Edit CSS on iPad

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  peterdjames · Member · Sep 4, 2012 at 6:54 pm

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  Anyone know how to edit WordPress.com CSS on iPad? The tex field on the “custom design > CSS edit” page is not editable (no keyboard or cursor).

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  designsimply · Member · Sep 5, 2012 at 9:53 pm

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  I’ll see what I can find out about this—I’ll need to ask for help since I don’t have an iPad myself. I did try testing it in Safari 6 with the Develop → User Agent → iPad option, and it worked fine for me there but that likely wasn’t a good enough test.

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  peterdjames · Member · Sep 5, 2012 at 10:18 pm

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  Thanks! (No time like the present to go buy one :-)…)

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 6, 2012 at 1:01 am

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  Give me a free upgrade and I’ll test it for ya. ;-)

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 6, 2012 at 1:03 am

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  When I try it on mine in the free preview it does not work.

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 6, 2012 at 1:07 am

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  And the situation is the same on both the web page approach and the WordPress app.

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  peterdjames · Member · Sep 6, 2012 at 5:30 am

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  I have a feeling the only solution is going to be either 1) a change in the iPad safari browser itself (iOS 6?), 2) a change in the WordPress.com site, or 3) an added feature built into the WordPress app.

  Is there any way to request such a feature in the app?

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  designsimply · Member · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:16 pm

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  @peterdjames, this is something we’ll look into on our side! Hang tight though, I’m not sure exactly when we can get to it. I can’t promise a specific timeline, but hopefully within the next few weeks max (or sooner even).

  In the mean time, I’m hoping you have access to temporarily use a laptop or another computer instead of your iPad if you need to make CSS edits right now.

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  designsimply · Member · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:17 pm

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  @houstonweaver, also wanted to say, thanks tons for testing! Very helpful.

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:46 pm

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  Happy to test anytime.

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 9, 2012 at 3:55 pm

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  If it is any help, I have both WordPress.com sites and sites using wordpress on a web host. I AM able to use the Editor and edit CSS on my iPad in both the WordPress app and via the safari browser. I realize the editor is much different from the .com CSS interface.

  And on .com, I have only tried the testing because I haven’t decided which blog I would prefer to get the upgrade for.

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  houstonweaver · Member · Sep 9, 2012 at 4:33 pm

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  Got the CSS upgrade for one blog. Still no ability to edit on iPad.

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  ethitter · Member · Sep 20, 2012 at 9:05 pm

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  An update was deployed today that resolves this problem. Your CSS won’t be color coded in the editor on your iPad, which was a necessary side effect of this fix.

  When editing CSS from a desktop browser, the color coding will appear as it did prior to this update.