I am new to CSS and really have little idea how to use it to modify an existing theme. I can easily change colors by replacing the hex’s but beyond that I am lost. I would love to build a theme that utilized outlines (a box) for certain text and understand how to work with margins etc. I do not expect anyone here to tutor me but a link to the basics to fool with would be wonderful. Any help would be doggone nifty! I took a try at css.horse with one of my themes and was lost immediately.
Definitely take a look at some of our Themes that have a border on posts, with margins and everything. Otherwise I find MDN is a great resource for learning about CSS!
Then css.horse is great for trying out what you learn in real-time on your blog – playing with the styles there will immediately show you exactly what they do. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to ask here!
Thank you, Matt. As with anything new, the jargon and abbreviations are daunting at first. I bookmarked MDN and have looked at css.horse so I will soon put them together and see what mischief I can get into. I am good at mischief! ACrowe
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This was how I learned the ropes, mostly by poking around the existing themes to understand what CSS selectors they were modifying.
Another thing you can do is use the Inspect Element feature in Safari or Chrome and highlight different sections of the code to see where the divs and bounding boxes are. If you know where they are, you can draw a line around them.
Here’s what I did to your sleek and minimalist blogging platform, Matt. Sorry about that.
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that’s what it’s for! Love the design, your site looks great!
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