Category Archives: The Sandbox

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Design downloads and live previews available

August 4, 2007 – 7:07 am

All the designs are now available for download. Visit The Designs and check out the designs you like and then download them. I’m fairly tired after doing this, so if I’ve missed something or incorrectly linked to a design, just let me know.
Next is that Sandbox Designs Live is now offering all the designs, well, [...]

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Design screenshots online

August 2, 2007 – 4:43 am

That’s right. While the Live Preview site will be functioning tomorrow (hopefully), you can get a glimpse of the designs that were accepted. Think of it as a sneak preview.
Please note that downloads are not available currently. Designers are welcome to leave a comment on their design page with download information, if they choose to [...]

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Special Sandbox Techniques

July 17, 2007 – 3:34 pm

With the Sandbox, you can do a lot of stuff with just CSS. Mark over at the weblogtoolscollection.com has posted links to two blogs outlining how to make pure CSS asides for your blog. Great for regular link posts using del.icio.us or ma.gnolia.com.
Pure CSS Asides for WP
These types of techniques (or tricks) utilizing the dynamic [...]

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Sandbox and WordPress 2.3

June 26, 2007 – 4:33 pm

What should surely be of great interest to all participants is the news that the Sandbox theme is slated for moving in to the WordPress core at version 2.3. Check out ticket #4517 on the WordPress trac for more info.
While not carved in stone, this has been discussed for about a year now (see Sandbox [...]

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Welcome to the Sandbox Designs Competition

June 1, 2007 – 11:59 am

As I wrote yesterday on the Weblog Tools Collection, I am very pleased to announce the Sandbox Designs Competition. I briefly outlined the scope and purpose of the competition yesterday and, as promised, will go in to more detail here on the first post of the SDC.
Before I get started, I’d like to point [...]

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