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WordPress

Posted by Michael Hampshire
Michael Hampshire
12,206 Points

Why is that only some of my CSS works in Wordpress?

I'm currently trying to learn WordPress. I know how to link a child theme and do some editing there but when I save the changes, only some of the CSS works. Why is that? I've watched some of the WordPress videos here on the site, but are there any other recommended courses I take?

This is the CSS I have on my website:

/* Theme Name: Simpleshift Child Author: Michael Hampshire Template: simpleshift version: 1.0.8 */

@import "../simpleshift/style.css";

.banner-title { color: blue; }

.btn-simpleshift { background-color: blue; }

The only thing that changes is the banner title which turns from white to blue. But the button background only stays orange (its original color). Any help or advice would be awesome!

Thanks, Mike

1 Answer

Michael Hampshire
Michael Hampshire
12,206 Points

Maybe this is apart of the problem. When I make a child theme, do I need to include all of the .php files? All I have in the theme folder now is the style.css file?

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

I agree with Brian Jensen it's best practice to create a functions.php file and then enqueue both parent and child theme styles.

here is a sold example on how to set that up: enqueue styles

What do you mean by all of your files? for a child theme you need a style.css and a functions.php file to enqueue both parent and child theme styles. you only include files to your child theme folder if you are creating new files, or overwriting files from the parent theme.