Using Child Theme–too late to do the style.css for it?

  • I did the create a style.css for your child theme thing, created that file, but then just started building my site using the child theme, figuring I could add any changes to the css to the child style.css file when I was done. Now I’ve been told this shouldn’t be done. So now what should I do? I don’t think I’ve departed very far from the parent theme yet. Is it too late to add the code to the child style.css?

    I’m not even sure how I’d be adding changes to the child style.css anyway. Is there a thread that answers that? Doing a search doesn’t keep me in the forums.

    Feeling lost here.

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  • lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    I did the create a style.css for your child theme thing, created that file, but then just started building my site using the child theme, figuring I could add any changes to the css to the child style.css file when I was done.

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    did you make any changes to the templates?
    did you make an changes to CSS and store theme somewhere other than the child theme CSS?
    did you save any changes to the parent theme CSS file?
    —–
    CSS changes can be done in several areas and some themes have special options that don’t really use the child theme.

    Which theme are you using for the parent theme?

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by lisa.
    Thread Starter mageeg

    (@mageeg)

    Thanks for your reply. I’m using Longevity Pro. I didn’t use the parnet them at all, I immediately made and activated the child. The theme included a style.css and functions.php to use with a child, but that just had the basic header with the approiate areas filled in and the enqueue coding. So far I’ve just been working within the template, making choices via the dropdown menus/radio buttons to choose a built-in color scheme and page layouts. I’ve used widgets but as far as I know they’re part of the theme too(?). The only plugin I’ve used on it is the WordPress Database Rest when I messed up.

    I haven’t inserted anything in the child style.css yet. Should I have? Or do I just do that if I import changes from elsewhere/make my own changes?

    Thread Starter mageeg

    (@mageeg)

    *parent theme

    lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    might be best to contact the theme development team to find out if using the theme options panel (sounds like that is what you are doing) will be a good substitute long term for using CSS file to capture changes.

    Is this the website for the theme?
    https://www.shapedpixels.com/themes/longevity-pro/

    (I don’t have access to commercial themes, so I don’t know what options are available)

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