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  zaplite · Member · Feb 16, 2016 at 11:09 pm

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  I would like to edit the colour of text in the sidebar text widget. I was using the following snippet:

  Your text here

  This works as long as I don’t use another colour, such as #303030, at which point the code is stripped out.

  … for some reason they suggest here (https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/) that I contact WordPress, but it doesn’t seem to be possible to do more than post in the forum. So here we are.

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

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  timethief · Member · Feb 16, 2016 at 11:11 pm

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  What is the exact URL starting with http:// of the site you refer to please?

  I’m asking because we cannot accurately answer questions posted here until we have confirmed the URL referred to and verified the hosting.

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  zaplite · Member · Feb 17, 2016 at 12:15 am

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  It’s a WordPress.com site.

  https://evansandercock.wordpress.com

  Is that what you need to know?

  Thanks.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 18, 2016 at 9:13 pm

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  If you are referring only to the text inside of your posts and pages you can make some changes without an annually renewable upgrade.

  For changing font families, colors and size in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page by coding into the Text ie. HTML editor see http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/formatting-text-pt-5/

  For changing font colors in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page using the #4 icon (Select text color – change the text color) in Row 2 the Visual editor. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2

  To display the second row of icons, first select the toolbar toggle icon at the end of row 1 and click it. https://i0.wp.com/en.support.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/kitchensink.png
  Then see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#text-color

  However, if you want to make any font changes to blog titles or widget titles then you need the premium upgrade bundle that includes the custom design upgrade in it. See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ that contains a custom design upgrade required for CSS editing:
  Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

  Note that once you have the required upgrade you can use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can create a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need with CSS editing.

  You can also post there prior to purchasing an upgrade to get an answer to whether or not what you want to do can be accomplished via CSS editing.

  If you don’t succeed then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  serealities · Member · Feb 18, 2016 at 11:30 pm

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  Hi, I want to change the font only on the first line of my homepage. I tried this:
  <p style=”font-family: LTC Bodoni 175;”>Loan Some Serials Collection</p>
  but it didn’t work. Can you correct what I’m doing wrong?
  Thanks

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  serealities · Member · Feb 18, 2016 at 11:51 pm

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  Elemin theme if that matters

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  druesome · Staff · Feb 19, 2016 at 9:55 am

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  @zaplite: your code should work inside a Text Widget. Can you tell me where I can see this code not working for you? I’ve tried variants of it on my test site, and they all worked well without getting stripped:

  <p style='color:#808080;'>Your text here</p>
  <p style='color:#303030;'>Your text here</p>
  <p style='color:red;'>Your text here</p>

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  druesome · Staff · Feb 19, 2016 at 10:06 am

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  @serealities: The code should work if you have the LTC Bodoni font active in the Site Customizer, and structure the HTML way:

  <p style='font-family: ltc-bodoni-175;' >Loan Some Serials Collection</p>

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  timethief · Member · Feb 21, 2016 at 12:59 am

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  @druesome
  Thank you. :)

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  zaplite · Member · Feb 22, 2016 at 6:06 pm

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  Okay, that’s really weird. I tried what I posted in my original question several times before posting to verify that this was an actual problem and not a typing error. Just now I pasted into the same text box exactly what druesome recommended, and it worked fine! I tried it on another WordPress site I have co-authored and it worked on there as well.

  So, no idea what’s going on there — probably user error somehow :P — and thank you very much for your help.

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  druesome · Staff · Feb 24, 2016 at 9:02 am

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  Glad to hear it worked! You’re welcome! :)