Since the custom CSS option was introduced on wordpress.com, many people have been saying that this feature is only useful for those who already know how to code their own CSS, or have the time and patience to learn.
Well, no more. Here is my first style for the Sandbox theme. If you can edit stuff in a textarea, you can get this working. (If you can’t edit stuff in a textarea, your blogging career is likely to be very short and you will have no need of it anyway.)
It works for me with all the basic layouts you’ll find under ‘Sandbox skins’, so you can change the number of columns without having to alter the custom CSS. And yes, you can use it with Sandbox on your own wordpress install — instructions for both .com and .org are in the zip.
It’s GPL, of course, so you can mutilate it however you want without linking back (and if you mutilate it really badly, I’d sort of rather you didn’t associate me with it) but if you do want to give credit where it’s due and help other people find a template, a link back here or to the main site at http://not-that-ugly.co.uk would be lovely.
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My orginal comments made on this gorgeous clean and classic theme with an academic appearance that is bound to become very popular - still stand. I particularly prefer a sidebar on the left and I appreciate how the number of columns can be expanded from 2 to 3. I love the subtle flourishes of ink lines flowing from the pen nibs in the sidebar. So today this girl is commenting here to say that “that girl” rocks again.
once again, absolutely gorgeous. planning for multiple layouts is brilliant.
word is, you should tag this CustomCSS
Hi!
I didn’t know you moved n(t)u here! The entire gang from PMB just disappeared.
This template is wonderful. You really have to design some more.
Will it not be available for WordPress(.org)?
ntu is still where it always was, this is just the WP annexe. And you can use this with wordpress.org, you just need to install Sandbox first
I’ve installed this style in one of my friends blog and she is delighted with it. We’ve included a credit to this site in the footer because we really appreciate your effort.
(My friend’s site is http://www.ilustracion-digital.net)
Thank you
I’ve installed Sandbox and then followed the instructions for this theme but cannot get it to work. There was no folder for skins as per the readme txt file and I created one and uploaded it but it doesn’t show in the Presentation folder to make a choice from. I’m using WordPress 2.3.1 - where to from here?
The skin was designed for an earlier version of Sandbox and hasn’t been updated yet; do the instructions here help?
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