Adding css class for posts

[BobMember Post count: 6]

I want to use a custom css class for some posts using the news theme. Where would I put the css class code?

There is a field called Custom Post Class on each admin post page, how would that field be used?

Thanks,

Bob

[SoZoModerator Post count: 1573]

That is where you can you can add your custom class

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[BobMember Post count: 6]

Ok, I see your response, but I don’t see the answer that you were referring to.

[SoZoModerator Post count: 1573]

Add the class in the Custom Post Class field

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[BobMember Post count: 6]

Ok, I see, You were referring to the Custom Post Class. So I would paste the class code into the 1 line field? Doesn’t 1 line make it hard to read what is in that field?

[BobMember Post count: 6]

Will the class entered into the Custom Post Class field only be available to that single post? If so how can I make the class global so other posts can use it?

[SoZoModerator Post count: 1573]

Ya, the field is only for each post. To add a class you can use this

function add_body_class( $classes ) {
   			$classes[] = 'YOUR_CLASS_GOES_HERE';
  			return $classes;
		}

You need to put that into an action with conditional tag to limit where it’s output.

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John “Nicolas Flamel” Wright | SoZo’s design| John Wright Photography

[BobMember Post count: 6]

Ok, so where would I put that code?

Is there any written documentation on adding css classes?

I don’t think I need to limit it’s output, I will refer to the class in the post content.

 

 

[SoZoModerator Post count: 1573]

You can put it in functions.php. Without a conditional it would add the class to every page of the site.

This should help.

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John “Nicolas Flamel” Wright | SoZo’s design| John Wright Photography

[BobMember Post count: 6]

Ok, That helped. How would I change, for example, the font-size on all posts on the site?

 

 

[BobMember Post count: 6]

What would be the reason one would want to  use the functions.php to add a custom body class rather than adding the class code to the end of the style.css file?

[SoZoModerator Post count: 1573]

Not sure I follow. If you want to add a new style rule then you add it to the style sheet, where all styles should go. If you want to add a custom body class to a page then that is PHP. PHP does not go in CSS.

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John “Nicolas Flamel” Wright | SoZo’s design| John Wright Photography

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