color of font in main header (title) of a page

duanesherry · Member · May 26, 2008 at 3:21 am
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How do I change the color in the main title (header) of a page?

I am new to CSS.
Can you please help me step-by-step?

Thank you,

Duane Sherry
http://discoverandrecover.wordpress.com
singularcontiguity · Member · May 26, 2008 at 3:30 am
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I’m not sure what you mean by a “main title (header)”… can you provide a specific example of what you’d like to change on your site?

For example, on this page, are you looking to change the “Discover and Recover” text, the navigation tabs that let you go from one page to another, or the word “Contact” just above the image of the pen?
duanesherry · Member · May 27, 2008 at 6:47 am
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Want to make the ‘Warning: Medication Withdrawal” red.

On opening page –

http://discoverandrecover.wordpress.com
aishwaryawedsabhishek · Member · May 27, 2008 at 7:29 am
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you will have to create a new css class for this header link which you want to turn red. and then update your theme appropriately to display the change. but you will have to purchase an yearly subscription to update css.
duanesherry · Member · May 27, 2008 at 7:35 am
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i have the css – bought it from wordpress
how do i do it?
fisheyss · Member · May 27, 2008 at 8:02 am
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What do you mean? Do you mean the Title of the posts?
raincoaster · Member · May 27, 2008 at 8:30 am
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Here is a list of CSS resources. There is essentially no support in the forums for step-by-step instructions. There are only about three people here who understand CSS in the first place.
raincoaster · Member · May 27, 2008 at 8:31 am
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Oops, helps to include the resource links:

Where can I find CSS customization help?
singularcontiguity · Member · May 27, 2008 at 12:32 pm
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duanesherry,

Give the following a try:
li.page-item-45 { color:red; }
duanesherry · Member · May 27, 2008 at 8:28 pm
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singularcontiguity,

Put it in the post – but nothing happend
Do I have to preface it with anything?

Add any other information? – it won’t take…

Duane
boblets · Member · May 27, 2008 at 8:30 pm
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That bit goes in your css.
singularcontiguity · Member · May 27, 2008 at 8:39 pm
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Yep, exactly. :-)

There’d be another way to do it if you just wanted to change something that was actually text you entered in a post, but there’s no way to change the header without using the custom CSS upgrade.
duanesherry · Member · May 27, 2008 at 10:39 pm
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Where in the post?
And, is there anything else to type into the post?

I have Custom CSS.
I put the information into the post, and it didn’t take it.

Duane
ellaella · Member · May 27, 2008 at 10:40 pm
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You don’t put it in the post. As mentioned above, you put it in your CSS.
duanesherry · Member · May 27, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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How do I put it in my CSS?

Duane
singularcontiguity · Member · May 27, 2008 at 11:49 pm
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On the dashboard, select Design > Edit CSS. Put your CSS in the textbox there, make sure the option “Add to existing CSS” is selected, and save it. :-)
duanesherry · Member · May 28, 2008 at 1:35 am
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I tried it this way –
Went into CSS

Add to Existing CSS
View Stylesheet –
Opened Wordpad (out of choices)

Put in the data (exactly as mentioned above) – Saved it

Nothing happened.

What am I doing wrong?

Duane
singularcontiguity · Member · May 28, 2008 at 1:40 am
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You want to skip the “View stylesheet” step. There’s a textbox just above that, which is where you want to put the CSS from above.
duanesherry · Member · May 28, 2008 at 2:00 am
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singularcontiguity,

i put it in the textbook
and saved it

still nothing –
this is getting frustrating

i appreciate your help and patience!

duane
duanesherry · Member · May 28, 2008 at 2:02 am
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This is what I saved in the stylesheet –

li.page-item-45 {
color:red;
}

No items found.