Title: StyleSheet Changes Not Working
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# StyleSheet Changes Not Working

 *  [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * (@vexir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/)
 * Eh, regarding 1.5, the default theme, I try to make changes to the stylesheet(
   yes I changed the permissions so I can edit it) and whenever I click update file,
   nothing changes.
 * I set a bunch of things to be different, but it won’t change it.
 * i.e. I changed
 * #page {
    background-color: white;
 * to
 * #page {
    background-color: orange;

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 *  [fuzzy_logic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzy_logic/)
 * (@fuzzy_logic)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156176)
 * What editor are you using to change your stylesheet? And also, are you editing
   it remotely or locally?
 *  Thread Starter [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * (@vexir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156184)
 * I’m using the Theme Editor in the admininstrator area… under the Presentation
   tab
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156187)
 * Issue 1: There are two `#page` declarations in the default theme’s style.css (
   would be a bug of sorts, eh?).
 * Issue 2: The section of the template that `#page` defines uses a background image,
   which would override background-color settings. (Look for it in the css defined
   in header.php).
 *  Thread Starter [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * (@vexir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156191)
 * This is harder than I thought. :-\
 * Yes there were two #page declarations but I removed one and it still doesn’t 
   work.
 * As for the header.php thing I don’t really know waht you mean
 *  Thread Starter [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * (@vexir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156192)
 * BTW im editing it with dreamweaver now, then uploading
 *  [oriecat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oriecat/)
 * (@oriecat)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156197)
 * In header.php it calls the following images:
 * #page { background: url(“<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/images/kubrickbg.
   jpg”) repeat-y top; border: none; } <?php } else { // No sidebar ?>
    #page { 
   background: url(“<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/images/kubrickbgwide.
   jpg”) repeat-y top; border: none; } <?php } ?>
 *  Thread Starter [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * (@vexir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156212)
 * So do I delete those?
 *  [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/)
 * (@lorelle)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156215)
 * Okay, wait a minute. Did you clear the browser’s cache when you hit REFRESH to
   look at the changes? That can often be the problem and something you should check
   before you start deleting code.
 *  Thread Starter [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * (@vexir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156228)
 * Nope, doesn’t help.
 * I just changed the header image, so that worked for it, but thats about it.
 *  Thread Starter [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * (@vexir)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156654)
 * [quote]Issue 2: The section of the template that #page defines uses a background
   image, which would override background-color settings (Look for it in the css
   defined in header.php).[/quote]
 * What does this mean? How do I do it?

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 * 10 replies
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 * Last reply from: [vexir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vexir/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stylesheet-changes-not-working/#post-156654)
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