Changed CSS file and Mega Poblems

  • Hi:

    I was tying to change the body font for Magazine Basic. I read up on it here and found instructions as follows:
    how to change font in magazine

    For the font:

    locate body { in your CSS style sheet

    insert the following:
    font-family: arial (or whatever font you want)

    eg:
    body {
    color: #444;
    margin: 0 auto;
    font-size: 14px;
    padding: 0;
    background: #000000;
    font-family: arial
    }

    When I did this I got a mess. No formatting, just a bunch of words running down the side of a page.
    Here’s the way the code looks now.

    body {
    font-family: verdana

    eg:
    body {
    color: #444;
    margin: 0 auto;
    font-size: 14px;
    padding: 0;
    background: #eee;
    font-family: verdana
    position: relative;
    }

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6,
    h1 a, h2 a, h3 a, h4 a, h5 a {
    color: #222;
    font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;
    font-weight: normal;

    I’m a complete novice so I follow instructions to the letter. Am afraid to change anything that isn’t absolutely specified. I do see that there are two other font families specified at the end. Have no idea how they relate to the verdana font-family, whether to change them or how.

    Can anyone help me with this, please? Although I’d like to change the font to a sans serif, I’d take any font just to have my files back.

    Thank you,
    Jane
    https://www.hangingmoonpress.com

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  • The ending ; is required for each css rule…

    font-family: verdana;

    Also review font vs font-family

    body {
	font-family: verdana

eg:
body {
color: #444;
 	margin: 0 auto;
	font-size: 14px;
	padding: 0;
	background: #eee;
font-family: verdana
	position: relative;
	}

    clean this code for instance into:

    body {
	color: #444;
 	margin: 0 auto;
	font-size: 14px;
	padding: 0;
	background: #eee;
font-family: verdana;
	position: relative;
	}

    learn the basics:
    https://www.w3schools.com/css/

    Thread Starter skidawayme

    (@skidawayme)

    Thank you, Seacoast and alchymyth for the recommendations. I do now see the difference between font and font family. I also spent some time at the css tutorial. At the moment, it’s overwhelming but I’ll keep at it.

    As far as changing the code to what you wrote, alchymyth, I copied it exactly but must still be doing something wrong. When I click view from the dashboard, this is what I come up with (and following it, what I see when I access the site from outside:

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    Hanging Moon Press was created in 2012 to showcase the thriller, MESSAGE FROM PANAMA by Britt Vasarhelyi. At present, Hanging Moon Press plans to publish an additional book by Britt, a sequel to MESSAGE FROM PANAMA entitled ESCAPE TO PANAMA.
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    And this is what comes up if I go to the site from the outside:

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    I will try to learn enough to handle this kind of problem in the future but would appreciate a little more guidance at the moment.

    Thank you,
    Jane

    you might need to clear the browser cache by reloading the web page (a few times) or by pressing ‘ctrl f5’

    Thread Starter skidawayme

    (@skidawayme)

    Hi agaun, alchymyth:

    I tried both solutions multiple times but nothing happened. Finally, I decided that I was using a template too challenging for my ability at the moment. I gave up on Magazine Basic and went for Quickpic. Everything was much easier and I feel a lot more comfortable with it. The only problem is that, after creating all my pages, they don’t show up when I input the url. I get the message:
    “Not Found. Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.”
    I double-checked to make sure that I was inputting the correct url (https://www.hangingmoonpress.com) and I was. I checked to make sure I had hit publish and I had. I ran a search on the forums for the error message but all the posts were sections of code without any explanation.
    Can you help me with this or should I post a separate question?
    Many thanks,
    Jane

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