Resources

[alchemy]

If you have a link (On or off DW) that you feel will be helpful to those creating or using custom Dreamwidth layouts, please comment and I will add it to the list!

Communities

• style_system - DW styles discussion and help.


• dw_styles - DW styles updates and info.


• dreamscapes - Community focused on the development of themes for Dreamwidth.


• the_style_kit - Bundled layout kits to speed up CSS testing.


• stylemakers - For people coding their layouts and needing help or advice with CSS stylesheets or S2 layers.

Tutorials & General Info

• Dreamwidth's S2 Guide


• Dreamwidth's S2 CSS Guide


• Resolution, OS and Browser Data for Dreamwidth


• Getting Started:Styles by ninetydegrees - For LiveJournal users who would like to use Dreamwidth styles but are a little lost when it comes to finding one or customizing it.


• Meet the Styles Wizard by zvi - Good explanation for newbies.


• How to change your journal's layout to a customised layout by unboxed - A step by step visual tutorial.


• Adding LiveJournal Layouts to Dreamwidth by starlit - For all account levels.


• The Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating a Color Theme by zvi


• Survey of user layout preferences at visualwit

Comments

[timeasmymeasure]

- stylemakers is a good one for layout makers. Resources, etc :)

[alchemy]

Added, thank you!

[madelienegrey]

I've have these banked for a while, mainly because they help the utterly clueless when it comes to layouts and styles:

For total newbies:
zvi's explanation of styles.

unboxed gives an image-based description of how to change to a customized style.

For creating themes and/or layouts: Resolution/Browser Data for DW users

starlit's Tutorial on Adding LJ Layouts to DW

Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating a Color Scheme

User input on what's important in a layout at visualwit.

[alchemy]

All added, thank you so much!

[fu]

Nice list of resources!

One note: dreamscapes is for the submission and discussion/development of any layout or theme to be made officially available through the site. It's not restricted to Tabula Rasa-based layouts .

[alchemy]

My bad! You'll want to change the profile info, then, as that's what the first line says.