Title: custom css not working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# custom css not working

 *  Resolved [tajo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tajo/)
 * (@tajo)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-working/)
 * I’m trying to customize my template which is Minimatica.
 * I just want to make little changes(like colour, font etc) to different areas 
   which I’m quite comfortable with.
 * The problem I’m having:
    I’ve added a custom.css sheet but it does not overide
   the style.css sheet. Do I need to add something to the original style sheet?
 * Another Question: What is the Visual Editor Stylesheet for?
    I’ve not seen this
   before. The Last website I built was using wordpress 3.0 sometime in May and 
   I haven’t seen this sheet before. Should I be editing this instead?
 * Thanks,
 * Tajo

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-working/#post-2223269)
 * > Do I need to add something to the original style sheet?
 * Yes. I’d suggest getting rid of your custom.css sheet and actually editing the
   theme’s main stylesheet.
 * > What is the Visual Editor Stylesheet for?
 * It’s CSS that is intended to replicate the final published page within the Visual
   Editor as closely as possible. It’s a fairly new(ish) addition that is now being
   more heavily promoted amongst theme developers. It attempts to reduce the problems
   for non-technical users who previously had difficulty envisaging what their final
   page would look like when creating content in the Visual Editor.
 * If you use the HTML tab, don’t have a problem creating/editing content or haven’t
   made changes that drastically change the theme’s output, I wouldn’t bother editing
   this file.
 *  Thread Starter [tajo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tajo/)
 * (@tajo)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-working/#post-2223288)
 * Thanks again esmi
 *  [emmagphotography](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmagphotography/)
 * (@emmagphotography)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-working/#post-2223960)
 * @esmi- im having the same problem as this user, but i was told by a woo support
   tech to be sure to do any edits to the code in the custom section in case the
   theme ever gets updated by my client and they loose all of my customizations.
   Have you ever had this happen and if not do you think thats a good enough reason
   to use the custom css? I would hate for her to accidentally update the theme 
   and loose it all…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-css-not-working/#post-2223961)
 * Please post a new topic.

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