Patrick, I'm glad you reminded me about BuddyLite. It does have some pretty cool features. It got me to thinking — maybe if I could play around with the custom CSS enough….
Well, it worked. I got the design I was after, plus the benefit of those really cool dropdown menu functions.
Not using BuddyLite for this project. It just couldn't quite get the look I wanted. I do like BuddyLite, however, and may have to find a way to get back to it.
Problem is, the current theme doesn't have dropdowns (that I am aware of). What, in CSS (I'm no expert) would "look" like dropdown markup. I.e. – what should I look for?
This is starting to get into the child theme area, which I'm still learning. To import the adminbar.css, is it best to reproduce the inc/css/adminbar.css into the child theme directory? And then import it in the child theme's stylesheet?
Actually, I found one. I did not think of searching WP.org for 'password recovery'. There is one – Theme my Login – that is PERFECT for my needs.
OK. So, is there a way to generically modify functions.php (like another WordPress hook or whatever) so that if I change themes the code you gave me would not "go away". Or, would I have to make the same changes in a new theme if I decided to use it?