Changes to style sheet not changing blog

Few things to check:

1) is style.css writable? in other words, is the editor giving you any errors about not being able to save it?

2) Be sure to clear your browser’s cache. F5(refresh) isn’t always good enough if the style sheet is cached. Use ctrl-F5 to force a full reload (or manually clear your browser’s cache).

3) (perhaps less likely) If you have WP caching turned on, clear the server cache as well. Connect to your server and go to /wp-content/cache. If any files or directories are under cache, delete ’em and then try idea 2 again.

(1) appears to be writable-certainly saves changes
(2)Done no change
(3)Done- removed some files and repeatined 2 no chnage

Thanks for your assistance so far-any further thoughts.
Not linked to the fact my MYsql is not on local host ?

Not linked to the fact my MYsql is not on local host ?

Nope. The stylesheet isn’t in the db.

Have an example of something you’ve changed but not seen and a link to where we could see it in action?

Heres the style.css

Theme Name: WordPress Default
Theme URI: https://www.ads-software.com/
Description: The default WordPress theme based on the famous Kubrick.
Version: 1.5
Author: Michael Heilemann
Author URI: https://binarybonsai.com/

Kubrick v1.5
https://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/

This theme was designed and built by Michael Heilemann,
whose blog you will find at https://binarybonsai.com/

The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL:
https://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php

*** REGARDING IMAGES ***
All CSS that involves the use of images, can be found in the ‘index.php’ file.
This is to ease installation inside subdirectories of a server.

Have fun, and don’t be afraid to contact me if you have questions.
*/

/* Begin Typography & Colors */
body {
font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
background-color: #33ccff;
color: #333;
text-align: center;
}

#page {
background-color: #33ccff;
border: 1px solid red;
text-align: left;
}

#header {
background-color: #33ccff;
}

#content {
font-size: 1.2em
}

.widecolumn .entry p {
font-size: 1.05em;
}

.narrowcolumn .entry, .widecolumn .entry {
line-height: 1.4em;
}

.widecolumn {
line-height: 1.6em;
}

.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
text-align: center;
}

.alt {
background-color: #33ccff;
border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}

#footer {
background-color: #eee;
}

small {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 0.9em;
line-height: 1.5em;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
font-family: ‘Trebuchet MS’, ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
font-weight: bold;
}

h1 {
font-size: 4em;
text-align: center;
}

#headerimg .description {
font-size: 1.2em;
text-align: center;
}

h2 {
font-size: 1.6em;
}

h2.pagetitle {
font-size: 1.6em;
}

#sidebar h2 {
font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 1.2em;
}

h3 {
font-size: 1.3em;
}

h1, h1 a, h1 a:hover, h1 a:visited, #headerimg .description {
text-decoration: none;
color: white;
}

h2, h2 a, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:visited {
color: #333;
}

h2, h2 a, h2 a:hover, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:hover, h3 a:visited, #sidebar h2, #wp-calendar caption, cite {
text-decoration: none;
}

.entry p a:visited {
color: #b85b5a;
}

.commentlist li, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {
font: 0.9em ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
}

.commentlist li {
font-weight: bold;
}

.commentlist cite, .commentlist cite a {
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
font-size: 1.1em;
}

.commentlist p {
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 1.5em;
text-transform: none;
}

#commentform p {
font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
}

.commentmetadata {
font-weight: normal;
}

#sidebar {
font: 1em ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
}

small, #sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li, .nocomments, .postmetadata, blockquote, strike {
color: #777;
}

code {
font: 1.1em ‘Courier New’, Courier, Fixed;
}

acronym, abbr, span.caps
{
font-size: 0.9em;
letter-spacing: .07em;
}

a, h2 a:hover, h3 a:hover {
color: #06c;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover {
color: #147;
text-decoration: underline;
}

#wp-calendar #prev a {
font-size: 9pt;
}

#wp-calendar a {
text-decoration: none;
}

#wp-calendar caption {
font: bold 1.3em ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
text-align: center;
}

#wp-calendar th {
font-style: normal;
text-transform: capitalize;
}
/* End Typography & Colors */

/* Begin Structure */
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#page {
background-color: 33ccff;
margin: 20px auto;
padding: 0;
width: 760px;
border: 1px solid #959596;
}

#header {
padding: 0;
margin: 0 auto;
height: 200px;
width: 100%;
background-color: #73a0c5;
}

#headerimg {
margin: 0;
height: 200px;
width: 100%;
}

.narrowcolumn {
float: left;
padding: 0 0 20px 45px;
margin: 0px 0 0;
width: 450px;
}

.widecolumn {
padding: 10px 0 20px 0;
margin: 5px 0 0 150px;
width: 450px;
}

.post {
margin: 0 0 40px;
text-align: justify;
}

.widecolumn .post {
margin: 0;
}

.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
padding-top: 5px;
}

.widecolumn .postmetadata {
margin: 30px 0;
}

.widecolumn .smallattachment {
text-align: center;
float: left;
width: 128px;
margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px;
}

.widecolumn .attachment {
text-align: center;
margin: 5px 0px;
}

.postmetadata {
clear: left;
}

#footer {
padding: 0 0 0 1px;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 760px;
clear: both;
}

#footer p {
margin: 0;
padding: 20px 0;
text-align: center;
}
/* End Structure */

/* Begin Headers */
h1 {
padding-top: 70px;
margin: 0;
}

h2 {
margin: 30px 0 0;
}

h2.pagetitle {
margin-top: 30px;
text-align: center;
}

#sidebar h2 {
margin: 5px 0 0;
padding: 0;
}

h3 {
padding: 0;
margin: 30px 0 0;
}

h3.comments {
padding: 0;
margin: 40px auto 20px ;
}
/* End Headers */

/* Begin Images */
p img {
padding: 0;
max-width: 100%;
}

/* Using ‘class=”alignright”‘ on an image will (who would’ve
thought?!) align the image to the right. And using ‘class=”centered’,
will of course center the image. This is much better than using
align=”center”, being much more futureproof (and valid) */

img.centered {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

img.alignright {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
display: inline;
}

img.alignleft {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
display: inline;
}

.alignright {
float: right;
}

.alignleft {
float: left
}
/* End Images */

/* Begin Lists

Special stylized non-IE bullets
Do not work in Internet Explorer, which merely default to normal bullets. */

html>body .entry ul {
margin-left: 0px;
padding: 0 0 0 30px;
list-style: none;
padding-left: 10px;
text-indent: -10px;
}

html>body .entry li {
margin: 7px 0 8px 10px;
}

.entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul ul li:before {
content: “0BB 020”;
}

.entry ol {
padding: 0 0 0 35px;
margin: 0;
}

.entry ol li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

.postmetadata ul, .postmetadata li {
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
list-style-image: none;
}

#sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#sidebar ul li {
list-style-type: none;
list-style-image: none;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}

#sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {
margin: 5px 0 8px;
}

#sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
margin: 5px 0 0 10px;
}

#sidebar ul ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
margin: 0 0 0 10px;
}

ol li, #sidebar ul ol li {
list-style: decimal outside;
}

#sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {
margin: 3px 0 0;
padding: 0;
}
/* End Entry Lists */

/* Begin Form Elements */
#searchform {
margin: 10px auto;
padding: 5px 3px;
text-align: center;
}

#sidebar #searchform #s {
width: 115px;
padding: 2px;
}

#sidebar #searchsubmit {
padding: 1px;
}

.entry form { /* This is mainly for password protected posts, makes them look better. */
text-align:center;
}

select {
width: 130px;
}

#commentform input {
width: 170px;
padding: 2px;
margin: 5px 5px 1px 0;
}

#commentform textarea {
width: 100%;
padding: 2px;
}

#commentform #submit {
margin: 0;
float: right;
}
/* End Form Elements */

/* Begin Comments*/
.alt {
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
}

.commentlist {
padding: 0;
text-align: justify;
}

.commentlist li {
margin: 15px 0 3px;
padding: 5px 10px 3px;
list-style: none;
}

.commentlist p {
margin: 10px 5px 10px 0;
}

#commentform p {
margin: 5px 0;
}

.nocomments {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

.commentmetadata {
margin: 0;
display: block;
}
/* End Comments */

/* Begin Sidebar */
#sidebar
{
padding: 20px 0 10px 0;
margin-left: 545px;
width: 190px;
}

#sidebar form {
margin: 0;
}
/* End Sidebar */

/* Begin Calendar */
#wp-calendar {
empty-cells: show;
margin: 10px auto 0;
width: 155px;
}

#wp-calendar #next a {
padding-right: 10px;
text-align: right;
}

#wp-calendar #prev a {
padding-left: 10px;
text-align: left;
}

#wp-calendar a {
display: block;
}

#wp-calendar caption {
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}

#wp-calendar td {
padding: 3px 0;
text-align: center;
}

#wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn’t work in IE */
background-color: #fff; }
/* End Calendar */

/* Begin Various Tags & Classes */
acronym, abbr, span.caps {
cursor: help;
}

acronym, abbr {
border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
}

blockquote {
margin: 15px 30px 0 10px;
padding-left: 20px;
border-left: 5px solid #ddd;
}

blockquote cite {
margin: 5px 0 0;
display: block;
}

.center {
text-align: center;
}

hr {
display: none;
}

a img {
border: none;
}

.navigation {
display: block;
text-align: center;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 60px;
}
/* End Various Tags & Classes*/

/* “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I’m half crazy all for the love of you.
It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage.
But you’ll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.” */

heres the URL to page it should update

https://www.ionian-island.co.uk/wordpress/

kefallon

Eeks. Kubrick.

Ok, edit that last post and delete the complete stylesheet and leave just a snippet of something you actually changed please!

/* Begin Typography & Colors */
body {
font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
background-color: #33ccff;
color: #333;
text-align: center;
}

#page {
background-color: #33ccff;
border: 1px solid red;
text-align: left;
}

#header {
background-color: #33ccff;
}

#content {
font-size: 1.2em
}

.widecolumn .entry p {
font-size: 1.05em;
}

.narrowcolumn .entry, .widecolumn .entry {
line-height: 1.4em;
}

.widecolumn {
line-height: 1.6em;
}

.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
text-align: center;

bump

font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
font-family: ‘Lucida Grande’, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
background-color: #33ccff;
color: #333;
text-align: center;
}

#page {
background-color: #33ccff;
border: 1px solid red;
text-align: left;

I had a similar problem with updating the style sheet and found an inelegant solution. What happened was I could upload changes to php/html files into the theme folder and see the changes straight away, except for the style sheet, it would not update with a new upload. I logged into word press and checked it through the theme editor and the updates where there but when I went to site in my browser (clearing cache all the time) and viewed the style sheet, no updates. What I ended up doing was renaming the stylesheet and going into the header file and hard coding the style sheet link rather than use the php method. The path was exactly the same as what would get written out by php when you view the page source in the browser except with the new file name at the end. I then commented out the php style sheet link, uploaded it with the renamed style sheet and it worked a treat. Now everytime I upload a modified style sheet it appears instantly. I know this is not a great solution if you want to change themes regularly but it worked for me. I did notice that the image folder I was using in my css which was at the root level now seemed instead to go to the images folder in the theme folder, I can’t confirm this to be exactly the case but watch out for it. Hope this is of some help.