Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

CSS

Posted by Logan Eppley
Logan Eppley
Courses Plus Student 26,697 Points

WordPress CSS Editing

I am trying to get as familiar with WordPress as possible. However, I am having difficulty finding a video or tutorial in TeamTree that isolates how to edit the CSS of any wordpress site/ blog.

Any suggestions? Links to this video or tutorial would be great!

Thanks, Logan

1 Answer

Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points
Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points

I'm not sure about videos but here are some hints!

  • Never edit the theme's core code.
  • Create a child theme if you're going to modify the styling or features heavily.
  • Some themes have a section for you to write custom code to that will save it to a custom style sheet.
  • Any edits you do make to the core css code, will be overwritten if that theme is updated.

So maybe you should look at child themes first and go from there!

Here's a link for getting started, check out 'customising themes' and 'How to make child themes'

Treehouse How to Make a Website with Wordpress