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I know it may seem annoying simply getting a url as an asnwer, but trust me. There is a lot of good information on this page.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Updating_WordPress

@ Andrew & alchymyth

If that is the case then this thread should be closed, deleted, or that fact should be stated in the initial response. I’m going to be quiet before I get into trouble..

@ alchymyth

The original question was about which part of the CSS effects the margin at the top of the twentytwelve theme.

Yes it is a very good idea to use child themes. But simply telling someone over and over to use child themes isn’t enough.

After three responses of nothing but saying “use child themes” you still have the unanswered question of which piece of CSS provides the margin.

Three people saying the same thing only teaches ones thing.

You guys bypassed the original question and provided information about child themes. Which is great. But we still need to know what CSS to edit There are too many people on this forum spending too much time telling people how wrong they are that the original question is forgotten.

I also disagree with your idea of what is a quick fix. I do not consider creating a child theme, and editing the CSS in the style.css to create some customization is a quickfix.

Child themes are meant for that exact purpose. A quickfix would be to edit the style.css in the main TwentyTwelve theme.

It is great to privide other relevant information on topics. But several people repeating the same thing ,and telling others how wrong they are to the point where the initial question is ignored is silly.

I highly doubt that others on this forum would consider building a child theme, and then personalizing the CSS is a quick fix. If that were the case why would every response in this thread talk about the importance of child themes. Even yourself.

Just because something is a month old doesn’t mean it does not deserve an answer. I have seen this question a lot. And all I ever see is “use a child theme” I never actually see which css provides the margin.

Andrew makes a good point. Even if someone would volunteer to do it for you it isn’t your personal credentials. It seems they belong to someone else.

Read throught the link I posted above.

Don’t stress over it if you can’t fix it. This isn’t any major problem. You sound like you didn’t delete any info from the DB. So as long as all of that info is in tact you just need to get WP back up and running. Very easy fix.

Just read through that link above.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Updating_WordPress

If all else fails back up the DB and manually reinstall.

Just undo the changes then. You changed something that broke WP. Just undo what ever you did.

Try to chmod your directory and files, double check your config file.

I figured I would break the cycle of repeating the same thing over and over. You’d think one of these guys could take an extra 5 seconds and add the answer to their rant.

in your child theme style.css find

body .site {
padding: 0 40px;
padding: 0 2.857142857rem;
margin-top: 48px;
margin-top: 3.428571429rem;
margin-bottom: 48px;
margin-bottom: 3.428571429rem;
box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.3);
}

simply edit the margin-top