Title: Very basic child theme question
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Very basic child theme question

 *  [cgs230](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cgs230/)
 * (@cgs230)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-basic-child-theme-question/)
 * Ok, so kid gloves here people. I’m very, very new to wordpress…
 * Here’s what I have on my child theme:
 * -a blank page
    and these empty files:
 * 404 Template
    (404.php) Theme Functions (functions.php) Styles Stylesheet (style.
   css) RTL Stylesheet (rtl.css)
 * Here’s my question:
    If I want to edit CSS, do I just open up the style.css and
   start entering CSS? Do I want to copy and paste from my parent theme before doing
   it, so I have it as a reference? It seems like people in videos/demos are always
   writing directly below the style that they’re overwriting, no?
 * The last thing I want to do is screw things up in an effort to improve things,
   you know? I’d rather leave styles as is than mess em up.

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