I'm feeling lost when it comes to editing WordPress themes. As a new user of WordPress, I have a custom theme that only imports the style for this theme in its main style.css file like this:
@import url('assets/stylesheets/app.css');
I've heard about creating a child theme as a recommended practice, but in my case, I don't see the necessity since I want to make extensive changes to the CSS of the theme, rendering the original theme files unnecessary. Despite attempting to modify the file 'assets/stylesheets/app.css', I couldn't see any changes reflected in the browser. Should I edit the styles there or is there a specific location within the WP admin dashboard where I should be making these changes?
Furthermore, I'd like to use gulp to build my scripts, which I've configured as follows:
(gulp setup code)
[...]
(remaining gulp tasks)
So, I'm uncertain about how to effectively utilize gulp for this purpose. Is there a way to change the theme without resorting to creating a child theme?