Try Custom CSS
We released Custom CSS a couple of weeks ago and the uptake has been exciting to watch. The early adopters have come up with some excellent designs! Here’s a small sample:
Also surfacing around WordPress.com is information about CSS and the Sandbox theme. Lorelle provides a comprehensive starter stylesheet for Sandbox. Sunburntkamel tells us how to set up a clickable custom header image. I started a forum thread on CSS Asides for Sandbox. Keep your eye on the CSS Customization Forum for more tips and snippets.
Okay, I’ve done enough yammering for one post. There’s a present for you in the Presentation panel. Administrators can try out Custom CSS on their blogs without buying the upgrade. You’ll be able to preview every part of your blog with your own CSS but your visitors won’t see the changes until you upgrade your blog.
Have some fun with CSS, get the upgrade and then strut your stuff with a link in the comments!
Posted: Thursday, August 17th, 2006 at 9:53 am. Filed in Customization, Themes, WordPress.com.
Tags: CSS
Aug 17th at 10:18 am
Well, what can I say? They are beautiful!
Good job guys!
But I would still be happy to be able to custom ONLY the header of the default theme.
Aug 17th at 10:24 am
very good. thanks
Aug 17th at 10:25 am
these are for standalone hosting right ? does it work for domainname.worldpress.com ? also wanted to ask is it difficult to host celebworld.wordpress.com on my webspace. bit scary to try it… i will be using my space in that case right …
Aug 17th at 10:30 am
webby: These designs are all hosted here on wordpress.com.
Aug 17th at 11:06 am
Heh, cheers the for linkage.
It’s worth noting that most of the credit for my blog must go to Sunburntkamel for converting the ‘Unsleepable’ theme for Sandbox. I know sod all about CSS which only goes to prove you don’t need to know it to make good use of it. It would be good if you guys had some kind of page for themes that have been converted to Sandbox.
Aug 17th at 11:24 am
Best Wishes
Aug 17th at 11:37 am
Preview will be fantastic for testing stuff — thanks!
Aug 17th at 11:54 am
Wow! They’re wonderfully done! Thumbs up on the designs!
Aug 17th at 11:56 am
test-driving is a brilliant idea.
that’s something that’s been scaring people off in the forums. (not being sure what they’ll be able to accomplish)
Aug 17th at 12:38 pm
You are really making your product great! Now if only you can get around the JavaScript restrictions by making a “safe” GoogleAnalytics plugin (as you made for YouTube). Then this service will be perfect!
Aug 17th at 1:17 pm
Thank you
Aug 17th at 1:19 pm
pretty cool designs.
Aug 17th at 1:19 pm
When I hit preview an empty page comes up (both firefox and IE). What am I doing wrong?
Aug 17th at 1:20 pm
im waiting my visa to get back to work
Aug 17th at 1:48 pm
You really have great and creative minds, technically and marketing-wise.
“Create the need and feed them”…. lol
Good one.
Aug 17th at 1:57 pm
Nice feature actually. I was reluctant as to upgrade or not being not very skillful at CSS, but now I have the opportunity to see what I can do with it before I buy. Great.
Aug 17th at 2:27 pm
wow, I’m on it when I get a chance . . . is this a limited time deal?
Aug 17th at 4:04 pm
Livia – what about the contempt theme? I thiunk that is the one the same as the default but with a custom header option? I maybe wrong.
Aug 17th at 5:14 pm
Thanks for the linkage.
Aug 17th at 5:18 pm
Geez Louise, guys. Every time I log on there’s a new feature.
Way cool.
Thankie.
Aug 17th at 6:14 pm
Good idea.
Aug 17th at 7:19 pm
Thank you for adding my blog in and calling it an excellent design
The blog really got hit today..
Anyway, it’s great you’ve added in a testrun as well, as people like to see what they’re missing and figure out if this is an upgrade they feel they need.
Aug 17th at 8:29 pm
Thanks so much for the test drive !!
Aside from that, there is a really nice tool for live CSS and markup rendering inside the broswer.
rendr – http://rendur.com/
Aug 18th at 1:28 am
I’m very happy with WP blog! But I want to know, How can I use my CSS files in my theme? Can I do that? Show me please if you can. Thanks.
Aug 18th at 6:09 am
Thank you for listing my blog as well. Really got a huge hits yesterday all the way from here. Thanks again.
Aug 20th at 1:14 pm
We just implemented our custom CSS, it would be great to get some feedback
Drop us a visit, ‘The Great Indian Mutiny’ -> http://www.mutiny.in and let us know.
Aug 22nd at 2:38 am
Very nice and varied group
Aug 22nd at 3:20 pm
Oh, it’s so cool!
We can change css? This brings to us more enjoying wordpress.
Thanks.
Aug 22nd at 9:11 pm
ummm… me like it
Sep 5th at 2:05 pm
how to update css or theme, help plz…