mediaaseI'm not sure if this will paste correctly with the code, so here's the link to the formatted instructions: http://www.shaneeubanks.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/04/easy-custom-css-based-on-author/
I had been trying to figure out how to change the text (colors and such) of posts in WordPress based on the author and saw quite a few different ways of doing it…none of which I thought were easy. I’m not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere before, because I couldn’t find it…so here is my two-step version. Yes…two steps.
Now, this is going to describe how to do it with the default theme in WordPress 2.0, but I use it with the K2 theme over at http://www.crystalandshane.com to make my posts blue and Crystal’s posts pink .
1. Open index.php in the /wp-content/themes/default folder and find the line that says:
class=�entry�
Replace it with:
class=�<?php the_author() ?>“
2. Open the style.css in the same folder and add styles based on the authors’ names. Here is how I use it for Shane and Crystal:
.Shane {
font-size: 1.4em;
line-height: 1.2em;
color: #393B79;
}
.Crystal {
font-size: 1.4em;
line-height: 1.2em;
color: #9C4976;
}
Just save & upload those 2 files and you now have custom CSS styles based on the author’s name!
