A Widebar Category Cloud and Sidebar Background Colors (From My Inbox)

Annie, i just discovered you and Girl, you are amazing! N one makes CSS understandable but you manage to :)
I've retired my yummy PSYCHO template because I can't use it with new Blogger and it's impossible to change. So, I learning to design my own and finding your BlogU so great. I have a couple of questions for you, if you have time, before I get started tweaking my template.

1) How did you make your category cloud one big space above the two sidebars?:)

Use a Widebar to hold your category cloud! And while you're at it, set your sidebars apart with a different background color.

2) Could I create background images for the sidebars? Or how would I make them a different color than the main part?

I hope you can answer these, but if not, I totally understand you're flooded with "help me" emails.

Blessings,
Heidi



1. How did you make your category cloud one big space above the two sidebars?

Follow the instructions on this post: A Widebar - Fluid Style which creates a new page element. You can add the label cloud there. (here is how to get the cloud My Category Cloud...Finally

2. Could I create background images for the sidebars? Or how would I make them a different color than the main part?

First, create a Variable definition:

Variable name="sidebarbgcolor" description="Sidebar Background Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#eeeeee">

Make the color anything you want.

Second, put the above code in the

/* Variable definitions

area of your template.

Third, to your #sidebar-wrapper add this code:

background:$sidebarbgcolor;

That will change the color of the sidebar.