ranig

Ok – I figured it out with some help from the Word Press Help Center folks.

Insert the custom styles as defined by <style> tags
into the template after the <!--content --> comment.

So I didn’t need a custom CSS or custom header. What I did need was an understanding of (a) which styles affected the look/feel I wanted to create and (b) where to put the custom styles.

Example of style tags:

<style type="text/css">

#content {
	float: left;
	padding-bottom: 24px;
	width: 900px; //orig 550px
}
#sidebar {
	background-color:#e9eaea;
	float:left;
	margin-left:24px;
	padding: 0px //14px;
	width: 0px //300px; orig 358px
}

.full .full-content {
	clear:both;
	padding-top: 9px;
	width: 900px;
}
</style>

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cheers, rani