Title: WORKING FINALLY
Last modified: December 17, 2021

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# WORKING FINALLY

 *  [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/)
 * Styles were never called.
    But I am changing the review to 5 stars because the
   author helped me to go thru the problems until they were solved.
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Tim Reeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-reeves/)
 * (@tim-reeves)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15169793)
 * Hi [@hairypotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/) ,
    well I’m
   really surprised at your comment, which I find uncharitable and incorrect. Just
   look at the plugin landing page and you’ll see that I’ve written much more than
   almost any other plugin offers, even including the history of the plugin and 
   how to put it to work together with Advanced Editor Styles. I have it installed
   and working fine on a lot of sites (so it seems have about 8.000 others), including
   with Gutenberg. If you have a specific problem then please ask for support before
   complaining. That said, I can’t guarantee quick support as I’m so busy in these
   turbulent times, but a few minutes may be possible to clear up any misunderstandings.
   Hoping this helps, Tim
 * P.S. I’m 67 and sliding slowly into retirement, and would be most glad if someone
   else would take over responsibility for the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15169934)
 * Hi, thanks for your message.
 * For example, I have this code on a page
 * <p class=”abc”>HELLO WORLD</p>
 * and this css
 *     ```
       .abc {
         font-style: italic;
           color:#444;
           line-height: 1.6;
           letter-spacing:1px;
           font-family: 'Fuzzy Bubbles', cursive;
           font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed', sans-serif;
           font-family: 'Shadows Into Light', cursive;
           font-size: 1.2em;
         }
       ```
   
 * on both `editor-style.css` and `editor-style-shared.css`.
 * Styles are not applied anywhere.
 * I have tried
 * `p.abc { // bla bla }`
 * and nothing
 * If I do
 *     ```
       p {
         font-style: italic;
           color:#444;
           line-height: 1.6;
           letter-spacing:1px;
           font-family: 'Fuzzy Bubbles', cursive;
           font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed', sans-serif;
           font-family: 'Shadows Into Light', cursive;
           font-size: 1.2em;
         }
       ```
   
 * then it applies the style to all paragraphs.
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/).
 *  Plugin Author [Tim Reeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-reeves/)
 * (@tim-reeves)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15170032)
 * First of all, you only need to put a style in editor-style-shared.css for it 
   be available both in the frontend (web page) and the backend editor.
 * If it’s not working then you probably have a problem with your setting for having
   it included. This must be
 * a) selected on the settings page of the plugin, at “1. Enhance the visual style
   of your TinyMCE”. Personally I always select the 3rd option and use an extra 
   directory “uploads/styles/”, which seems the cleanest way.
 * and b) you have to upload your locally edited files via FTP to the exact location
   you specify in the settings, and without changing the file names, these are fixed
   in the code.
 * And then, it really should work. I haven’t heard of any problems in this area.
   If there are problems it will normally be with a bug in Advanced Editor Tools
   plugin which overwrites entries in the “Formats” dropdown of TinyMCE, but that’s
   a different topic.
 *  Thread Starter [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15170127)
 * I have tried what you suggested. Problem continues.
 *  Thread Starter [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15170176)
 * This is how I have created the style
 * [https://ibb.co/vkH48Gq](https://ibb.co/vkH48Gq)
 *  Plugin Author [Tim Reeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-reeves/)
 * (@tim-reeves)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15170265)
 * Well, that’s not how you create a style; that’s how you create an entry for the“
   Formats” dropdown of TinyMCE (btw. try without “Exact”)
 * Those entries only allow you to work more conveniently with TinyMCE (unless you
   define inline styles – not recommended), and can be used for any styles which
   are available in the frontend, e.g. from the theme or another plugin.
 * CSS entries here are effectively a convenience to save you having to switch to
   the text tab of TinyMCE and adding the class manually to the HTML.
 * Please check out the section above in the settings, about how to specify, edit
   and upload your styles.
 * You can see if a stylesheet is being loaded by using the browser debugger (ctrl
   shift i in FF / Chrome) and there the Network tab.
 *  Thread Starter [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15171176)
 * Thanks for your answer.
 * Network shows the plugin style is not being loaded. I can force the frontend 
   style by loading it on header. Is there a way to do the same for the editor?
 *  Plugin Author [Tim Reeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-reeves/)
 * (@tim-reeves)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15171309)
 * Do you mean it’s being requested but not found, or not requested at all? If the
   former, then that would mean that the stylesheet file is not where you’ve told
   the plugin that it is. If the latter, then for some reason my Plugin is failing
   to enqueue it’s stylesheet, or another instance is wiping it from the queue. 
   This may happen if something in the Theme or another Plugin is messing around
   with the list of enqueued styles. I’m certain that my plugin follows the correct
   WordPress procedure. In which case, you’re on your own, I can’t provide unpaid
   support at that level. You can try switching to a standard theme such as 2020,
   or turning off all other plugins (it should wokr then) and switching them bak
   on one by one until you find the culprit.
 *  Thread Starter [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15173034)
 * Not requested at all. Oh yeah both CSS are where I told the plugin.
 * That installation of wordpress is brand new. I have installed it a couple of 
   days ago for testing purposes only, not to work on the production site. The theme
   it is using is basically the 2021 slightly modified. I have just 3 plugins installed:
   yours, classic editor and Advanced editor Tools (previously TinyMCE Advanced).
 * I have switched to regular 2021 theme and the problem persists.
 * I have reinstalled wordpress and now your plugin is loading the shared css but
   the problem persists.
 * thanks for the support given.
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/).
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/).
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/).
 *  Plugin Author [Tim Reeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-reeves/)
 * (@tim-reeves)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15173575)
 * Yeah that’s beginning to look really strange. Have you tried deactivating the
   other two plugins? In particular AET is known to mess about with things a bit…
 *  Thread Starter [HairyPotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hairypotter/)
 * (@hairypotter)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15173649)
 * I have finally discovered the problem. For some reason, the shared css file was
   being created using some wrong encoding. I discover that when I saw the file 
   from terminal. I created a new shared file using VI and everything worked fine.
   Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [Tim Reeves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim-reeves/)
 * (@tim-reeves)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-documentation-24/#post-15173658)
 * Great to hear it’s solved. Would appreciate an improved ranking…

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