How to Use Write.as

If you can write CSS, you can customize the appearance of your Write.as blog (a Pro feature).

Getting Started

All you need to do is go to the Customize settings of your blog. Scroll down to “Custom CSS” and customize your blog from there.

The following stylesheet shows a few basic selectors you'll need in order to customize certain elements. In the BASICS section, just grab the selectors (e.g. #blog-title a:hover) for your stylesheet — the properties are only there to illustrate what you can do.

You should copy entire sections in the RECIPES section verbatim, as each is a complete customization you might want to make, like centering an image.

/* 

    BASICS
    Use the following CSS rules to change the elements you're trying to customize.

*/

body {
    background-color: #efefef;
}

/* Blog header on index and post pages */
#blog-title a { 
    color: #fff;
    background-color: #7a629d;
}
#blog-title a:hover { 
    color: #eee;
    background-color: #7a629d;
}

/* Blog header on post pages ONLY */
body#post #blog-title a {
    padding: 4px 8px;
}

/* Blog description (underneath title) on index page */
header p.description {
    font-style: italic;
}

/* Post titles on blog index */
.post-title {
    font-weight: normal;
}
.post-title a.u-url:link, .post-title a.u-url:visited {
    color: blue;
}

/* "Read more..." links */
body#collection a.read-more {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Links inside blog posts */
article p a {
    color: #444;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 2px solid orangered;
}
article p a:hover {
    background-color: orangered;
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/*

    RECIPES
    These are common patterns you may want to use on your blog.

*/

/* Center images */
img {
    display: block;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

/* Disable post header fade effect */
body#post header
    -moz-opacity: 1;
    -khtml-opacity: 1;
    -webkit-opacity: 1;
    opacity: 1;
}

/* Hide post views */
header nav .views {
    display: none;
}

Themes

If you want to see how you can customize beyond the basic elements of your blog, you can check out our Themes blog. Here, you can find custom blogs from the Write.as community whose themes you can use & remix for your own blog.