[S]

I did, but it’s still not working. The property is being ignored. But I did find that the color (black) is hard coded into sf-custom-styles.php in the $icon_color property. How do I over come this without editing the php file??

I think in cases where there’s formatting in php files, css gets ignored.

[S]

I just tried it there. No change. It’s almost like that code is being ignored. What could be the problem?

[S]

That was the first thing I tried. It has no effect. In fact, since a recent them update (when you added more child theme options), my child theme formatting doesn’t always work. It seems to get overridden by the parent CSS even though Child theme is the selected theme.

[S]

According to Chrome’s DevTools, the following class is what changes the color (or should but doesn’t) .sf-icon.icon-large:before { color: #71110e !important; }

[S]

Hi Ed, here is a partial list of the many customizations I made (and have to re-make) with each update. (I can’t even remember them all…)

1) Spacing between header and call to action block (or whatever element I drop below the header. (I like it to be right up against the top)
2) Color and size of widget titles
3) Color and button design of email subscribe in upper nav (include font)
4) Hover effects for links (removal of underlines, select color of highlights)
5) Formatting of footer widgets. For some reason the rss for recent posts always ends up with strange formatting
6) Footer design (background color, line spacing, Header colors, color of text, font and sizes)
7) Spacing between widgets
8) Hiding dates, likes or #of comments on masonry view of posts
9) Formatting of Page titles (like making all uppercase)
10) Tab spacing and customization (distance between tabs, padding, margins, highlight, font, border…)
11) Eliminating the hover box on top of images (but keeping the Ken Burns effect on the image)
12)

These don’t exist in the theme, but I would love to have them:
1) Include select elements on the blog posts page and on individual blog posts
2) More attractive (active) social follow buttons built in (without taking people offsite)
3) A horizontal mailchimp element (like the call to action element in style) – and a more attractive sidebar one, possibly with popup option (eg at end of post)
4) Larger fontawesome icons instead of the ones with the circles and the ability to highlight a column on floatover (similar to JArvis 1.5 Theme)
5) Resizeable (mini) versions of the portfolio and ability to drop them in as a one row element on the front page

Finally, the masonry view takes a long time to render (like it’s on delay), even with few posts. The sidebar appears, then you wait until the post summaries show up. Can this be fixed?

Here’s to a good child theme…. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next release!

[S]

Hi Ed, here is a partial list of the many customizations I made (and have to re-make) with each update. (I can’t even remember them all…)

1) Spacing between header and call to action block (or whatever element I drop below the header. (I like it to be right up against the top)
2) Color and size of widget titles
3) Color and button design of email subscribe in upper nav (include font)
4) Hover effects for links (removal of underlines, select color of highlights)
5) Formatting of footer widgets. For some reason the rss for recent posts always ends up with strange formatting
6) Footer design (background color, line spacing, Header colors, color of text, font and sizes)
7) Spacing between widgets
8) Hiding dates, likes or #of comments on masonry view of posts
9) Formatting of Page titles (like making all uppercase)
10) Tab spacing and customization (distance between tabs, padding, margins, highlight, font, border…)
11) Eliminating the hover box on top of images (but keeping the Ken Burns effect on the image)
12)

These don’t exist in the theme, but I would love to have them:
1) Include select elements on the blog posts page and on individual blog posts
2) More attractive (active) social follow buttons built in (without taking people offsite)
3) A horizontal mailchimp element (like the call to action element in style) – and a more attractive sidebar one, possibly with popup option (eg at end of post)
4) Larger fontawesome icons instead of the ones with the circles and the ability to highlight a column on floatover (similar to JArvis 1.5 Theme)
5) Resizeable (mini) versions of the portfolio and ability to drop them in as a one row element on the front page

Finally, the masonry view takes a long time to render (like it’s on delay), even with few posts. The sidebar appears, then you wait until the post summaries show up. Can this be fixed?

Here’s to a good child theme…. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next release!

[S]

I love the theme, but I can’t keep nursing it every time there’s an update. Please make proper child theme design a priority. Otherwise, it’s hours wasted testing and re-customizing each time.