new to WP – modifying themes

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    topofsteel · Member ·

    I’m new to WP but I have some experience with web development. I want to switch my site over to a WP powered site, I have started with the Twenty Twelve theme. My workflow has been to modify the site on a local machine and sync with my host. In WP all of the HTML seems to be generated in PHP. What is the best way to start customizing? I created a child theme but there was no concrete way to know which code to override/add. Some reading I did indicated there were versions of themes for a cost that had more options in the Appearance pullout. I want control over colors, fonts, images. Does WP have a CSS editor?
    Lastly, I want to have the menu bar act as the category selector. Would I create an actual page that filtered by category and link to that? Or do I set it up to filter the main page?
    Thank you for your time.

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    You are in the wrong forum and need to be at WordPress.ORG for help with that version of the software. This site is for support with WordPress.com blogs only running a different form of software and we cannot help you with that.

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