> I really want to style out my tiddly wiki, any suggestions or creative > ideas I can use to make it flashy?
In keeping with the recent discussions calling for more "how to" tutorials for TiddlyWiki, I am currently working on writing a series of TiddlyTools/TiddlyTech articles, one of which will explore the topic of "customizing styles and themes" in depth. Here's a little bit to get you started: One of the the quickest things you can do to enhance the appearance of your document is to change the colors. To achieve this, open the [[ColorPalette]] tiddler (from the Shadow tab). This contains a set of color name/value pairs, which are then used by the default TWCore [[StyleSheetColors]] CSS shadow tiddler. If you edit the #RGB color values in the [[ColorPalette]], the new colors will automatically be applied by [[StyleSheetColors]]. To make it easier to select the colors you desire, you can import these two tiddlers: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#PaletteMaker http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#ColorPalette The PaletteMaker provides an interactive 'web-safe' visible palette of colors to select, and lets you "edit" the [[ColorPalette]] definition without calculating or typing any RGB codes. It also lets you add new color name/value pairs to the [[ColorPalette]], so that you can then customize your [[StyleSheetColors]] CSS definitions to apply a wider range of colors to the elements of the TW layout. To customize the default color definitions, you should first find the definition in [[StyleSheetColors]] that you want to modify, and then *copy* it into a tiddler named [[StyleSheet]]. Then make your changes *there*. Note that the [[StyleSheet]] CSS definitions are applied *after* the default TWCore styles, so that they will override any matching CSS rules contained in in the default [[StyleSheetColors]]. There are, of course, many more things you can do to change the appearance of your document, including adding borders, backgrounds, etc. (using CSS), as well as changing the overall page layout (PageTemplate) and tiddler view/edit layouts (ViewTemplate/ EditTemplate). The TWCore includes a "theme" mechanism that let's you "bundle" all of the above look-and-feel customizations so that you can easily apply any given theme by changing one setting: <<option txtTheme>>, to the name of the theme-definition tiddler. more to come.... enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios ---- TiddlyTools needs YOUR financial support... Help ME to continue to help YOU... make a generous donation today: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
