For Dreamweaver users

  • I’m really struggling with modifying CSS elements in WP. I think it is because I’m a Dreamweaver user. I received great tips and “how to” links, but it seems that I have to hand code CSS from scratch using, say Jetpack and doing that with a live view function is a pain! The other option is to manually hunt and peck for CSS elements in the child-theme style sheet. I read that you can modify CSS elements after the @import url, the last line below

    /*
    Theme Name: Gardena-chile
    Template:

    Right to Left text support.
    */
    @import url(“../Gardenia/rtl.css”);

    However, I cannot isolate the desired element to modify it. Yes, I know about my browser inspect elements. While Chrome inspect, for example, can find the element, it cannot modify the element in the WP stye sheet. Supposely, you can plug in the selected element using the Customize menu from the drop down in WP, but this does not render any results. Unless I’m missing something, I need a plugin for this but I read that there is no plugin for this, which is something someone will figure out and create soon! Again, all I can do is find the CSS element via inspect and then manually hunt for it in the WP child-theme style sheet. This makes for a very slow workflow. I think the problem is that I’m using version 4.2.1 and the instruction links sent to me are old and are not supported by this current version.

    I understand that WP is a great content management tool but it’s not a web design tool like Dreamweaver, which has Live View and Design windows as well as an easy way to find and modify CSS elements. On that note, I want to use Dreamweaver to tweak my WP pages. Are there any Dreamweaver users that have designed for WP sites that can offer any advice. I think I just need to download my bootstrap CSS, copy and paste the HTML and CSS into Dreamweaver and work on my local computer. From there, I just upload the new style sheet and rewrite over the old one and cut and past the HTML back into the pages. Is this right?

    Thanks.

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