My Style.css says it can't be edited

  • I have the Starker theme loaded. I am working out of Dreamweaver on the localhost and when I open the style.css in code view there is a message at the top that say’s “‘style.css’ is a remote file and cannot be edited”. Where is it located. I know it’s on my system but where would it have been inserted. How can I make it editable.

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  • As a rule, you don’t want to edit the theme’s style.css file (or any other of the theme’s files). If the theme gets updated because of feature enhancements, bug fixes, or security patches, or if the theme has to be updated because of a change to the WordPress core, then your changes will be lost. Instead, either create a child theme or use a CSS plugin like Jetpack or Custom CSS Manager.

    However, to answer your question about the location of style.css, it’s typically located in the theme’s folder:
    /wp-content/themes/starker/style.css
    for example. Not sure why your style.css file would be located remotely. You should be able find the exact location by doing a view source on your page and looking for the link to the style.css file.

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