layout: all my dreams on hold
style: flexible squares
accounts: Basic, Paid, and Sponsored
features: topbar, custom comment pages
browsers: IE7, FF, Opera, and Safari
I thought I'd try doing something a little more "manly", since most everything I do is so girly.
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live/*---------------------------------------------------
all my dreams on hold // by milou_veronica
flexible squares layout (basic, plus and paid)
-----------------------------------------------------*/
.headerimage {position: relative;
background: url();
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 0px; }
body {
background: url(); background-attachment: fixed;
background-color: #333333;
text-align: center;
color: #aaaaaa;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
margin: 0px;}
a, a:link, a:visited {
color: #5AA5CF;
text-decoration: none;}
a:hover {color: #97CF5A;text-decoration: none;}
b, u { color: #ffffff;}
i, s { color: #444444;}
p, td {font-size: 11px;}
blockquote { background-color: #2A2A2A;
padding: 10px;
border: 2px solid #1F1F1F;
color:#8c8c8c;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;}
code {
background-color: #2A2A2A;
display:block;
color: #5AA5CF;
padding:5px;
border:1px dashed #1a1a1a;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;}
kbd, pre, tt {font-family: monospace;}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------
General
------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#content{
width: 100%;
margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
margin-top: 20px;
border-width: 0px;
padding: 0px;}
#maincontent { border: 0px; width: 760px;
margin-top: 0px;
text-align: justify;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #aaaaaa;
padding: 0px ;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;}
#sidebar { background-color: #1a1a1a; min-height: 120px;
padding: 0px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 15px;
border: 1px solid #3f3f3f;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
color: #aaaaaa;
width: 760px;
text-align: justify; }
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Header -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> change the colour of the header here
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#header { padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 40px; font-family: Impact, Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; border-top: 0px solid #3f3f3f; color: #ffffff;width: 100%;}
div#header a, div#header a:link, div#header a:visited{ color: #444444; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 1px; padding: 6px; }
div#header a:hover { color: #5AA5CF; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 1px; padding: 6px; }
div#header li.view { color: #ffffff; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 6px;}
div#footer a, div#footer a:link, div#footer a:visited {color: #5AA5CF; }
div#footer a:hover { color:#aaaaaa; }
div#footer li.viewing {display: none;}
ul.navheader{ padding: 10px 15px 10px 10px; margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px; }
ul.navheader li { display: inline; padding: 0 3px 0 3px;}
.title { display:none; padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;color: #5AA5CF; font-size: 14px; font-family: Impact, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 6px; }
.subtitle{display:none; padding-left: 10px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 12px; color: #999999; font-family: Impact, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; margin: 0px; }
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENTRIES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> general
------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
.subcontent {padding-right 0px; margin-right:0px; background-color: #222222; border: 1px solid #3f3f3f; }
.date { padding-top: 30px;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #555555;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
padding-left: 10px;}
.subject {
padding: 0px;
background-color: transparent ;
color: #5AA5CF;
font-style: italic;
font-family: Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 16px;
letter-spacing: -1px;}
.subject a, .subject a:link, .subject a:visited {
color: #5AA5CF;
text-decoration: bold;}
.subject a:hover { color: #97CF5A; text-decoration: none;}
.datesubject { padding: 0px 2px 0px 2px; background-color: #1a1a1a; border-bottom: 3px solid #1c1c1c; text-align: right; min-height: 85px;}
.entry {
margin: 0px 10px 30px 20px;
padding: 0px;
color: #aaaaaa;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
text-align: justify;
line-height: 150%;
border-width: 0px;}
.entry_text { padding-top:10px; padding-right 10px; border: 0px; bottom: 0px;}
.userpic {
position: relative;
float: left;
background-color: #111111;
padding: 3px;
margin: 4px;
z-index: 15;
border: 0px;}
.userpic img{width:75px; height: 75px; }
.entry ul li {padding-left: 5px;margin-left: 15px;}
.entry ol li{padding-left: 5px;margin-left: 15px;}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------
ENTRIES-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> bottom links
------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
.comments { font-family: Trebuchet MS;
font-size: 16px;
text-align:center;
padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
position: relative;
top: 15px;
text-transform: uppercase;}
div.comments a, div.comments a:link, div.comments a:visited{
color: #5AA5CF;
text-decoration: none;}
div.comments a:hover {
color: #97CF5A;
text-decoration: none;}
.separator{height: 35px;}
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------
ENTRIES-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> tag stuff and currents
------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
.currents, {margin-top:0px; padding-top:0px; text-transform: lowercase; color: #acacac; font-family: Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;}
div.ljtags {font-weight: bold;}
div.ljtags a {font-weight: normal;}
.currentlocation { border-right: 6px solid #1a1a1a; padding: 2px 5px 2px 2px; text-align: right; text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 7pt;
color: #646464;}
.currentlocation:hover {border-color: #777777;}
.currentmood { border-right: 6px solid #1a1a1a; padding: 2px 5px 2px 2px; text-align: right;
font-size: 7pt;text-transform: lowercase;
color: #646464;}
.currentmood:hover {border-color: #777777;}
.currentmusic { border-right: 6px solid #1a1a1a; padding: 2px 5px 2px 2px; text-align: right;
font-size: 7pt;text-transform: lowercase;
color: #646464;}
.currentmusic:hover {border-color: #777777;}
.ljtags { border-right: 6px solid #1a1a1a; padding: 2px 5px 2px 2px; text-align: right;
margin: 15px 0px 0px 0px;
position: relative;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 7pt;
color: #646464;}
.ljtags:hover {border-color: #777777;}
h2 {background-color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px; width: 740px; padding: 10px; border-top: 1px solid #3f3f3f; border-left: 1px solid #3f3f3f; border-right: 1px solid #3f3f3f; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-weight: normal; color: #5AA5CF; }
.ljtaglist {width: 690px; border-left: 1px solid #3f3f3f; border-right: 1px solid #3f3f3f; border-bottom: 1px solid #3f3f3f;
margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px ;
background-color: #222222;
padding: 35px;
color:#aaaaaa;
font-size:10px;
list-style:none;}
/*------------------------------------------------------------
ENTRIES-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> friends page customization
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
.userpicfriends {
position: relative;
background-color: transparent !important;
float: left;
padding: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px;
text-align: center;
border-width: 0px;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
z-index: 15;}
.userpicfriends img { width: 75px; height: 75px;
border: 0px;
background-color: #111111!important;
padding: 3px;
margin: 0px 0px 4px 0px;}
.userpicfriends a font {color: #888888; text-transform: uppercase;}
/*----------------------------------------------------
ENTRIES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> comment pages
----------------------------------------------------------------*/
.box { text-align: left; background-color: #222222;
border: 1px solid #3f3f3f; margin-bottom: 3px;
padding: 10px;
clear: left;}
.datesubjectcomment {text-align: left; color: #999999;
padding: 0px 0px 3px 5px;
margin-top: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid #1e1e1e;}
.userpiccomment { width:80px; height: 80px;
position: relative;
padding: 3px;
border: 0px;
background-color: #111111;
top: -30px;
left: 0px;
margin: 30px -95px 0px 0px;
z-index: 15;
float: right;}
input, textarea { font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: #2f2f2f; border: 1px solid #1d1d1d; color: #888888;}
textarea.textbox {width: 100% !important;}
.reply { border: 0px ;
position: relative;
margin: 20px 30px 10px 30px;
padding: 25px 10px 10px 10px;
text-align: left;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 125%;
color: #aaaaaa;
}
.replytosubject {font-weight: bold;}
.commentreply { text-align: left;
position: relative;
margin: 10px 10px 10px 20px;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
color: #aaaaaa;}
.commentbox {
border: 1px solid #1e1e1e; border-right: 100px solid #1e1e1e;
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
margin: 10px;}
.commentbox:hover, .commentboxpartial:hover {border-color: #1a1a1a;}
.datesubjectcomment a:link, .datesubjectcomment a:visited {color: #5AA5CF;}
.datesubjectcomment a:hover {color: #97CF5A;}
.commentboxpartial {
border-color: #aaaaaa;
border-width: 0px;
border-style: solid;
padding: 10px;
margin: 10px;}
.commentinfo {
margin-top: 10px;
width: 100%;}
.skiplinks {text-align: right; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; }
/*------------------------------------------------------------
SIDEBAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> general
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
li.sbartitle{ display:none; } #sidebar_calendar { display:none; }
.clearfoot, .currents strong, { display:none; }
.defaultuserpic {float: right; margin-top: 5px; margin-right:5px;}
.defaultuserpic img {padding:4px; border: 0px solid #C2CDCF; background-color: #111111;}
.sbarheader { padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px; }
.sbarbody { margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;}
.sbarbody2 {width: 70%; padding: 8px 15px 8px 15px; text-align: justify; }
div#sidebar a, div#sidebar a:link, div#sidebar a:visited{ color: #5AA5CF; }
div#sidebar a:hover { color: #97CF5A; text-decoration: none; }
ul.sbarlist { padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; list-style-type: none; display:inline;}
.sbarlist { padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; }
li.sbaritem { padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; border-right: 2px solid #353535; color: #6F5830; display: inline;}
#sidebar_summary li.sbaritem {display: none;}
#sidebar_tags li.sbaritem{display: none;}
/*----------------------------------------------------
FOOTER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> general
----------------------------------------------------------------*/
#footer {background-color: #2d2d2d;
width: auto;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
letter-spacing: 1px
color: #aaaaaa;
z-index: 100;
clear: both;}
ul.navfooter{ padding: 0px; margin: 0px;}
ul.navfooter li { display: inline; margin: 0 5px 0 5px;}
.clearfoot {clear: both; background-color: #2d2d2d;}
/*----------------------------------------------------
ARCHIVE PAGES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>>>> general
----------------------------------------------------------------*/
ul.year { text-align: center; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-family: Impact;}
ul.year li {display: inline;}
table.yeartable { padding: 40px; width: 760px; border: 1px solid #3f3f3f; background-color: #222222; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;}
table.yeartable td.yeardate, table.yeartable td.yearday {
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #1a1a1a;}
table.yeartable td.yearday {
background-color: #444444;
text-align: center;}
td.yearmonth {border-style: none;}
.clear { height: 0px;}
/*--------------------------------------------
MINI ICONS by pinvoke
-----------------------------------------*/
.subject img[src*="icon_protected.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 16px 16px 0px 0px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat; background: url(
http://i35.tinypic.com/2qwhffp.png); background-position: center left; }
.subject img[src*="icon_private.gif"]{ width: 0; background-repeat: no-repeat; height: 0; padding: 16px 16px 0px 0px !important; background: url(
http://i33.tinypic.com/34hwbi1.png); background-position: center left; }
.ljuser img { width: 0; height: 0; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color:transparent; background-image: url(
http://i33.tinypic.com/dyvous.png); padding: 16px 16px 0 2px !important; background-position: center left;}
.ljuser img[src*="userinfo.gif"] {background-color:transparent; background-image: url(
http://i33.tinypic.com/dyvous.png); padding: 16px 16px 0 2px !important; background-position: center left; }
.ljuser img[src*="community.gif"] {background-color:transparent; background-image: url(
http://i37.tinypic.com/2wod8qr.png); padding: 16px 16px 0 2px !important; background-position: center left; }
img[src*="icon_groups.gif"] { height: 0px; width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 16px 16px !important; background: url(
http://i34.tinypic.com/1z6a9zn.png); }
/*--------------------------------------------
contexual pop-up
-----------------------------------------*/
div.ContextualPopup {position: relative; margin: 10px 0 0 30px; text-align: left; font: normal 9px "Tahoma" !important; }
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner { background:transparent !important; color: #aaaaaa !important; border: 0px; padding: 10px; width: 300px;}
div.ContextualPopup .Userpic { padding: 10px; margin: 4px 0px 0px 12px; background:#151515; border: 0px solid #aaaaaa;}
div.ContextualPopup .Content { padding: 15px; border: 0px solid #aaaaaa; margin: 4px 80px 4px 4px; background:#151515;}
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:visited { text-decoration: none !important; font-weight: bold; color: #aaaaaa !important;}
div.ContextualPopup .Relation { text-transform: lowercase; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; font-size:11px; color:#aaaaaa;}
.subject a, .subject a:link, .subject a:visited, .subject a:hover {color: #5AA5CF;}
installation
>>
Choose Journal Style >> Select a "Grays" Flexible Squares layout in "Select a New Theme"
>> In
Choose a Page Setup select 2 Column (sidebar on right) .
>>Go to "
Customise your Theme " and then "
Style ". Change the "Background color of the outer table" to #333333.
>> Then go to the "
Sidebar " section. Make sure that everything you want is enabled. This is also where you add the blurb.
>>Still in "Customise your Theme", go to "
Custom CSS ". Ensure Use layout's stylesheet(s) is set to no
>> Paste code into the Custom Stylesheet box.
customise:
>> Font colors used are #5AA5CF and #97CF5A.
notes:
>> To add a header. The code for this is right at the top: put your url in between the brackets and the width and height in their repective sections.
>> mini icons by
pinvoke>> Need help? First check out the
F.A.Q.