the end user & custom css
 

do you think the end user is smart enough to be able to put css into a text box or do you think they need the kind of css editor we have in the admincp?

Depends on the end user :)
More features the better....

Nope, never make assumptions about what you're audience can and can't do. Just because someone visits a trucking forum doesn't mean they know about trucks ;)

hmmmm, surely it makes it more special and more 1337 if you know css rather than random people just doing it cos the options there?

i dunno just looking for all thoughts on the matter, especially as this aint even for a html/css buff community.

I would make them the user put in it, theres always tutorials. ; 0