Change color of one item in main menu to red (Impulse Theme)

Topic summary

Main issue: highlight a single main‑menu item (e.g., SALE/SUPERSALE) in red on the Shopify Impulse theme.

Working approaches (confirmed by store owners):

  • Add CSS in Assets (theme.scss.liquid or theme.css) and, if needed, place it at the top for stronger precedence.
    • Link‑targeted: a[href=“/collections/super-sale”] or a[href=“/collections/sale”] { color: #ff0000 !important; }
    • Position‑based (desktop): selectors like .header-item–split-left ul li:nth-child(2) a or .site-nav__expanded-item:last-child a { color: red !important; }
    • Mobile menu uses different markup: target IDs/classes such as a#Label-collections-sale7 or li.mobile-nav__item .appear-animation.appear-delay-3 a { color: red !important; } optionally inside an existing @media (max-width: 749px) block.

Outcomes:

  • frontiers-woman.com: desktop fixed by moving CSS to top; mobile solved with a#Label-collections-sale7.
  • bsoleful.com: desktop and mobile both resolved using nth-child and mobile selectors.

Ongoing/pending:

  • New requests (otanto.de, inimigo.com, frontiers-woman.com after menu change, custom ribbon/blinking, bold/red “Gift Guide”). Tailored selectors per site structure are needed.
  • Variant/swatch question received only high‑level guidance (add color swatches); no detailed solution provided.

Status: multiple individual fixes achieved; thread remains open for additional site‑specific help.

Summarized with AI on December 14. AI used: gpt-5.

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