Changing the color of the post titles

celebratingsunshine24 · Member · Jun 30, 2014 at 8:34 pm
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How can I change the color of the post titles on a twenty eleven theme?
Thank you!

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thistimethisspace · Member · Jun 30, 2014 at 9:41 pm
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There are two free custom color palettes you can access in the theme customizer. Appearance > Customize

Otherwise you need an upgrade. WordPress.com sells custom design upgrades. They allow us to “preview” change that do not actually display on the blog unless we purchase the upgrade.

If you have not purchased the custom design upgrade note that no changes you try out aside from those such as Custom Background, Custom Header, etc. which are stated on the theme description pages in the features column (right hand side) will be visible to visitors.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/
thistimethisspace · Member · Jun 30, 2014 at 9:42 pm
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Oh no! I’m sorry sorry I posted that. I just noticed this thread is already in the CSS Forum. Please ignore my comment above.
celebratingsunshine24 · Member · Jun 30, 2014 at 11:05 pm
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I was just thinking to buy the custom design upgrade, but will I myself be able to change the color of the post titles following some instructions or will I have to pay someone else to do it for me? I don’t really have CSS knowledge.
Thank you for your answer! :-)
kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 1, 2014 at 3:30 pm
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Hi there, we do offer help with CSS here in this forum, and we also love helping folks learn basic CSS so they can become more self-sufficient. CSS is really fun!

You can see what your post titles would look like in a different colour by previewing this CSS under Appearance > Customize > CSS:
```
h1.entry-title, h1.entry-title a {
	color: #bb00bb;
}
```
You can change bb00bb to whatever colour code you like: http://0to255.com/

Learning how to target your site’s CSS will help you make certain design and layout changes. Here are some very helpful posts that will help you customize your site with CSS:

An Intro to CSS: Finding CSS Selectors

An Intro to CSS, or How to Make Things Look Like You Like

Intro to CSS: Previewing Changes with the Matched Rule Pane

http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/how-to-find-your-themes-css/

If CSS is new to you, here are some resources for learning more about it:
- CSS Basics
- Editing CSS
celebratingsunshine24 · Member · Jul 1, 2014 at 8:12 pm
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Thank you so much, kathrynwp. Very valuable answer! :-)
kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 1, 2014 at 8:29 pm
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My pleasure. Have fun. :-)
softcodelink · Member · Jul 1, 2014 at 9:01 pm
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Make changes on style css file.

CSS code:
```
h1.entry-title, h1.entry-title a {
	color: #bb00bb;
}
```
celebratingsunshine24 · Member · Jul 2, 2014 at 1:23 am
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Thank you! :-)

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