what is the custom windows display style for?

luzanne · 19 Apr 2002, 11:31 AM

I find it funny to find a "custom windows: c:\custom.css" display style"

Is the just another style (which i doubt coz the name is so detailed) or can it be used by us to customise the look of our own account and if so how do i go about doing this.

pobelly · 19 Apr 2002, 12:47 PM

you create (or steal) a style sheet of your own, or modify one of the existing ones, and save it on your machine as "c:\custom.css"... then, if you have chosen this setting, your fastmail pages will look for that stylesheet. AFAIK it only works with IE, though.

luzanne · 19 Apr 2002, 12:58 PM

can i use html to do this or which programming language can i use?

any recommended program/website?

pobelly · 19 Apr 2002, 02:35 PM

this site is interesting:

http://css.nu/

all you really need, software-wise, is a text editor.

you can download the 'professional blue' stylesheet to use as a template here:

http://fastmail.fm/styles/professionalblue.css

luzanne · 19 Apr 2002, 09:32 PM

does this mean that i can only view my custom style on those computers with my custom.css in the c drive?

then if i go to my friends home and check my fastmail there, i'll see the default custom.css in fastmail right?

**psalzer** · 19 Apr 2002, 09:43 PM

Yup, that's right. Maybe eventually there'll be a way to store a custom stylesheet in our own space at Fastmail, and maybe in that case other browsers will recognize it. That'd really be nice. For now, though, it's got to be on your C drive and it's only for IE.

19 Apr 2002, 11:31 AM	#1
luzanne Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22	what is the custom windows display style for? I find it funny to find a "custom windows: c:\custom.css" display style" Is the just another style (which i doubt coz the name is so detailed) or can it be used by us to customise the look of our own account and if so how do i go about doing this.

19 Apr 2002, 12:58 PM	#3
luzanne Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22	what program can i use? can i use html to do this or which programming language can i use? any recommended program/website?

19 Apr 2002, 12:47 PM	#2
pobelly Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 586	you create (or steal) a style sheet of your own, or modify one of the existing ones, and save it on your machine as "c:\custom.css"... then, if you have chosen this setting, your fastmail pages will look for that stylesheet. AFAIK it only works with IE, though.

19 Apr 2002, 02:35 PM	#4
pobelly Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 586	this site is interesting: http://css.nu/ all you really need, software-wise, is a text editor. you can download the 'professional blue' stylesheet to use as a template here: http://fastmail.fm/styles/professionalblue.css

19 Apr 2002, 09:32 PM	#5
luzanne Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22	does this mean that i can only view my custom style on those computers with my custom.css in the c drive? then if i go to my friends home and check my fastmail there, i'll see the default custom.css in fastmail right?

19 Apr 2002, 09:43 PM	#6
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	Yup, that's right. Maybe eventually there'll be a way to store a custom stylesheet in our own space at Fastmail, and maybe in that case other browsers will recognize it. That'd really be nice. For now, though, it's got to be on your C drive and it's only for IE.