Title: HELP (Strikethroughs) Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # HELP (Strikethroughs) * [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * (@kiran-thirdrailers) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/) * I am using a theme that works until I A)either learn to code, B.)find someone to help me, c.)find a better alternative.. * There are several important changes I’d like to make to the theme I’m using but until one of the above comes to fruition… I have one problem which I’d like to try and fix myself. i use a writing style that includes strikethroughs…. however, I can’t get the strikethroughs to default to red? I’d found a way to manually change them one by one by that just isnt practical (take a look at my blog). Also, I can’t get the strikethroughs to appear in the preview post (on the “front page”).. is there an easy way to fix that. I’m really lost with all that…and nothing I’ve found is getting me any closer. * there are other changes I’d love to make but that is the biggest one right now. ANY advice? thanks so much!! * Kiran Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/) * (@jas956) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264948) * I’d use CSS for the red DEL elements * Simply add the following to the CSS * ``` del { color: red; } ``` * in fact, it gives me an idea for a blog i’m maintaining. 🙂 thanks! * Thread Starter [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * (@kiran-thirdrailers) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264950) * thank you for that…. but question… where would i put that.. I know almost 0 about coding… * thanks so much! * glad I could help too.. would love to see your blog sometime too * [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/) * (@peredur) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264952) * We can’t take a look at your blog unless you give us a link. * If your front-page displays previews, it strips al formatting out first. This is part of the core WP behaviour, I think. See: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt) * Also, you should make changes in a child theme if this is at all possible. This is especially true if you are modifying a default theme. * We’ll be able to comment better on the strikethrough issue when we can see it. * HTH * PAE * [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/) * (@peredur) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264953) * You put new style rules at the end of your child theme’s style.css file, as a rule. * Cheers * PAE * Thread Starter [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * (@kiran-thirdrailers) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264955) * ooops …sorry!! [](http://www.thirdrailers.com) * Thread Starter [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * (@kiran-thirdrailers) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264957) * dang it…I keep trying to post it…its in my profile. let me try again.. [](http://thirdrailers.com) not sure what I’m doing wrong but it doesn’t seem to want to let me post my blog link. In any event its at [http://www.thirdailers.com](http://www.thirdailers.com) THANK YOU!! * And thank you for the feedback…but treat me like the absolute novice I am… 🙂 Would that be pasted at the end of the style.css sheet? And would it strikethrough the text in red automatically? Once you see the site, you will know why both the automatic red strikethrough and the front page strikethroughs showing up is so important. * THANKS!!! * [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/) * (@jas956) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264958) * [@kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * Persoannly, I like using a Custom CSS plugin for special stuff like that. * But, like [@peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/) said, you should add it to the end of your style.css child theme file. If you add it to your template theme, you’d loose the changes on the theme update. * Thread Starter [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * (@kiran-thirdrailers) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264963) * Also, there are lots of other things i want to do… but I’d like to make my masthead( Header) image larger (height) than it is now… but every time I try and change the “wrapper”? dimensions it won’t show up. * [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/) * (@peredur) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264970) * Kiran, * What theme are you using? * Are you using a child theme for your changes? * And your link doesn’t work. * ``` peter@peter-Aspire-X5400 ~ $ ping www. thirdtrailers.com ping: unknown host www. thirdtrailers.com ``` * Ignore the space in the hostname above, it’s to try to stop the forum software from inserting the http protocol in front of the domain. * Cheers * PAE * [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/) * (@jas956) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264971) * after a view source code – it’s a template theme * Theme Name: Cover WP Theme URI: [http://www.onedesigns.com/wordpress-themes/cover-wp](http://www.onedesigns.com/wordpress-themes/cover-wp) * they too have a support forum [http://www.onedesigns.com/support/forum.php?id=10](http://www.onedesigns.com/support/forum.php?id=10) * Thread Starter [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * (@kiran-thirdrailers) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264972) * PAE I might have accidentally put an errant “t” in there…. try…. [http://www.thirdrailers.com](http://www.thirdrailers.com) I am using cover wp theme and yes…using a mystyle.css to make changes… * (well, most of them 🙂 i think I made a few font size changes before realizing that I needed to do it in another file) * [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/) * (@jas956) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264973) * you add at piece of code to the last line on your mystyle.css * Thread Starter [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * (@kiran-thirdrailers) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264974) * I really wish I knew more about coding..because there are a number of fixes/tweaks I need to make to this theme… but oh well. 🙂 * thanks for all your help! * [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/) * (@jas956) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264979) * It’s not that hard, if you’re using the `` element, you can apply the CSS to that particular element, and even get real detailed but for this instance, let’s keep it simple. * Open your mystyle.css file and scroll to the bottom. At the last bit of code, enter “Return” a couple of times and insert the following line: * `/* My custom style fixes */` * That will be your area to add custom CSS. * After that, you’ll want to add the following bit of code. This tells the `` elements what color they will be. * `del { color: red; }` * Hope this helps, Jorge * [peredur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peredur/) * (@peredur) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/#post-2264981) * Using a separate stylesheet is not the same as using a child theme, but never mind… * And I still can’t open your link. Are you sure the server is on the public internet? * Cheers * PAE Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘HELP (Strikethroughs)’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 30 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [kiran-thirdrailers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiran-thirdrailers/) * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-strikethroughs/page/2/#post-2265051) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics