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  talesfromthevineblog · Member · Feb 11, 2018 at 12:46 am

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  Hi there – I’ve been making appearance changes in my site by opening up the site page through the inspection tab. I can see my changes being made on my site instantly, however they are lost after I publish. I don’t know how to copy my site’s script/code onto my CSS page after I modify the element code. I’m thinking this may be why my changes aren’t being saved? Thanks for your help! I’ve cleared my cache and nothing is changing.

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  ceoadebayo · Member · Feb 11, 2018 at 4:07 am

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  Hi talesfromthevineblog,

  I am certain the problem is not with the clearing of your cache as the changes you made through the website inspect element did not change the CSS code in your theme.

  I will suggest you access the CSS editor, first launch your site customizer then click on the CSS tab to access the CSS editor.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/

  I hope this works.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 11, 2018 at 4:27 am

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  @talesfromthevineblog, if you make changes in the web inspector, those will not save to your site. What you have to do is to enter the changes you make in the web inspector into the CSS editor, which is at Customize > CSS. You can copy out changes you make in the web inspector and paste them in there.

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  talesfromthevineblog · Member · Feb 13, 2018 at 5:35 am

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  I added the change to CSS and still no change. I’ve added a box to my header, however I’m not able to make any other changes. I’ve pasted color changes to CSS and no changes.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 13, 2018 at 5:53 am

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  Hi there, hex color codes are 6 digits, and the one you have for .entry-title is only 5.

  Also, there are two cases for entry titles, and you also need to include the “a” (link) CSS selector as well, like this. You can edit the color code I used.

  .entry-title, .entry-title a {
  	color: #cc0000;
  }

  If you can post the other things that are not saving, we can take a look at it. It might be the selector, or it may be something else.

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  talesfromthevineblog · Member · Feb 14, 2018 at 6:14 am

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  Thanks so much for your help! I was able to change everything except the color of my site title. I’m still having issues with it. My title code is the correct digits so it appears I’m maybe missing a wrong entry title?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 14, 2018 at 8:25 am

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  For your site title, use the following. The first rule is the normal, non-hover state, and the second is the hover state.

  .site-branding .site-title a {
    color: #cc0000;
  }
  .site-branding .site-title a:focus, .site-branding .site-title a:hover {
    color: #33cc33;
  }

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  talesfromthevineblog · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 2:41 am

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  Thank you! This worked! :)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 16, 2018 at 2:49 am

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  Hooray and you are welcome!