Importing CSS to theme

[celticfrog]

Ran a quick search and didn't see what I wanted, so if another thread deals with this issue, please just point me to it.  I'm new here and almost as new to coding.

My whole site has a common css file and I was hoping it would be possible to create a new theme without having to go back through the whole css file and moving all the valid css for a forum theme by hand.  Is this even possible?  Is there a spiffy way to be able to import the css from the rest of the site to coordinate the forum with the site?  Or do I need to write off a relatively large chunk of my day to handcoding a new theme, which I may or may not be able to do successfully...?

Also, if I will have to hand-code the theme file, can I use a CSS editor?  It looks like I could, but being as somehow I've lost my CSS editor since I wrote my site, I'd have to redownload it and I don't want to make the effort if it's going to be for naught.

Thanks a bunch for any help - I might sound retarded, but it's really just good acting.  I hope.

~Ang

[Tim]

just add a new <link> tag to the CSS of your site. You can run both, but remember that what comes last get's preference...