Try this technique…

First thing I did is made an image in photoshop. Use any graphic program you want. It’s 1050 px wide X 100 px tall. I uploaded it to my server and placed it in the custom/images folder. This is what it looks like. It’s been shrunken down to fit within this blog post….

Shadow.png:

Next, put the image onto the background by placing the following code in the custom.css file and uploading it to your server. You can move the image from left to right with the first % value. Adjust it to create your desired effect.

body.custom {background: url(images/shadow.png) repeat-y scroll 50% 0 ;}

And that’s it!

In your custom.ss file add the following code. You can put it anywhere you want but I recommend putting it at the top. Remember, once you make the change, save it, and upload the new file to your server. Always describe what you’re doing by putting your descripton between the comment tags /*  */ at the beginning shown below in green. The comments aren’t shown on your rendered page and it just makes things easier for you to remember…

/*remove border from blockquote*/
.custom blockquote { border: none ;  }

Click on the advanced options. From here you can customize the border any way you want. To put a simple black border around the image put in the number “1″ in the “border” box. Hit update. You can change this to get your desired effect.

In your custom.ss file add the following code. You can put it anywhere you want but I recommend putting it at the top. Remember, once you make the change, save it, and upload the new file to your server. Always describe what you’re doing by putting your descripton between the comment tags /*  */ at the beginning shown below in green. The comments aren’t shown on your rendered page and it just makes things easier for you to remember…

/*change the color of the archive info border*/
.custom #archive_info { border-bottom: 2px  solid  #whatever hexidecimal color you want ;}

In your custom.ss file add the following code. You can put it anywhere you want but I recommend putting it at the top. Remember, once you make the change, save it, and upload the new file to your server. Always describe what you’re doing by putting your descripton between the comment tags /*  */ at the beginning shown below in green. The comments aren’t shown on your rendered page and it just makes things easier for you to remember…

/*remove header border*/
.custom #header {  border:none ; }