Saved custom edits

xala
February 12, 2011 at 2:33 pm #452

Since I just updated the theme I have just lost my custom edits I had made to the css and script code I had done by using the WP editor. Can there be a way to preserve these edits in future?

Amongst the edits I had done I had floated a logo to the right of the header, changed the header bar colour to a custom style and increased the navigation font size.

Quite annoying to have to redo that all again!

Admin

Syahir Hakim
February 12, 2011 at 2:36 pm #12523

The only way is to use a child theme for complex edits. For purely CSS edits, you can use the new Custom CSS feature in the theme’s Display options page. It should be obvious that editing the theme’s files directly (even by using the WP editor) will cause the changes to be lost when the theme is updated.

kipper
February 12, 2011 at 2:48 pm #12524

I am fairly new to using WP and it did not occur to me when I went for the update. I will know nest time (how often are there updates?)

The new custom css is great and a helpful start but doesn’t solve where a relating div id for example would be placed in a file. Guess I’ll just keep a back up record of the edits in future.

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Syahir Hakim
February 12, 2011 at 3:05 pm #12525

The best and recommended way to go is really to use a child theme.

kipper
February 12, 2011 at 3:14 pm #12526

OK – that all new to me thanks. Looking at that link now to learn more.