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I created a child theme and it’s uploaded to the correct directory on the server. I am trying to work in Dreamweaver to modify the style.css file. When I try and connect to the server via Dreamweaver, if I put anything in for the home directory I get a message that among other things says I might not have permissions to connect to that directory. Does this have anything to do with the Enfold theme? Thanks.
Ari
Hey agrebstein,
This can be the issue with the permissions on the server. The server folder is owned by the server and no other user can be editing files there.
If you need further assistance please let us know.
Best regards,
VictoriaHi Victoria,
Thanks for the response. Do you know what permissions need to be changed? I’ve contacted my hosting provider and they don’t seem to know why I can’t connect. Thanks.
Ari
Hi agrebstein,
Are you trying to work with the remote server on the Dreamweaver?
Best regards,
VictoriaYes, and I have been able to connect now. Unfortunately, with the exception of one time, my changes to the child theme are not taking effect. I have checked my server’s file manager and that does show the changes I make in Dreamweaver. I’m using the child theme from the downloaded Enfold theme so I’m not sure what’s going on. Also, the one time the changes made to the child theme took effect, there was at least a several hour delay before I saw the changes. Also, the change I saw reflected an older change I made, not what was on the stylesheet at the time.
Hi agrebstein,
It is easier to make necessary css changes and put them directly to the website Quick css or child theme styles.css. Is it just css that you’re working on?
I haven’t work with the Dreamweaver. Cannot help you much with that, but can ask my colleagues.
Best regards,
VictoriaHey!
Thank you for letting us know about this issue, As you may already know Dreamweaver is a tool to edit your website. I would personally use a tool like DW only if I’m advised to use in college or workplace.
I use to use this tool way back until I discovered the text editor like Sublime. I’m not aware of how much DW has changed these days. In any case, many companies mostly use text editors like Sublime 3 as a standard tool as it is extremely fast and has a huge community to support the tool and make it better.
For testing purpose I would suggest to
1. Connect to your server using a FTP tool
2. Download the styles.css
3. Make the required changes on your local system and upload it to same location and overwrite the file.
4. Visit the styles.css file directly in the browser and for example http://www.your-site.com/wp-content/themes/enfold-child/style.css (make sure path is correct).
5. If you notice the changes in the file when you visit in the browser and still has no effect in the frontend it could simply mean it’s a caching issue.
6. Clear your browser cache and it should work for you.Best regards,
VinayThanks for the reply. I tried going directly to the CSS file based on this path that you indicated in your response: http://www.your-site.com/wp-content/themes/enfold-child/style.css and when I replaced your-site.com with my site (web-stein.net) the CSS file showed exactly as I have it in Dreamweaver and how it appears in the file manager of my host. I cleared the cache and that didn’t help. I don’t know what the next steps are. I’ve been working on this issue for days by myself and with your support staff and no progress. If you need access to my admin WordPress account I can supply the details privately if you think that would help. Please let me know and the sooner the better.
Hi,
If the style.css file looks good and you don’t see the changes, it’s mostly the cached files are still loading in your browser.
Please perform the below steps to clear the browser cache:
1. Disable “merging and compression” for CSS and JS files from Enfold > Performance.
2. If a caching plugin is installed check the plugin settings and clear the cache and deactivate the plugins for testing purpose.
3. Hard refresh by pressing Ctrl + Shift + F5 on your browser or press the F12 key to open chrome dev tools and right click on the refresh button and select “Empty Cache and Hard Reload”.
This should ensure new CSS will be loaded in the browser.
If you still have an issue please let us know what are you trying to change using the CSS? also, please post the admin login details in private content area so we can check the backend settings for you.Best regards,
VinayOk, tried that still didn’t work. I’ll put my login credentials in the private area. I am just trying to change the color of the text to test the css since I’ve never had the child theme working. This would just be a temporary change.
Hey,
I tried changing main menu link colors in Enfold child theme options > Advanced Styling and that worked. Attached screenshots in private content field. Custom CSS code you added in Style.css file also works fine.
After making changes on your website, please flush browser cache and refresh your page a few times – http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Hard_Refresh and flush cache in your caching plugin.Best regards,
Yigit
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