Snag the custom skin from the latest version and check out how they wrap the skin switching in a little bit of logic.

Wait a minute I think I got one handy... okay here it is.

	<?php if( ! $Blog->get('force_skin') )
	{	// Skin switching is allowed for this blog: ?>
		<div class="bSideItem">
			<h3><?php echo T_('Choose skin') ?></h3>
			<ul>
				<?php // ------------------------------- START OF SKIN LIST -------------------------------
				for( skin_list_start(); skin_list_next(); ) { ?>
					<li><a href="<?php skin_change_url() ?>"><?php skin_list_iteminfo( 'name', 'htmlbody' ) ?></a></li>
				<?php } // ------------------------------ END OF SKIN LIST ------------------------------ ?>
			</ul>
		</div>
	<?php } ?>

wpc_human_condition does this to and your fix here was a great help. cheers.

EdB:

Thank you so much for your help. I still think one of the coolest things about the Internet is other people's willingness to go all out to help someone else.

Thanks again.

Another question on the topic: what would happen if I just removed the other skins entirely from my installation, and messed around tithe template to remove the whole skins changer thing?

Thanks for any help.

Happy new year.

I think I got what I wanted -- the right skins, and even AdSense looks okay.

Could some nice person look at www.timsblog.com and tell me if they think I did okay on the setup? It's mostly just a test thing to see the types of things I could get away with.

Your descrition starts in the middle and then wraps around to the left...