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steve746
9 years ago · Last reply by Andrew Misplon 9 years ago

Hi,

I’m new to making websites and WordPress, so need a little help with some basics. I understand a little about CSS codes, and have read about making child themes etc.

I’m using Vantage Premium, and as far as I can work out if I use Appearance > Custom CSS to make adjustments, if the theme is updated in the future, these changes will be preserved without the need for a child theme, is this right?

When using the page builder, if I insert a text widget, there is the option there to name the attribute and add some CSS in the widget box itself rather than in the Appearance > Custom CSS area. Is this the same as adding it to the Appearance > Custom CSS area, and will it be preserved if the theme is updated?

Thanks

Steve

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  1. Andrew Misplon Staff 9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Steve

    Thanks for your support. That’s correct, all themes and plugins completely overwrite their own folder during updates. If you need to directly edit a theme file at a code level then a child theme is required. If you just need to make a few small CSS adjustments then AppearanceCustom CSS is the way to go and is update safe.

    CSS classes, ID’s or styles added to the Attributes tab of a widget or row are also update safe.

    For an overview of child themes, please, see: Page: Child Themes.

    For an overview of how widget and row attributes work, please, see: Thread: How do Page Builder row attributes work – row class, cell class and CSS styles. I wrote this mini guide before we introduced the ID field which is why it isn’t mentioned there.

    Hope that helps :)

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