/* custom.css ? custom styles for any WordPress theme that YOU define ------------------------------------------------------------------ This stylesheet will allow you to futureproof your CSS changes against future releases and upgrades on ANY WordPress theme. I know you work hard on your modified styles, and I don't want you to feel like every theme upgrade is a total drag! Also, if you're a designer who makes use of GPL themes in your work, you'll find this incredibly handy! You can come up with a set of core modifications for any WordPress theme, and by isolating these mods in a separate stylesheet, you'll be better able to track the changes that you make and their associated effects. Best of all, when the theme's designer releases a new version, you won't have to go back through and make all your changes anew. Plus, this is *definitely* the smartest way to scale out sites if you find yourself using one or two theme frameworks consistently. Instructions: Modifying existing theme styles to your liking is a breeze with this handy stylesheet. In order to turn on the CSS styles that you define here, you'll need to append the tag (usually found within the header.php file) with a CSS class called "custom". Thanks to this, you now have the ability to override ANY style that's declared in the theme's original stylesheet. In practice, you simply need to copy the CSS for the element that you want to change (from style.css) and then paste it here. Prefix the new CSS declaration with .custom, and then make your tweaks as necessary. Here's an example: To change the default color of the tag (let's say you want to make them a cherry red [#c00]) and to remove the default underline, this is what you would do: .custom a { color: #c00; text-decoration: none; } Oh, but remember, none of these changes will work unless you call custom.css from wihtin your header file! Cool? Now get to hackin! *************** INSTRUCTIONS *********************** Modify your theme’s header.php file Open up your desired theme’s header.php file and insert the following code between the tags: Next, while still inside the header.php file, locate the tag and append it with a CSS class called custom. Once you’ve done that, your resulting tag should look something like this: After that, save the header.php file and upload it to your server. */ /* SITE COLORS Background: #f1f3e9; Header Top #4b4e52 Sidebar borders #e3e6d7 */ #rss { position: relative; } #rss a { position: absolute; top: 14px; right: 0; width: 51px; height: 20px; background-image: url(images/rss.png); background-position: bottom right; background-repeat: no-repeat; } /* ul.topmenu { width: 400px; } ul.topmenu li.rss { float: right; } ul.topmenu li.rss a { float: right; display: block; padding: 9px 20px 0 0px; } */ #header { background-image: url(images/lame-twitter.png); background-position: 5px 110px; background-repeat: no-repeat; } #header h2 { letter-spacing:-.06em; } #header h2 span { color: #2d8ac5; } #header p { letter-spacing:-.04em; } .commentbody p { overflow: hidden; } .s { border: 2px solid #e3e6d7; height: 25px; line-height: 25px; width: 240px; } #sidebar li.lisearch { border-bottom: 0; } .meta-bottom { font-size: 80%; } #bottom li { border-bottom: 1px solid #e3e6d7; } hr { display: none; } .clear { clear: both; height: 1px; margin: 0; padding: 0; } div.hr { height: 1px; margin: 20px 0; background-image: url(images/dotted-line-h.gif); background-position: left top; background-repeat: repeat-x; } /********************************************* META ******************************************** .meta { margin: 5px 0 0 0; padding-top: 0; border-top: none; line-height: 1.0em; } .meta-top { color: #777; font-size: 80%; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0 0 8px 0; border-bottom: 1px dotted #CCC; } .meta-bottom { color: #777; font-size: 80%; line-height: 1.0em; margin: 5px 0 10px 0; padding: 0; border-top: 1px solid #cccccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc; } .meta span, .meta-bottom span { margin-left: 10px; } .meta span a, .meta-bottom span a { color: #2b1c01; } span.tags a, span.subscribe a { color: #2b1c01; } .meta a:link, .meta a:visited, .meta-bottom a:link, .meta-bottom a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #2b1c01; font-weight: normal; } .meta a:hover, .meta a:active, .meta-bottom a:hover, .meta-bottom a:active { text-decoration: none; color: #457BCC; } .techno a { font-size: 80%; color: #C00; } */ /********************************************* Site Search Highlite *********************************************/ strong.search-excerpt { background: yellow; } /********************************************* SEARCH form in post *********************************************/ /* Serach form in post */ #searchform-post { padding: 0; margin: 10px 0 0 0; } #searchform-post legend { font-weight: bold; } #searchform-post input.formtext { font-size: 11px; width: 250px; padding: 0; border: 1px solid #DCDCDC; margin: 0 6px 0 10px; height: 20px; background-color: #FFF; } #searchform-post input.formsubmit { color: #333; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; width: auto; padding: 2px 5px; margin: 0; background-color: #DCDCDC; } #searchform-post input.formsubmit:hover { color: #FFF; background-color: #2b1c01; } /********************************************* Share Links Styles // POST BOTTOM *********************************************/ /* .sharebtm { clear:both; position:relative; border:1px solid #cbdfff; padding:10px; margin:15px 0 10px 0; font-size:12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; } */ .sharebtm { clear:both; position:relative; padding-top: 10px; border-top:1px solid #cbdfff; margin:10px 0 0 0; font-size:80%; -webkit-text-size-adjust:none; } .sharebtm p { padding:0; margin:0; margin:0 0 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul { text-align:left; list-style:none; margin:6px 0 0 0; padding:0; } #content .sharebtm ul li { text-align:center; display:inline; padding:0 12px 2px 0; margin: 4px 0 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.delicious { background: url('images/share/delicious.gif') no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.digg { background: url(images/share/digg.png) no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.reddit { padding:0 0 0 2px; margin-right: 12px; background: url(images/share/reddit.gif) no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.facebook { background: url(images/share/facebook.gif) no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.stumbleupon { background: url(images/share/stumble.png) no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.twitter { background: url(images/share/tweet-this.png) no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.technorati { background: url(images/share/technorati.png) no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li.feed { background: url(images/share/rss-feed.png) no-repeat 0 0; } #content .sharebtm ul li a { padding:0 0 0 0px; margin:0 3px 0 0px; }