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Step by Step Instructions on How to Use the Layout
1. Go to your Customize page.
2. If you are using S1, switch to S2.
3. Under "Select a New Theme", type "Flexible Squares" in the Search box.
4. Click "Apply Theme" directly underneath the first search result.
5. Scroll down to "Choose a Page Setup", and click "Apply Layout" under "2 Column (sidebar on left)".
6. Click the button that says "Customize Selected Theme".
7. Click "Sidebar" on the left. Here you can decide what you would like to be displayed in the sidebar. You can choose any number or combination of these to be displayed. Remember, to customize the links, click "Links List".
8. Click "Custom CSS" on the left. Change "Use layout's stylesheet(s)" to No. This is extremely important!
9. Copy and paste the following into the custom stylesheet box and click "Save Changes":
/* Stylesheet by presents.livejournal.com. */
body {
background-color: #EDEDED;
text-align: center;
color: #777777;
font: 8pt arial, sans-serif;
margin: 10px 0 20px 0;
}
a, a:link, a:visited, a:active {
color: #3697CE;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
color: #B6DDF4;
text-decoration: none;
}
strong, b {
color: #3697CE;
}
em, i {
color: #BBBBBB;
}
blockquote {
margin: 0 8px 0 8px;
padding: 8px;
background-color: #fafafa;
color: #808080;
font: 7pt/15px arial, sans-serif;
text-align: justify;
}
code, kbd, pre, tt {
font-family: monospace;
}
textarea, .textbox, select, input {
background-color: #fff;
color: #9C9C9C;
border: 1px solid #CCCACA;
}
select, input {
border: 1px solid #CCCACA;
}
#content {
width: 75%;
margin: 0 auto;
background-color: #EDEDED;
border: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#maincontent {
float: right;
width: 75%;
margin-top: 0px;
background-color: transparent;
color: #000000;
border: 0px;
text-align: left;
}
#sidebar {
float: left;
padding: 0 4px 6px 2px;
margin: 0;
background-color: #fff;
border: 0px;
text-align: left;
width: 22%;
}
#header {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
text-align: center;
font: normal 7pt arial, sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 0px;
background-color: #3697CE;
color: #ffffff;
}
#footer {
text-align: center;
font: 7pt arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #fff;
color: #BBBBBB;
z-index: 100;
clear: both;
border: 0px;
padding: 10px;
}
div#footer a, div#footer a:link, div#footer a:visited {
color: #3697CE;
font-weight: normal;
}
div#footer a:hover {
color: #B6DDF4;
font-weight: normal;
}
/* header */
div#header a, div#header a:link, div#header a:visited {
color: #B6DDF4;
padding: 8px 2px;
}
div#header a:hover {
color: #FBEDFD;
border-bottom: #8EC7E8 4px solid;
}
.navheader {
border: 0px;
background-color: #3697CE;
text-align: center;
}
ul.navheader {
padding: 12px 0 12px 3px;
margin: 0px;
}
ul.navheader li {
display: inline;
padding: 0 7px 0 7px;
}
ul.navheader li a {
background-color: #3697CE;
color: #ffffff;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.view {
color: #ffffff;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.title, .subtitle {display: none;}
/* sidebar */
div#sidebar a, div#sidebar a:link, div#sidebar a:visited{
color: #76BDE6;
}
div#sidebar a:hover {
color: #76BDE6;
text-decoration: none;
}
.defaultuserpic {
display: none;
}
.sbarheader {
padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
}
.sbarbody {
padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
}
.sbarbody2 {
padding: 5px 5px 5px 8px;
margin: 5px;
color: #878787;
font: 9px/15px arial, sans-serif;
background: #FAFAFA;
}
#sidebar_summary img {display: none;}
.sbarcalendar {
border: 1px solid #EFEFEF;
text-align: center;
font: 7pt arial, verdana, sans-serif;
padding: 4px;
color: #686868;
}
span.count {display: none;}
.sbarcalendarposts {
border: 1px solid #B6DDF4;
text-align: center;
font: 7pt arial, verdana, sans-serif;
padding: 4px;
}
ul.sbarlist {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
list-style: none;
}
.tagcloud {
padding-left: 3px;
}
li.sbaritem {
background-color: transparent;
border-width: 0px;
padding-left: 3px;
color: #ccc;
}
li.sbaritem a:link, li.sbaritem a:visited, li.sbaritem a:active {
font: 7pt/24px arial, "Lucida Sans Unicode", tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #e5e5e5;
display: block;
padding-left: 3px;
}
li.sbaritem a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #EDF7FD;
border-bottom: 1px #DFF1FB solid;
}
li.sbartitle {
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
border: 0;
background-color: #ffffff;
margin: 10px 0 8px 0;
color: #666666;
font: 12pt arial, verdana, sans-serif;
text-transform: lowercase;
}
/* maincontent */
.entry{
margin: 0;
padding: 0 15px 10px 15px;
background-color: #fff;
color: #878787;
font: 8pt/15pt arial, tahoma, arial, sans-serif;
text-align: justify;
border-right: #E5E5E5 3px solid;
border-bottom: #E5E5E5 3px solid;
}
.entry ul li
{
padding-left: 5px;
margin-left: 15px;
}
.entry ol li
{
padding-left: 5px;
margin-left: 15px;
}
.entry_text {padding: 0 0 12px 0;}
.userpic {
position: relative;
float: left;
margin: 10px 10px 3px 10px;
background-color: #FAFAFA;
padding: 5px;
}
.userpicfriends {
background-color: #FAFAFA !important;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
font-family: tahoma, arial, verdana, sans-serif;
font-size: 7pt;
margin: 10px 10px 3px 10px;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
.userpicfriends a font {
font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;
font-size: 7pt;
color: #606060;
}
.userpicfriends a:hover font {
color: #9C9C9C;
}
.date {
color: #c0c0c0;
font-family: tahoma, arial, verdana, sans-serif;
font-size: 7pt;
text-transform: lowercase;
margin: 0 0 0 125px;
padding: 6px 0 0 15px;
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/time.gif) no-repeat bottom left;
}
.subject {
color: #666666;
font: 12pt arial, georgia, verdana, sans-serif;
padding: 5px 0 0 0;
margin: 0;
text-transform: lowercase;
}
.subject a, .subject a:link, .subject a:visited {
color: #666666;
}
.subject a:hover {
color: #878787;
}
.datesubject {
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 5px;
border-right: #E5E5E5 3px solid;
}
.comments {
font: 12pt arial, verdana, sans-serif;
text-align: center;
color: #ccc;
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 8px 5px 0px 5px;
border-top: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
text-transform: lowercase;
margin: 0;
}
div.comments a, div.comments a:link, div.comments a:visited{
color: #666666;
}
div.comments a:hover {
color: #3697CE;
text-decoration: none;
}
.currentmood, .currentmusic, .currentlocation {
text-transform: lowercase;
color: #c0c0c0;
font-size: 7pt;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 11pt;
}
.currentlocation {
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/oloc.gif) no-repeat center left;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
}
.currentmood {
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/omood.gif) no-repeat center left;
padding: 0 0 0 11px;
}
.currentmusic {
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/omus.gif) no-repeat center left;
padding: 0 0 0 11px;
}
.currents {
padding: 0 0 3px 0;
margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.currents a:link, .currents a:visited, .currents a:active {
color: #A4A4A4;
}
.currents a:hover {
color: #c0c0c0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #EAEAEA;
}
.currents strong, .currentmood strong, .currentmusic strong {
display: none;
}
.currentgroups {display: none;}
.ljtags {
margin: 12px 0 0 0;
font: 1pt arial, sans-serif;
color: #fff;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-align: justify;
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/otag.gif) no-repeat center left;
padding: 0 0 0 6px;
position: relative;
top: 10px;
}
.ljtags a:link, .ljtags a:visited, .ljtags a:active {
color: #A4A4A4;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 7pt;
padding: 0 6px 0 0;
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/sep.gif) no-repeat center right;
}
.ljtags a:hover {
color: #c0c0c0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #EAEAEA;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: normal;
}
/* maincontent -- entry, reply pages */
.datesubjectcomment {
padding: 5px;
background-color: #E2F3FC;
font: 7pt/13pt arial, sans-serif;
text-align: right;
color: #A9A9A9;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.userpiccomment {
position: relative;
float: left;
margin: 30px 10px 20px 0;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #F7F7F7;
z-index: 15;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
}
.box {
border: 0px;
padding: 10px;
clear: left;
background-color: #fff;
color: #c6c6c6;
}
textarea.textbox {
width: 95% !important;
}
.reply{
position: relative;
margin: 20px 30px 10px 30px;
padding: 20px 10px 10px 10px;
color: #9C9C9C;
font: 8pt/18px arial, sans-serif;
text-align: justify;
background-color: #fff;
}
.commentreply {
position: relative;
margin: 0 10px 10px 10px;
color: #9C9C9C;
font: 8pt/17px arial, sans-serif;
text-align: justify;
padding: 5px;
}
.commentbox, .commenttext {
padding: 5px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #fff;
border: 0px;
}
.commentboxpartial {
padding: 10px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #ffffff;
border: 1px solid #efefef;
color: #9C9C9C;
font: 8pt/18px arial, sans-serif;
text-align: justify;
}
.commentinfo {
background-color: transparent;
margin-top: 10px;
width: 100%;
}
.replytoposter {
text-align: right;
color: #D1D1D1;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 7pt;
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/time2.gif) no-repeat center right;
margin: 0 130px 0 0;
padding: 8px 15px 0 0;
line-height: 15pt;
}
.replytosubject {
text-align: right;
font-weight: normal;
font-family: "lucida grande", arial, verdana, sans-serif;
padding: 0 0 1px 0;
color: #606060;
font-size: 12pt;
text-transform: lowercase;
border-bottom: 1px solid #EFEFEF;
margin: 0 130px 0 0;
}
/* maincontent -- year/achive pages */
/* year/achive pages */
ul.year {
text-align: center;
padding: 10px 0 10px 0;
margin: 0 0 25px 0;
background: #fff;
color: #C6C6C6;
}
ul.year li {
display: inline;
}
table.yeartable {
margin: 0 auto;
}
table.yeartable td.yeardate, table.yeartable td.yearday {
border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
background: #fff;
}
table.yeartable, td.yearday {
background-color: transparent;
text-align: center;
color: #8A8A8A;
background: #fff;
padding: 10px;
}
td.yearmonth {
border-style: none;
background: #fff;
}
/* footer */
ul.navfooter{
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
ul.navfooter li {
display: inline;
margin: 0 5px 0 5px;
}
.clearfoot {
clear: both;
}
/* misc */
.clear {
height: 0px;
}
.skiplinks {
text-align: center;
background: #fff;
padding: 5px 0 0 0;
border-right: #E5E5E5 3px solid;
}
.separator{
height: 25px;
}
* html div.subcontent {
/* fixes an IE reply page bug */
height: 1%;
clear: none;
}
* html div.box#commentform {
/* fixes an IE reply page bug */
position: absolute;
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #999999;
background-color: #c2cde0;
}
img[src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_protected.gif"]{
width: 0;
height: 0;
padding: 0 0 10px 7px;
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/plock.gif);
;){kind=link}
}
img[src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_private.gif"]{
width: 0;
height: 0;
padding: 0 0 10px 7px;
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/plock.gif);
}
img[src="http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_groups.gif"]{
width: 0;
height: 0;
padding: 0 0 10px 7px;
background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/plock.gif);
}
.ljuser img {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-color: transparent;
background-image: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/ust1.gif);
;){kind=link}
padding: 14px 7px 2px 2px !important;
}
.ljuser a:hover b {
color: #B6DDF4;
background: transparent;
}
.ljuser img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif"] {
background-color: transparent;
background-image: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/ust1.gif);
padding: 14px 7px 2px 2px !important;
}
.ljuser:hover img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif"] {
background-image: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/ust2.gif);
;){kind=link}
}
.ljuser img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif"] {
background-color: transparent;
background-image: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/ust1.gif);
padding: 14px 7px 2px 2px !important;
}
.ljuser:hover img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif"] {background-image: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/ust2.gif);
}
#ljuser_row img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0 7px 10px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/ust1.gif); }
.ljcmt, .commentbox img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/btn_del.gif"]{ width:0; height:0; padding: 0 16px 14px 0; background: url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/cup_delete.png); }
;){kind=link}
.ljcmt, .commentbox img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/btn_scr.gif"]{ width:0; height: 0; padding: 0 16px 14px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/cup_screen.png); }
;){kind=link}
.ljcmt, .commentbox img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/btn_freeze.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0 16px 14px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/cup_freeze.png); }
;){kind=link}
.ljcmt, .commentbox img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/btn_edit.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0 16px 14px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/cup_edit.png); }
;){kind=link}
.ljcmt, .commentbox img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/btn_track.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0 16px 14px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/cup_track.png); }
;){kind=link}
.box img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/anonymous.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0 16px 12px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/box_anon.png); }
;){kind=link}
.box img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/openid-profile.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0 16px 15px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/box_oi.png); }
;){kind=link}
.box img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/help.gif"]{ width: 0; height: 0; padding: 0 14px 14px 0; background:
url(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/panthersgem/ref/box_help.png); }
;){kind=link}
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:visited {
text-decoration: none !important;
font-weight: normal;
color: #3697CE !important;
}
div.ContextualPopup {
position: relative;
font: normal 8pt "Arial", "Verdana", sans-serif !important;
}
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner {
background-color: #fff !important;
color: #878787 !important;
border: 1px solid #3697CE;
padding: 6px;
}
div.ContextualPopup img {
border: 5px solid #FAFAFA;
}
10. Go to your Manage Profile page. Under Bio, add the following:
Stylesheet by
PLEASE DO NOT NEGLECT THIS STEP.
REMEMBER, FOR FASTEST RESPONSE TIME, ASK ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE LAYOUT ON THIS POST!
Commonly Asked Questions
How do I add a header?
Add this at the bottom:
.headerimage {
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
width: ###px;
height: ###px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(URL OF IMAGE HERE);
}
Change the height and width tags to match your image. You'll need to upload your image to the internet. I suggest tinypic.com.
My entries are starting halfway down the page!
You have a wide image somewhere. Go lj-cut this, and it should work. If not, try decreasing the width of #maincontent by a few pixels.
Can I edit the colours, etc.?
Sure, if you give me credit for the base code!
My layout looks all messed up?!
99% of the time, making sure you have set "Use layout's stylesheet(s)" to No will fix this.
Can I have my default userpic show up?
Sure, just find this:
.defaultuserpic {
display: none;
}
And replace it with this:
.defaultuserpic {
margin: 10px auto;
background-color: #FAFAFA;
padding: 5px;
}
Can I not have my mood theme image show up?
Sure! Just add this:
.currentmood img {display: none;}
I have a Plus account. What can I do about the ads?
On the Style page, clear the section "Background color of the outer table". You can change where the ads are placed on your Customize page. Any placement works, though I find Between Entries is the least noticeable.
If you have any questions concerning the layout, feel free to ask. Also, PLEASE comment if you decide to use this! Thank you.
Credit to the amazing prior for the tiny icons!
P.S. - Layout truth meme?