s2 layout: my sweetest downfall [flexible squares]

[milou_veronica]

Lately I've been perusing topshop for future birthday presents (for myself, hah) and I thought, 'This design is cute, I should totally nick it'. So here we are.



image | live layout:my sweetest downfall
a topshop knock-off
style: flexible squares
accounts: Basic, Paid, and Sponsored
features:custom comment pages, mini icons, sidebar
browsers: IE7, FF, Safari, Chrome, and Opera


/*

my sweetest downfall - totally nicked from topshop
(flexible squares;milou veronica)

*/

body { background: #ffffff url(http://i44.tinypic.com/2ufsfhz.png) repeat scroll 0 0; text-align: center; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: .75em; padding:0;margin:0;}

.headerimage {display:none;position: relative; background: transparent url() repeat scroll 50% 0; border-color:#171717;border-style:solid;border-width:6px 20px;width:70%; min-width: 780px; height: px;margin: 0 auto}

#content{ color: #444444; background: #ffffff url() repeat scroll 0 0;margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;}

#maincontent { padding: 0px 10px 0 0; margin:0; background: #ffffff url() repeat scroll 0 0; text-align: justify;border-top:0px solid #1a1a1a;border: 1px solid #aaaaaa}

#sidebar {padding:10px 22px 10px 10px;width:136px; text-align: left; color: #666666; font-size: .85em; line-height: 1.75;margin-left: auto;float:left;height:100%;}
#content-outer {background: #171717 url() repeat scroll 0 0;min-width: 780px;width:70%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding:8px 20px 0}

/* HEADER */

#header { background-color: #171717; margin: 0 auto 0 0;text-align: left; font-size: .8em;text-transform:lowercase; color: #666666; padding:0 0 5px 0;min-height:64px}

div#header a, div#header a:link, div#header a:visited{postion:relative;color: #aaaaaa;padding: 1px 6px;}
ul.navheader li:hover {background-color: #DF617E; color:#111111;} div#header ul.navheader li:hover a {color:#FFFFFF}
div#header li.view {color: #ffffff;background-color:#DF617E;} .title:first-letter {color:#DF617E;}
div#header li.view:hover{ background-color: #DF617E;color:#111}
ul.navheader{ padding: 28px 0;width:50%;margin:0;float:left;text-align:left}
ul.navheader li {margin: 0 -4px 0 0; list-style-type: none;background-color: #000000;padding: 28px 8px 28px;display:inline;}

.title {padding:20px 6px 0 0;text-transform: uppercase;letter-spacing: -1px;line-height:.85;margin: 0 0 0 auto; text-align: right;font-size:2.1em;color:#ffffff;max-width:px}
.subtitle{padding: 0 6px;text-transform: lowercase;line-height:1; text-align: right;font-size:.95em;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.02em}

/* ENTRIES */
.subcontent {margin-left: 170px; margin-right: auto;}

.date {text-transform: uppercase; color: #dddddd; font-size:.6em; letter-spacing:.1em;}

.subject {font-size: 1.3em; letter-spacing:-0.09em;text-align:left;line-height: 1; color: #aaaaaa; text-transform: lowercase}

.subject a, .subject a:link, .subject a:visited {text-decoration: none;color: #aaaaaa;}

.datesubject {padding: 10px 5px 6px 10px;border-bottom:6px solid #eeeeee;}

.entry{margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px 0 20px;text-align: justify;line-height: 1.75; background-color: #ffffff;}

.entry_text {}

.entry ul li,.entry ol li{padding-left: 5px;margin-left: 15px;}

/* USERPICS */

.userpic { position: relative; float: right; padding:0 1px; background-color: #ffffff; margin:50px 0 10px 10px; z-index: 15; border-right: 10px solid #DF617E;}

.userpicfriends { position: relative; background-color: transparent !important; float: right; padding: 0px; margin: 50px 0 10px 10px; text-align: right;z-index: 15;}

.userpicfriends img {padding: 0 1px; border-right: 10px solid #DF617E; background-color: #ffffff; }
.userpicfriends a font {color: #111111;}

/* COMMENT BAR */
.comments {color: #ffffff; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; padding: 6px; position: relative; margin:0; text-transform: uppercase; clear:right;font-style:itlic;font-weight:bold}

div.comments a, div.comments a:visited, div.comments a:link { padding: 3px 6px;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee}
div.comments a:hover {border-width: 1px 0 0 1px; border-style:solid;border-color:#dddddd;background-color:#f3f3f3}
.separator{height: 25px;background-color:#FFF}

/* CURRENTS AND TAGS (minicons by brandspankingnew */

.ljtags {clear:right;text-align: right; padding: 4px 18px 4px 0; background: transparent url(http://i49.tinypic.com/1zevxg2.png) no-repeat scroll 100% 50%; margin-top: 50px; position: relative; text-transform: lowercase; font-size: 7pt; color: #888888; font-weight: bold}
.ljtags:hover {} div.ljtags a {font-weight: normal; }

.currents {clear:right;text-align: right; margin:0; padding-top:15px; padding: 8px 0px 8px 0; text-transform: lowercase; font-size: 7pt; color: #646464; }
.currents strong, .currentlocation strong, .currentmood strong, .currentgroups strong, .currentmusic strong {text-decoration: none; color: #888888; display:none;}
.currentlocation, .currentmood, .currentgroups , .currentmusic {padding: 4px 18px 4px 0; background: transparent none no-repeat scroll 100% 50%;}
.currentlocation {background-image: url(http://i42.tinypic.com/24vts91.gif)}
.currentmood{background-image: url(http://i44.tinypic.com/34xgpw5.gif)}
.currentgroups {background-image: url(http://i42.tinypic.com/21jx2xk.gif)}
.currentmusic {background-image: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/5dqgqv.gif)}

/* TAG PAGE */
h2 { padding: 10px 10px 10px 30px;font-weight: normal;margin: 0 0 0 160px; }

.ljtaglist {text-align: left; margin: 0 0 0 160px; padding:10px;font-size:10px; list-style:inside none square;}
.ljtaglist li {padding:5px 0px;border-bottom: 1px dotted #eeeeee;color:#aaa} .ljtaglist li:hover{background-color:#f8f8f8;}

/* COMMENT PAGE */

.box { text-align: left; margin-bottom:1px; padding: 0px; clear: right;margin-left:130px} .lj-view-entry #maincontent {border-bottom:none}

.datesubjectcomment {text-align: left; color: #999999; margin-top: 0px; }

.userpiccomment {position: relative; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; background-color: #ffffff; left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; z-index: 15; float: left;}

input { font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid #cccccc; color: #999999;}
textarea.textbox {width: 100% !important;}

.reply{ border: 0px ; position: relative; margin: 20px 30px 10px 30px; padding: 25px 10px 10px 10px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.25;}

.replytosubject {letter-spacing:2px; font-weight: bold;}

.commentreply {min-height: 65px; text-align: left; position: relative; margin: 10px 10px 10px 120px;}

.commentbox {border-bottom: 1px solid #eeeeee; padding: 30px 10px 10px 20px;margin: 7px 0px 7px 0px;}

.commentbox:hover, .commentboxpartial:hover {border-color: #dddddd;}

.commentboxpartial {border-bottom: 1px solid #eeeeee;padding: 10px; margin: 10px;}

.commentinfo { background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 10px; width: 100%;}
form#postform{background-color: #ffffff;border:1px solid #eeeeee} form#qrform table {border-width: 0px !important;} form#qrform {background-color: #ffffff;}
.skiplinks {text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;padding: 10px 0px; font-size: 7pt; color: #eeeeee;background-color: #ffffff;}
.skiplinks a {background-color:#ffffff;word-spacing:1px;}.skiplinks a:hover{background-color:#f7f7f7}

/* SIDEBAR */

.defaultuserpic {text-align: center; margin: 5px;}
.defaultuserpic img {border: 1px solid #ececec;padding:1px;width:70px;height:70px}

.sbarheader {padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;}
.sbarbody {padding: 0;}

.sbarbody2 { padding: 0;line-height:1.5}

ul.sbarlist{ margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none;}li.sbaritem{display:;}
li.sbaritem{padding:1px 0;margin:0;border-bottom: 1px solid #eeeeee;text-transform: lowercase;font-variant:small-caps;} li.sbaritem:hover {background-color: #f3f3f3;border-color:#ececec}
li.sbartitle{padding: 12px 6px 6px; font-size:1.2em;text-transform: lowercase;color: #222222;}

#sidebar_linklist {line-height:1.2;margin:0; padding:0;}
#sidebar_summary,#sidebar_tags, #sidebar_calendar {line-height:1.2;}

.sbarcalendar { padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #f3f3f3; text-align: center; font-size: .9em;} .sbarcalendarposts{vertical-align: middle !important; background-color: #f7f7f7; text-align: center;}
.sbarcalendarposts:hover {background-color: #dddddd}

/* FOOTER */

#footer { background-color: #171717;padding: 5px; text-align: center; margin:auto;text-transform: uppercase; font-size: .7em; letter-spacing: 3px; z-index: 100; clear: both; }

ul.navfooter{ padding: 0px; margin: 0px;}
ul.navfooter li {list-style: none; margin: 0 10px;display:inline;}

div#footer li.viewing {color: #555555;display:none}
div#footer a, div#footer a:link, div#footer a:visited {padding: 3px 0 0;color: #aaa}
div#footer a:hover { color:#bbbbbb; }

.clearfoot {background-color: #171717;clear: both}

/* ARCHIVE PAGE */

ul.year { margin: 0px; margin: 0 auto 10px;background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;padding: 20px}

ul.year li {display: inline;}

table.yeartable {margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;padding: 10px;}
body.lj-view-tags #content #maincontent, body.lj-view-archive
#content #maincontent {border-bottom:none;}
table.yeartable td.yeardate, table.yeartable td.yearday { border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd;}

table.yeartable td.yearday { background-color: #FBFBF8; text-align: center;}

td.yearmonth {border-style: none}

.clear {display:none; height: 8px}

/* MINI ICONS */

img[src*="icon_protected.gif"], img[src*="icon_private.gif"], img[src*="icon_groups.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="syndicated.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="newsinfo.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="partnercomm.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="sponcomm.gif"] , img[src*="btn_del.gif"], img[src*="btn_edit.gif"], img[src*="btn_scr.gif"], img[src*="btn_unscr.gif"], img[src*="btn_freeze.gif"], img[src*="btn_unfreeze.gif"], img[src*="btn_track.gif"], img[src*="btn_tracking.gif"], img[src*="btn_tracking_thread.gif"] , img[src*="anonymous.gif"], img[src*="openid-profile.gif"], form#postform img[src*="userinfo.gif"], img[src*="talk/none.gif"], img[src*="help.gif"], img[src*="pencil.gif"] {height: 0px; width: 0px; padding: 0 2px 10px 10px !important; background: transparent none no-repeat scroll 0 0}

.subject img {vertical-align: middle !important;}
img[src*="icon_protected.gif"]{background-image: url(http://i43.tinypic.com/1z1da8y.png)}
img[src*="icon_private.gif"]{background-image: url(http://i43.tinypic.com/j79ukw.png)}
img[src*="icon_groups.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i40.tinypic.com/4udx5e.png)}

.ljuser img[src*="syndicated.gif"]{background-image: url(http://i44.tinypic.com/1iiutv.jpg) !important}
.ljuser img[src*="newsinfo.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i42.tinypic.com/33c96pw.jpg) !important}
.ljuser img[src*="partnercomm.gif"]{background-image: url(http://i40.tinypic.com/15gxvro.png) !important}
.ljuser img[src*="sponcomm.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i39.tinypic.com/2hyxw7r.png) !important}

img[src*="btn_del.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/m7ztok.jpg)}
img[src*="btn_scr.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i40.tinypic.com/30auv5y.jpg)}
img[src*="btn_unscr.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/vfxurp.jpg)}
img[src*="btn_freeze.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i39.tinypic.com/xm3l7r.jpg)}
img[src*="btn_unfreeze.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/28reatl.jpg)}
img[src*="btn_track.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/viecqo.jpg)}
img[src*="btn_tracking.gif"],img[src*="btn_tracking_thread.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i42.tinypic.com/f9m79s.jpg)}
img[src*="anonymous.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i42.tinypic.com/r8fdsg.png)}
img[src*="openid-profile.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i40.tinypic.com/2hd0a5v.jpg)}
img[src*="userinfo.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i51.tinypic.com/29fy2he.png)}
img[src*="talk/none.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i40.tinypic.com/20ppj6o.jpg)}
img[src*="help.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/ztyn80.jpg)}
img[src*="pencil.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/xo03zt.jpg)}
img[src*="btn_edit.gif"] {background-image: url(http://i39.tinypic.com/15cnkg5.jpg)}

.ljuser img { width: 0; height: 0; background: transparent url(http://i51.tinypic.com/29fy2he.png) no-repeat 0 0; padding: 10px 10px 0 2px !important; vertical-align: baseline !important}
.ljuser img[src*="userinfo.gif"] { background: transparent url(http://i51.tinypic.com/29fy2he.png) no-repeat 0 0 !important; padding: 10px 10px 0 2px !important}
.ljuser img[src*="community.gif"] { background: transparent url(http://i44.tinypic.com/jhzebq.png) no-repeat scroll 0 0 !important; padding: 10px 10px 0 2px !important}

HTML BODY img.i-ljuser-userhead {height:4px !important;width:0 !important}

.Note .Inner { background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; color: #666666;} .ippu .track_title {letter-spacing: 3px; color: #444444; font-weight: normal;} div.ljcmtmanage { background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; padding:10px; }

/* MISC */

a img {border:none;}
b, u { color: #333333;}
i, s { color: #aaaaaa;}
p, td {}
.appwidget-qotd table tr td div {border:1px solid #eeeeee !Important;padding:8px 15px !Important}
blockquote { padding:15px; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; background: #f7f7f7 url() repeat; color:#8c8c8c; }
code {display:block; padding:5px; border:1px dashed #DDDDDD; font-size: 12px;}

kbd, pre, tt {font-family: monospace;}
textarea { font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times,serif;font-size: 12px; background: #f7f7f7 url() repeat; border: 1px solid #dddddd; color: #666666;}

/* COLORS */

a, a:link, a:visited, .subject a, div.comments a:hover,.subject a:link, .subject a:visited, h2, code, div#sidebar a, .datesubjectcomment a:link, .datesubjectcomment a:visited, div.ContextualPopup .Relation, .ljuser a b {
color: #DF617E;
text-decoration: none;}
.ljuser a b {font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times,serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic}
a:hover, .subject a:hover, div.comments a, .datesubjectcomment a:hover, div#sidebar a:hover, div#sidebar li.sbaritem:hover a, .ljuser a b:hover {color: #74CFC6; text-decoration: none;}
.subject a, .subject a:link, .subject a:visited, .subject,h2 {text-decoration: none;color: #000000; }
div#sidebar a { color: #555555;}

installation
01.
Choose Journal Style
02.
Select "Grays" Flexible Squares layout in "Select a New Theme"
03.
In Choose a Page Setup, select 2 Column (sidebar on right) or 2 Column (sidebar on left).
04.
Go to " Customise your Theme " and then "Style ". Change the "Background color of the outer table" to #FFFFFF.
05.
Then go to the "Sidebar" section. Make sure all the sidebar elements you wish to show are enabled. This is also where you add the free text.
06.
Still in "Customise your Theme", go to "Custom CSS ". Ensure Use layout's stylesheet(s) is set to no
07.
Paste code into the Custom Stylesheet box.

notes:Q&A
♚ mini icons by Pinvoke and Brand Spanking New
♚ Upload images to your own server
♚ As per usual, feel free to add your own header/ edit bloody anything you want to.
♚Please address all questions to the F.A.Q.