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Just as a warning, I am very very new to website design with C5.

I am trying to edit a .css file connected to a theme (Anim8ed) I purchased on the marketplace. Every time I alter the code (using bluehost's file manager), I click the "save changes" button and refresh my website only to see that nothing has changed. When I check back to the stylesheet file, it DOES indeed show that I saved the changes I wanted. So right now, I am completely at a loss.

Is there a trick to saving these files? How do I apply the changes to my site? Thank you for your time and help.
 
citytech2 replied on at Permalink Reply
citytech2
Hi
Double check the file where you have made changes are the right one. I mean if you view the source of the website, is the changes reflected?

Citytech
jasteele12 replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
jasteele12
Try clearing your site cache (best to disable that when developing).

/dashboard/system/optimization/cache/
purecolour replied on at Permalink Reply
Thank you everyone for your help! It looks like it was a cache problem. I'm so happy it finally works!
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
It could be your web browser's cache. CSS files tend to be very sticky in a browser cache's, particularly Chrome & Safari. You try F5 to refresh a page, CTL+F5 to refresh a page and files, multiple repetitions of both. There are browser addons for developers that will force reload of css files. You can also selectively delete css files from a browser's cache.
mhawke replied on at Permalink Reply
mhawke
I fought with this as well until I set up all my browsers to stop caching altogether. Here are a couple of resources to help you set up your browsers to bypass the cache.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache...

Chrome was the toughest until I followed this suggestion:

http://kelvyntaylor.blogspot.ca/2010/11/how-to-disable-google-chrom...