Need some help new user [difficult targeting specific elements]

Hi, donna200,

You can add this to the custom styles:

.main-title a,
.site-description,
.main-navigation ul li.menu-item > a,
.home h3 span.fl-heading-text {
   text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ccc;
}

Or use the selectors I’ve indicated to target what you need. Of course, change the shadow to what you need 😉

There were no id’s to target in those elements, just classes, so nesting the elements in the rule helps target the specific one.

That’s a pleasant looking site btw 🙂

@Abland – as always, thank you for stepping in to help.

@donna200 – I’m sorry to hear about the issues you’ve been having. I’ve just had a look at your site. And I think I can see an issue that has probably added to your frustration. Your theme uses dynamic ids in it’s HTML which change on every page load. So if Microthemer picks up on these when trying to target the content on your site, the selector will only work once, and then the changes won’t stick, as you’ve noticed.

The best solution I can offer you at this stage is to avoid any id selectors Microthemer suggests when you launch the selector wizard. Here is an example of a dynamic id:

#yui_3_5_1_1_1468217302795_471

The numbers change on each page load, but they always start with #yui_ and then a long series of numbers. These dynamic selectors might be the default option sometimes when you launch the selector wizard. So you would need to select a different option from the list by clicking it.

With regards to your text-shadow issue, adding your styles on a per page basis might be a bit tedious, depending on how many pages you have. If you can send me login details for your site via this secure contact form I would be happy to get the styles working persistently in Microthemer and then explain what I did so that you have a concrete example to look at. It should be possible to target all pages in one go.

Cheers,
Sebastian