So, I've setup my carrington-blog child theme, and, following the examples available online, added a change to the CSS in the 'child' style.css file:

@import url("../carrington-blog-2.3.1/style.css");

#footer {
background-color: white;
background-repeat:repeat-x;
background-position:left top;
clear: both;
color: white;
padding: 32px 0 64px;
}

Just figured I'd see if I could make the footer white.

No cigar. No change. Is this being ignored by carrington-blog? If so, what is the protocol for making 'child' changes to CSS elements?