Title: Modifying the ‘Gateway’ theme
Last modified: July 28, 2019

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# Modifying the ‘Gateway’ theme

 *  [grahamtownsend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grahamtownsend/)
 * (@grahamtownsend)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-the-gateway-theme/)
 * Dear all,
 * I’ve just put my website back together after a two-year break (that’s a long 
   story).
 * Previously I was using a SimpleX theme, but it seems that is no longer supported.
   So now I have opted for Gateway. Should add that I’ve looked in the Gateway theme
   support area but not been able to find the answer there yet.
 * However, I’m struggling to find how to customise the look of my pages. Although
   I’m fairly tech-savvy what I would really like is a WYSIWYG theme editor. I’m
   happy to pay for one (up to a point), although a freeware solution is always 
   nice! That being said I’m happy to edit style sheets and so on if that’s what
   is needed.
 * Specifically what I would like to do is:
 * 1. Edit fonts, especially in the header and footer
    2. Adjust height of the header
   and footer, and their background colours 3. Reduce the spacing between posts 
   on the blog page (which is also the homepage); right now there is more blank 
   space than I would like
 * If somebody could point me in the right direction for editing this theme, or 
   recommend a more flexible one that would meet the requirements, I’d be very grateful.
   Thanks!
 * Graham
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmodifying-the-gateway-theme%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-the-gateway-theme/#post-11775305)
 * > That being said I’m happy to edit style sheets and so on if that’s what is 
   > needed.
 * That’s exactly what you need to customize the look of a WordPress site, no matter
   which theme you’re using.
 * > Specifically what I would like to do is:
   > 1. Edit fonts, especially in the header and footer
   >  2. Adjust height of the
   > header and footer, and their background colours 3. Reduce the spacing between
   > posts on the blog page (which is also the homepage); right now there is more
   > blank space than I would like
   > If somebody could point me in the right direction for editing this theme, or
   > recommend a more flexible one that would meet the requirements, I’d be very
   > grateful.
 * Go to **APPEARANCE => CUSTOMIZE => ADDITIONAL CSS**
 * And add your custom CSS there, and click PUBLISH to save.
 * Again, that’s the same thing you do irrespective of the theme.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-the-gateway-theme/#post-11775307)
 * I don’t think there’s a “theme editor”. You can change 2 and 3 using CSS.
 * Learn to use the [Chrome Developer Tools](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/)
   or [Firefox Developer Tools](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools) 
   to help you see and test changes to your CSS.
 * There are plugins that let you install fonts, and then you’d use CSS to assign
   them to various page elements.
 * If you want to modify more, then it’s probably best to create a [child theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/),
   but you’ll need to know PHP to start changing the bones of the theme.
 * I recommend asking at [https://wordpress.org/support/theme/gateway#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/gateway#new-post)
   so the theme’s developers and support community can help you with this.
 *  Thread Starter [grahamtownsend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grahamtownsend/)
 * (@grahamtownsend)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-the-gateway-theme/#post-11775495)
 * Thanks both for the replies. The dev tools look interesting especially.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [grahamtownsend](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grahamtownsend/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-the-gateway-theme/#post-11775495)
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