Edit CSS and watching changes live?

  • RazziaDK

    (@razziadk)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    I downloaded a nice theme for my WP-site, but I don’t like the colors amd fonts. I’ve been changing some of them in the CSS, then saving, uploading, refreshing browser and verifying that I changed color in the correct place. If not, then back to the style.css and start all over again.

    I am wondering, there must be a easier way to do this.

    Is there some software, where I can edit the CSS and watch the changes live in a browser at the same time?

    Perhaps some sort of CSS hijacking, so the software can render the page with a copy of the style.css.

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  • leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    For fonts, colors and such, I sometimes connect via FTP and use Notepad++ to edit and re-upload right there inside my Child Theme, then refresh my various browsers on two machines to see the overall effect.

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Are you using a Child Theme? Any changes made to theme files will be overwritten and erased when the theme is updated.

    The best way to work with CSS is by using Firebug – a browser tool that lets you make changes in the browser and see them instantly – once you know those are what you want, you make them in the theme itself. But any changes should only be made in a child theme or a custom CSS option or plugin.

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