Currently, I am a student studying web development and assisting a friend with adding custom links and a slider to her WordPress website. The issue we are encountering is that the original developer who created her website six years ago did not set up a child theme, and she has decided against making any updates.
I have successfully added some links to the footer widgets; however, I have noticed that there is an image background within the container holding these widgets. Is it safe for me to simply remove this background from the theme's CSS file? Since my friend does not plan on updating her theme or website, would removing it through CSS editing be a viable solution?
The current appearance can be viewed here, displaying a background on the div (I have matched the color on the smaller div) Thank you in advance for your assistance and time.