No, you only put changes in the child theme – and add CSS there that OVERRIDES the styles in the parent theme. A browser tool like Firebug will be extremely helpful in finding (or creating) the code to add.
Do I copy the entire style.css file into the child file?
No. The child’s style.css file should simply @import the parent’s CSS file and then include only the new CSS.
Thread Starter
Danilow
(@dan-saultman)
and then include only the new CSS. This is not clear. If I modify a line or section of the parent, then copy it to the child, do it just drop this line in after the initial css text? and then redo the parent css?
I don’t get it.
Download and learn how to use Firebug – http://getfirebug.com – see the info on their site as to how to use it. It shows you the CSS code to change – you don’t ever changes anything in the parent theme.
Thread Starter
Danilow
(@dan-saultman)
I have a web dev app. You did not answer my question. Nor did the firebug page answer it. Are only strings of modified code added to the child file? Where does modified code GO??
You can put any CSS code in the child style.css file – whatever code you need to make the changes you want. The parent theme may not have all the code you need – it just depends on what you are trying to do.
It goes in the child theme style.css file – as to the order, that too MAY depend on what you are doing.
How much CSS do you know? This is a good reference site:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
