What is the recommended approach regarding the use of CSS in customizing community templates?

Using CSS sparingly and only when necessary is the recommended approach for customizing community templates. This best practice ensures that the community remains maintainable, performs well, and stays consistent across updates.

Excessive use of CSS can lead to complications such as increased load times, difficulties in debugging, or conflicts with existing styles, which could affect the user experience negatively. By limiting CSS changes to specific use cases, you can ensure that the customization addresses the needs of the community without overwhelming or complicating the template.

This approach also enables developers to balance customizations with the inherent styling provided by the community templates, ensuring they remain responsive and visually appealing. A judicious use of CSS promotes efficiency and fosters a clean, manageable code base which aligns with best practices in web development.