Editing CSS

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  olympib6 · Member · Jun 7, 2011 at 11:21 pm

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  I am very new…..I bought CSS upgrade to change my font style. I am doing my best to read through CSS codes. I have one written down to transfer over but my real problem is understanding the logistics. My first problem is it says to develop my stylesheet offline. Ok…. I dont understand this at all. Where???? The other is to check the validation service…tried that and got a red error message with 199 errors. I can handle figuring out the CSS code I just dont understand how to incorporate it into my web page. Do I type over something or what? This really has got me confused.
  I need to know exactly where I go to make the code change and how I do it.

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  devblog · Member · Jun 8, 2011 at 4:40 am

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  Useful links that I’d encourage you to read:

  Since you’re new to CSS, this might help you understand better how CSS works:

  http://csswiz.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/css-101/

  What the CSS Editor should have

  http://csswiz.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/if-you-have-the-wp-com-css-upgrade/

  And how to edit the CSS of your theme:

  Add Custom CSS

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  admbesart · Member · Jun 13, 2011 at 10:22 am

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  Can somebody tell me how i can edit my BLog Platform ??

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  timethief · Member · Jun 13, 2011 at 5:03 pm

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  @admbesart
  We cannot edit templates or themes on WordPress.com free hosted blogs. There is no FTP access to our blogs and we cannot upload themes from the internet which are for wordpress.ORG self hosted installs into them. The only themes we can use are found here > Appearance > Themes
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  We can purchase an annually renewable CSS editing upgrade. Since there is no official Staff support for the CSS upgrade, and precious little Volunteer support, I recommend that you don’t buy the upgrade unless you have at least moderate understanding of HTML and CSS because you must be prepared to do the work on your own.

  If you are considering purchasing the upgrade, you can go to Appearance > Edit CSS. There wordpress has provided a preview function where you can try before you buy.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/editing-css/

  If you do purchase the upgrade then consult the links posted immediately above by devblog. It will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but it does not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to wordpress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes here at wordpress.COM.