Alchemist™ renders AlltheWeb in the most basic HTML tags, with no layout, design, positioning or formatting rules. This enables you to get creative and work some CSS magic to transform the site from its bare bones into a work of art. What can you do with Alchemist?

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Do you want to create a personalized look for AlltheWeb?

Enable Alchemist, our light-weight text-only version of AlltheWeb. Alchemist has been designed to load quickly and enables you to make AlltheWeb all your own using your own Cascading Style Sheet (CSS).

Note - You must have cookies enabled to be able to use Alchemist.

After enabling Alchemist, and you're feeling creative, download our sample CSS file and fine-tune it in your favorite text editor to suit your personal taste.

You can find more example style sheets in our style sheet gallery.

Using your own CSS is easy:

1. Download our example CSS file, or one of the other examples above, to start with.
2. Take a look through the documentation we've provided to get familiar with our CSS styles.
3. Edit the styles as needed using a text editor.
4. Place the file on a web server. (Why?)
5. Enter the URL (location) of the style sheet in the field below.
6. Be sure to SAVE your settings.

Location of your CSS	-
		Note - This location must be in the form of a URL. For example: "http://www.mysite.com/AlltheWeb.css"

In order for Alchemist to display the most suitable logos and icons for the background color you've defined in your CSS file, indicate the background color you're using:

Background color	-	White or light colorsBlack or dark colors
		Use PNG logos and graphics (for better antialiasing)

Not familiar with CSS?

We have collected a handful of great resources about CSS that might be helpful in customizing your own CSS file.

• The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - The people that define the various standards used on the web.
• www.w3schools.com - Great tutorials for the beginner, lots of references for the more experienced.
• W3C CSS Validation Service - use it to check your style sheet.

Need more help?

• Read our stylesheet documentation.
• Check out Alchemist™ Frequently Asked Questions.

Note that Alchemist™ is currently an unsupported feature.

However, if you have found a bug in our example style sheet, XHTML pages or documentation, please use the feedback form to let us know.