Title: Issue with custom CSS
Last modified: February 21, 2017

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# Issue with custom CSS

 *  Resolved [Vincentcatchall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincentcatchall/)
 * (@vincentcatchall)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-custom-css/)
 * Dear Tobias,
 * First of all, thank you so much for the awesome plugin !
 * Basically the issue I have is about styling. I want to make some very basic modifications(
   colors of header / search box border mainly).
 * However, whenever I write my CSS into the Options / custom CSS field, I get an“
   HTTP ERROR 500” and nothing loads.
 * SO I tried to change the CSS directly from the code, and I changed a few lines
   in the files:
    tablepress/css/default-rtl.css tablepress/css/default.css tablepress/
   css/default-rtl.min.css tablepress/css/default.min.css
 * Here is what I changed
 * .tablepress thead th,
    .tablepress tfoot th { background-color: #**XXXXX**; }
 * However, eventhough I didnt get an error this time, no changes seem to appear
   on the table. It is quite frustrating, and I looked for anwser in this forum 
   but couldn’t find any explanation, hence my message !
 * Thanks a lot for your time,
 * Have a great day,!
 * Vincent

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-custom-css/#post-8833884)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Manipulating those files is strongly discouraged! Not only will you lose these
   modifications after a plugin update, but this will also not work if at least 
   parts of the TablePress CSS files are saved correct (in the `wp-content` folder).
 * So, what you will need to find out is why your server returns that HTTP error
   500 (Internal Server Error). It could either be that your server has security
   settings in place that prevent WordPress/TablePress from saving a CSS file to
   the disk. It could also be that the server does not like CSS in the HTTP request
   body.
    The best way to find out more about this should be to take a look at the
   server’s error log file, maybe with the help of your web host company.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-custom-css/#post-8833884)
 * Status: resolved