Vonn

For the many others who will no doubt encounter the same issue, my stupidity was nested files AND chmod issues. Then I saw this excellent video posted elsewhere on these forums….lucidly explained and with such a great accent too – kentuckyclassroom

Sorted! Decided to decipher stylesheet by means hexadecimal colour numbers and that way, I found where font colour was – inelegant but it worked… Thanks again esmi

Thanks esmi – that worked great – it’s just right. Last question, is this the code that refers to the default font colour for posts?

.post-meta { color:#fff; font-size:11px; }

esmi, thanks I changed the post background fine but can you explain how the font tag works?

.post .entry p {
padding-bottom:15px;

is that just the start of the font tags or is it the font tag; and if so, what is it saying?? I just need a black font

@samboll, Hurrah it worked! Two days ago I would not have known or cared about chmod….now I see, as through a glass, darkly ?? Thanks a million