Blank theme
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I would like to know if there is a completely blank theme available for WordPress.com that I can then edit with my own HTML/CSS. I’m happy to pay for the $30 customization package but want to start from a blank slate. There is a WP theme called BlankSlate I found online. Is that available on WordPress.com?
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Above my paygrade (I don’t do CSS) but take a look at Sandbox I think – there are a couple of themes that are plain to do what you want to do – but you can only work with CSS – no HTML – only change the look of the theme not the functionality
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The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes. This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/
There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins” here at WordPress.com. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge. Toolbox stylesheet link https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/toolbox/style.css
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If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to WordPress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes at WordPress.COM. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/
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Thank you so much for the help! I’ve switched to Sandbox and it does allow more flexibility in doing what I need. One newbie question, is there a way to either remove the commenting module at the bottom of the page? I’m trying to convert a static HTML website over to WordPress.com for easier updating.
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If your objective is a static website instead of a regular blog, you don’t really need Sandbox: you can do it using any theme. Selecting a theme you like and making changes to it is easier than styling everything from scratch. And if you don’t know how to hide an element via CSS editing, then you definitely don’t know enough to use Sandbox.
Anyway, you don’t even need CSS to remove the comment field: you go to Pages > All Pages, click Quick Edit under the page title, uncheck the option “Allow Comments”, click Update.
By the way, every theme has its own header, nav, content and footer sections, so things like these have no place in the content of a static page:
<div id="header"></div> <div id="main"> <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li> <li><a href="about.php">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="childhealth.php">Child Health</a></li> <li><a href="calendar.php">Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="forms.php">Forms</a></li> <li><a href="hot_topics.php">Hot Topics</a></li> <li><a href="policies.php">Office Policies</a></li> <li><a href="contact.php">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="curvy" id="content"> -
I would like to know if there is a completely blank theme available for WordPress.com that I can then edit with my own HTML/CSS.
You can actually use any theme at WordPress.com as a blank slate (as timethief mentioned). Just go to Appearance → Themes → Customize → CSS and check the option that says, “Don’t use the theme’s original CSS,” for any theme to see a preview of how it looks as a blank slate.
I really like what justpi said about starting with a theme you like and making adjustments to it as you go though. It’s what most people do, and I think it works out pretty well!
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