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I have a Wordpress Question

by MamaShell
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I am trying to build a Wordpress site and I am having a problem with trying to change the font size and header color. Can anyone point me in the right direction? It seems like it would be a simple fix, but I just don't see how to do it:confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author reynoldscorb
    That can all be changed by using the "Editor" function. If you're familiar with html, you can open up the style sheet and make a few changes, but if not I would recommend looking for a screenshot somewhere.
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  • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
    Font size and header color can be changed in CSS file.

    Wordpress admin control panel - left column - appearance - editor - far right hand side - Styles - Stylesheet - (style.css)

    Edit the style.css file change the font size to whatever you want.

    Header color should be in the CSS file as well.

    If your not sure what section of the CSS file controls what, install firefox and install the firebug plugin. You can then use firebug to see what section of the CSS file controls certain sections of your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Precious-Ngwu
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    • Profile picture of the author MamaShell
      Thanks for the quick replies!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Just for the record: this is NOT a specific WP question per se.

    It is a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) issue. If you have experience with CSS based design, it will be a 30 seconds job. If you are not familiar with XHTML/CSS it could take a day... Better find somebody who can fix it in a few minutes and give her/him $5

    The correct part in the asnwers above is that you have to eidt the style.css. file.

    The absolutely wrong part in the answers above is where they tell you to use WP's online theme editor. To be able to do that it will ask you to set the permissions (chmod) on your template files to 666 - which means world wide writable - opening up your blog to any hacker. Not to mention the simple fact there is no Undo button there!

    I know from epxerience that 99% of the WP users NEVER change back the permissions after editing the files, so all those editing their themes online leave their blogs wide open to be hacked.
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    • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      To be able to do that it will ask you to set the permissions (chmod) on your template files to 666 - which means world wide writable - opening up your blog to any hacker.
      I thought wordpress 3 fixed having to chmod your files before their editable?

      A couple of weeks ago I installed a new theme - installed wordpress 3, and I no longer have to chmod files to edit them. In the wordpress 3 release video, the guy talked about how they were going to streamline editing themes and colors.


      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      Not to mention the simple fact there is no Undo button there!
      Yep - backup all your files before you make any changes.

      Download the original file via FTP as a backup. If something goes wrong, upload the original file - overwritting the changed file.
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    • Profile picture of the author MamaShell
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      Just for the record: this is NOT a specific WP question per se.

      It is a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) issue. If you have experience with CSS based design, it will be a 30 seconds job. If you are not familiar with XHTML/CSS it could take a day... Better find somebody who can fix it in a few minutes and give her/him $5

      The correct part in the asnwers above is that you have to eidt the style.css. file.

      The absolutely wrong part in the answers above is where they tell you to use WP's online theme editor. To be able to do that it will ask you to set the permissions (chmod) on your template files to 666 - which means world wide writable - opening up your blog to any hacker. Not to mention the simple fact there is no Undo button there!

      I know from epxerience that 99% of the WP users NEVER change back the permissions after editing the files, so all those editing their themes online leave their blogs wide open to be hacked.

      Sorry about the title of my post. I didn't know about the style.css. I learned something today! Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    kev,

    you misunderstood that. They made it easy to edit the present default theme (Twenty Ten) from the admin panel: changing the header image and/or the bg image/colour.

    It doesn't mean you can do that with any theme. The permissions to be able to edit a file in your custom theme are a server side issue, so the WP developers can't do anything about it.

    I am sitting here having opened a WP 3 installation and trying to edit the Twenty Ten NOT through its admin panel but through the famous "Theme Editor". Here is what I see:

    You need to make this file writable before you can save your changes. See the Codex for more information.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    You don't need to apologize
    Nobody was born knowing what the heck CSS is... it took me a long time to figure it out!

    I am glad that you found my post useful. Let me know if you need more specific help.
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