Editing your theme part 1: getting started
A lot of theme makers, including myself, prefer not to answer most customization asks, but I wanted to cover some ways to edit themes to hopefully make it a bit easier to understand.
Keep in mind that no matter what you’re trying to edit, a basic understanding of HTML and CSS is going to help a lot. You don’t necessarily have to know all of the basics, but try to look up what you’re trying to edit.
For example, if you want to add a background image, there’s a lot more to it than just background:url(’imageurl.png’); depending on what you want to do. This just gets a background image to display. It doesn’t make it cover the whole container or stay attached to the page as you scroll. So, it’s best to do a little research on exactly what you want to do before you jump into editing.
Once you’ve figured out what and how you want to edit, there are a few different ways to go about this.
First you should double check if there is already an option the theme comes with. Most themes come with color and image options, so if you try to add it yourself it might not work how you want it to if there’s already options available.
Next step is going to depend on what kind of theme you have. Adding custom CSS is really simple for theme garden themes, but can be a little more complicated if it’s a custom theme not hosted on the theme garden.