Title: CSS changes not updating Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # CSS changes not updating * [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/) * Hi; * I tried changing some colors in the CSS via the theme editor. I don’t see the changes in my blog. I changed the colors in clearly labeled styles (ie header). I hit the update file button. I also blew the cache in my browser and reloaded. No changes. * Is there a trick I am overlooking? * Thanks Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/page/2/?output_format=md) * [resiny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/resiny/) * (@resiny) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394155) * hit control+f5, if that didn’t work double check your code and make sure you didn’t make any errors * Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394192) * What is control f5 supposed to do? – refresh my browser? – a wordpress command that truly updates my blog? * I ask because I want to know what app I am supposed to be in when I do this. Thanks. * I checked my code, there are only so many ways mess up “white;” 🙂 * Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394193) * Okay I tried ctrl f5 in wordpress, still no dice. Could the files be read only and will wordpress tell me if that is the case? * I changed to the body color to bgcolor to black in the default theme, that should have been very visible. * Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394197) * I checked the file directly. It did update but I do not see the changes on the blog. Here is what the section of code I altered looks like. * This is from the style.css in the default wordpress theme. I changed the background color ( or tried to ) for the body from gray to black: * /* Begin Typography & Colors */ body { font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px*/ font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; background-color: black; color: #333; text-align: center; } * Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394199) * To anticipate the next question I am using word press 2.02 * [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/) * (@ladydelaluna) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394200) * Go to the SITE and use ctrl and f5. It’s a “hard refresh” that ensures an uncached view of the page (I know, you said you cleared the cache already, but just try it anyway – it’s not some evasive WP only code – it’s what you can use on any site, WP built or not.) * Just a hunch – maybe try using the color code as opposed to the word of the color? White is #ffffff, black is #000000 (zeros) * And the default theme is notoriously wonky to modify – if you’re trying to edit the header colors in the default theme, that’s where your issue is. * What version of WP are you using? (The latest 2.0.2 has a separate tab as to where you can change the header colors.) * [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/) * (@ladydelaluna) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394202) * The URL would be helpful as well. We can pull the CSS from that and try to help you better. * Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394208) * Okay, – I went to my blog site and did ctrol F-5 – no luck. * – I tried the color code #000000 instead of “black” – no luck * – I am editing the style.css file through the wordpress interface which is updating the file ( I checked the file directly ) * – I am using wp 2.02, I am not trying to change the header, I am trying to change the background color in the default theme in the area around the blog from gray to black. * – the url for my site is [http://www.beforewisdom.com/blog/](http://www.beforewisdom.com/blog/) * Thanks in advance for the help! * [http://www.beforewisdom.com/blog/](http://www.beforewisdom.com/blog/) * [timo0403](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timo0403/) * (@timo0403) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394211) * Hi * I have the post below and I have exactly the same problem. When you mean go to site to execute Ctrl F5 what exactly do you mean .. execute Ctrl F5 when page is in browser or whilst logged in Admin … * Someone mentioned Dreamweaver not able to amend WP files .. this is how I did it .. is this a problem? * thanks Timo * [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/) * (@maerk) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394212) * Hi, * In your header.php file, try changing the line that says * `body { background: url("http://beforewisdom.com/blog/wp-content/themes/default/ images/kubrickbgcolor.jpg"); }` * to * `body { background: black url("http://beforewisdom.com/blog/wp-content/themes/ default/images/kubrickbgcolor.jpg"); }` * Edit: The Kubrick theme (the default wordpress theme) stores colours and background images directly in the `head` of your page. This means that your style.css rules will be overridden, since CSS in the `head` of pages takes precedence. * It might be a good idea to remove the styles from `head` and put them into your style.css file, this will make it easier to edit in the future. * [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/) * (@maerk) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394213) * Ctrl-f5 is a feature of your web browser. It has nothing to do with wordpress. When you press ctrl-f5 when viewing a web page it loads a completely fresh copy from the server, and overwrites the copy in the cache. * (The cache is a temporary store on your computer of web pages that speeds up viewing web pages that you have already seen.) * Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394214) * Okay, I think I found the issue. I saved my blog page (view source ) and found that the developer hardcoded images to substitute for colors in the default theme( he made some comments in the code to identify it as such ) * I deleted the image path and got the color I wanted in the view-source copy of the page I downloaded. * The trouble is, I can’t find that same code in theme editor sections in word press * [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/) * (@maerk) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394215) * It’s in the Header file — it should be labelled as Header or something similar, I can’t remember despite having edited it about a million times myself! * Thread Starter [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beforewisdom/) * (@beforewisdom) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394216) * Okay, I found the code in word press that uses pictures to override the style sheet..thanks. * [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/) * (@maerk) * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/#post-394217) * A warning though: the design relies heavily on images, so don’t delete the image path! Try the edit I recommended in my post above, and backup your theme files before proceeding. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘CSS changes not updating’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [not](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/not/) * [updating](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/updating/) * 21 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/) * Last activity: [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-changes-not-updating/page/2/#post-394238) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics