In order to create a custom style, you will need to have an Early Adopter, Paid or Permanent account. Free users are limited to the use of overrides, which are explained in the other Customization faqs (http://www.blurty.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqcat=customizing) as well as some Tutorials in the Customization community (http://www.blurty.com/community/customization/).
To begin, you will need to first create a style to work from, which can be done at the "create a style" page (http://www.blurty.com/styles/create.bml). You can either create a blank style, or base your style off an existing system style template. Once you have done this, you can then edit your style (http://www.blurty.com/styles/edit.bml) to your liking.
Whether you create a blank style or base your new style on an existing template, the default name for a new style is username-viewname-new. For example, a new style for your lastn page might look like "username-lastn-new".
You will need to change the name of your new style if you would like to create additional styles for that view. Unless you change the name of the style from the default name, you will be unable to create new styles. The style creation page will not overwrite an existing style.
You can change the name of your style on the "edit style" page (http://www.blurty.com/styles/edit.bml), under "style description." Under "style options", you can choose whether or not the style is public, which affects whether or not another Blurty user can see the coding that makes up your style.
You will need to save your style for any changes to take effect.
Once you have created a custom style, you will need to explicitly choose to use that style for your journal from the dropdown box on the Modify Journal page: http://www.blurty.com/modify.bml
For more information on how the style creation system works and how to use it: http://www.blurty.com/developer/styles.bml
For more information on the view types you can create styles for: http://www.blurty.com/developer/views.bml
For more information on the variables used to create styles: http://www.blurty.com/developer/varlist.bml Last Updated:
bertho, 2003-07-03
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