Query re: styles (is there a more generic title?)

[gdelgiblueeyes]

Hello (again), style_system! Here's hoping you can help. I obtained some great help when I inquired about design related to my community johnheartpaul in the past, and I'm hoping I can solicit some help here for my personal account now.

Before the great Tumblr fallout of recent weeks, I had been strongly considering moving content from my Tumblr (and its two side-blogs) to this Dreamwidth account. Recent events have served only to solidify my resolve to do so.

I'm fully aware that DW does not yet support importing from Tumblr, and that it may be a long time (if ever) before that becomes the case. That's fine with me -- I'm fine if everything about DW stays the same (I mostly use it on my PC anyway), and as for my Tumblr content, I think I'm gonna winnow through some stuff and be very choosy about what I bring here anyway.

My question concerns design. I have a Tumblr layout that I particularly like at my side-blog gdelgidirector , and I would like, if I may, to replicate its design here on my main, or at least come as close to replicating it here as I can. In theory, there's got to be something I can do with base layers or the like. But I'm not skilled enough to do it on my own.

Can someone experienced with custom CSS, HTML, and the like tell me 1) if transferring the layout is even doable, and 2) teach me how to port my Tumblr layout design over here if so?

Thank you!

Comments

[foxfirefey]

It might be useful to give a link to your Tumblr--certain things will depend on what you have over there!

[gdelgiblueeyes]

Good point. Edited to include the link!

[momijizukamori]

So it'll probably take a little bit of work, but it's definitely doable - that layout doesn't have anything real crazy going on, so it'll be a combo of just changing the CSS selector names, and a small amount of S2 overrides (which are a little fancier). If you know a bit of CSS and/or coding, I can probably point you to existing docs if you want to give it a whirl yourself, or I can take a stab at in when I have some time, but that potentially could be a while.

[gdelgiblueeyes]

I know neither, which is why I appealed to people for help. :/ But I can wait if need be.

[momijizukamori]

No promises, but I'll see what I can do if I have time in the next few weeks

[momijizukamori]

Okay, extremely quick and dirty conversion: https://pastebin.com/sfqBbtsh

First go to the style select and search for Tabula Rasa. Apply Plain for Tabula Rasa, and then at the very bottom of the page, pick '1 Column (modules at top and bottom; no sidebar)' for page setup.

Then go to the custom CSS page and paste the code from that pastebin into the 'use embedded CSS' box, and save.

[gdelgiblueeyes]

Thank you so much! This really helped.

(I can now say that the extremely quick and dirty work is done, and badger friends into helping with the finer details. :P)