Title: Changes with child theme
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Changes with child theme

 *  [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m trying to make changes, in particular to my site title and tagline, in Pachyderm
   theme.
 * I’ve downloaded the one click child theme pluggin and created the Pachyderm child
   theme. I’ve gone to my Go Daddy account, launched web hosting, gone up to the
   Files & FTP tab and clicked on File Manager in the drop down menu.
 * I’ve then clicked on the wp-content folder, then the theme folder then clicked
   on the pachyderm file (the pachychildtheme sits directly about the pachyderm 
   file).
 * What I need to know know is what – specifically – I do now (ie, what I take from
   the pachyderm folder and put into the pachychildtheme folder) to make the changes?
 * Thanks. Craig

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962682)
 * You’ll need to start learning CSS and how to use a browser tool like Firebug –
   it will show you the CSS for an element on your site – then you COPY just that
   piece of CSS to the child theme and make the change there.
 * Good resources:
 * [http://getfirebug.com](http://getfirebug.com)
 * [http://www.w3schools.com/css/](http://www.w3schools.com/css/)
 * [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/css](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/css)
 * For specific CSS help with your site, you need to post a link to it.
 *  Thread Starter [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962684)
 * Yes, I’ve started reading on CSS. The problem I’ve found so far is that quite
   a few assumptions are made about a readers base knowledge. I’ll soldier on.
 * RE; Firebug, do I have to download Firefox first then Firebug or is Firebug a
   stand alone?
 * Cheers,
    Craig
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962689)
 * Yes, Firebug is an addon for Firefox. But Chrome developer tools do basically
   the same thing so if you use Chrome, that’s a good option as well.
 * Yeah, it’s a bit of new stuff, but CSS isn’t too bad (compared to PHP, for example)
   once you get the hang of it. And feel free to post a link to your site if you
   want some specific help or examples :).
 *  Thread Starter [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962691)
 * Yes I use Chrome. Really sorry, but how does that help me with changing my child
   theme?
 * As for my site link, I’ve got it hidden at the moment and am working on it at
   dev.mysitename.com
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962696)
 * Using “Inspect Element” you can see what CSS is being applied to an element on
   the page. You then copy that CSS to the child theme style.css file – and change
   the code there.
 * I have no way to know if your child theme is set up correctly or working correctly
   without seeing it. (I also have not used a plugin for creating one so not sure
   how that works – might be fine, just no experience there.) Have you activated
   the child theme? Once it’s active, is there a style.css file visible under Appearance
   > Editor?
 * Assuming so, I looked at Pachyderm on a test site – this is the CSS for the site
   title (via Inspect Element)
 *     ```
       .site-title {
           clear: both;
           color: #49352F;
           font-family: "Berkshire Swash","Times New Roman",serif;
           font-size: 4.8rem;
           line-height: normal;
           margin: 0;
       }
       ```
   
 * So you can copy all or part of that to the child theme style.css file and change
   it there. IT will then override the CSS code in the parent theme.
 *  Thread Starter [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962700)
 * Excellent. That’s a great start. Thanks!
 * So how do I access Chrome’s Inspect Element? Is it a download?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962703)
 * It’s there already – here’s a good reference:
 * [https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/)
 *  Thread Starter [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962704)
 * Cheers, amte. I’l get to it.
 * Thanks.
 * Craig 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962710)
 * Just curious if there is a resource that will walk me through CSS/Child Themes
   in a logical way from the VERY first step so I can begin to mater what seems 
   to be a voluminous subject?
 * I ask that because I accessed the Web developer tools and looked, but couldn’t
   find the Pachyderm site title code that you supplied. That suggests to me that
   I’ve got knowledge gaps that need to be filled.
 * Cheers, Craig
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962716)
 * This might help:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/canyon-theme-need-help-in-tweaking-the-css-settings?replies=24&view=all#post-4087213](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/canyon-theme-need-help-in-tweaking-the-css-settings?replies=24&view=all#post-4087213)
 *  Thread Starter [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962717)
 * I just had a look at your instructions, Andrew, and on the face of it they look
   like EXACTLY the thing I need; step by step.
 * I’ll let you know how I go! 🙂
 * Cheers mate.
    Craig
 *  Thread Starter [cpbottss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpbottss/)
 * (@cpbottss)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-with-child-theme/#post-3962862)
 * Hi Andrew,
 * I followed your instructions (many thanks BTW) and was able to make at least 
   some of the changes I wanted to make. The part of you instructions that I’m not
   clear on is,
 * “… You’d then transfer this CSS into your Child Theme stylesheet…”
 * At the risk of exposing my lack of knowledge, where is the style sheet and how
   do I access so I can past the changes?
 * Cheers,
    Craig

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