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwgreen3/)
 * (@dwgreen3)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-coding-for-the-novice/#post-6837246)
 * [http://www.saxeeme.com](http://www.saxeeme.com) I have solved the problem on
   my blog page but the cart problem still exists. I have tried your suggestion 
   on the cart page css but it did not work. When you add a product to the cart 
   with the “add to cart” button and then go to the cart page you will see that 
   I have had to put a background color in the cart in order to see the item description
   at all. If I did not do that it is impossible to see the contents of the cart
   because of the color of the font.
 *  [David_G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questas_admin/)
 * (@questas_admin)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-coding-for-the-novice/#post-6837247)
 * If you are trying to code HTML/CSS, it would probably be a good idea to get a
   good understanding of them.
 * There are lots of guides available, here is one for CSS:
    [http://www.htmldog.com/guides/css/beginner/](http://www.htmldog.com/guides/css/beginner/)
 * The best way to make changes like this to a theme is to use a child theme, so
   your tweaks won’t be overwritten when updating the theme. Here are some guides
   in case you haven’t made one before:
    [http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/wordpress-child-theme-tutorial](http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/wordpress-child-theme-tutorial)
   [https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   [http://op111.net/53/](http://op111.net/53/) [http://vimeo.com/39023468](http://vimeo.com/39023468)
 * You should also check this out for customizing your site.
    [http://themesandco.com/snippet/firebug-best-spent-6-minutes/](http://themesandco.com/snippet/firebug-best-spent-6-minutes/)
   [http://getfirebug.com](http://getfirebug.com)
 * Then to edit this editor is fantastic. You can edit multiple files at the same
   time.
    [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
 * And this FTP program is tops in my book.
    [http://www.coreftp.com/](http://www.coreftp.com/)

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 * Last reply from: [David_G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questas_admin/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-coding-for-the-novice/#post-6837247)
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