=== Custom Style === Contributors: merzedes Tags: css, admin Requires at least: 2.0.2 Tested up to: 2.9.2 Stable tag: 1.0.2 A simple plugin allowing you to add some CSS rules to customize your theme to your liking. == Description == = What is this plugin about? = This simple plugin will add a element to , thus allowing the administrator to customize the "look" of the theme used without actually changing one of the theme's files. This allows you to simply update the theme without loosing your valueable changes. = Support = If you require any help, if something is not working, if you have an idea for improvement, whatever .. please contact me by sending an email to 'wh -at- haefelinger -dot- it' or visit the plugin's home page at [http://workbench.haefelinger.it/project/custom-style](http://workbench.haefelinger.it/project/custom-style) == Installation == = Basic Installation = 1. Upload `custom-style` into `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. The plugin is now installed and ready for usage (see Usage section). = Usage = Once installed and activated, sub menu item 'Custom Style' is added to menu 'Appearance' in your Dashboard. Select that menu item, add some CSS rules into the text field and save it. Then reload your Wordpress Blog. If you then look at your blog's HTML source code, you should see a element in the head element with your content. = Advanced Usage = Depending on your CSS rules, you may need to refer to files in your theme. A typical example is the usage of a background image as shown below: #header { background-image: url( /images/my-bg-image.jpg ); } Using a hardwired URL here is possible but a rather ugly solution. Especially if you prefer to install themes having version numbers in their folder name. To support a location independant CSS addition, 'custom-style' supports the syntax {bloginfo:word} where 'word' is an arbitrary word (or absent). Such a 'custom expression' is evaluated as bloginfo('word') See http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/bloginfo for further information about 'bloginfo'. This eventually allows you to solve the problem above like #header { background-image: url({bloginfo:template_url}/images/my-bg-image.jpg ); } cause 'bloginfo("template_url")' evaluates to your blog's theme URL. == Frequently Asked Questions == = No in my element? = The plugin depends on the usage of . So your header.php file should look something like .. .. = There is a in my element - no visible effect though!? = Make sure that your CSS styles are not overridden by