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Modifying Your Template Styles

With just the little bit of knowledge you've learned so far about markup and CSS, you can begin to modify the template style. The following exercises are perfect for folks who have never or rarely worked with styles, but they'll also be good for more experienced readers who want to get a feel for the way Movable Type templates work.

Not to worry—you can't “break” your style. Movable Type keeps originals of all the templates. You can always retrieve the default templates at www.movabletype.org/default_templates.shtml, and the default style templates from www.movabletype.org/default_styles.shtml.

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