Paid Account Layout: S2 Component Tutorial (image from Jensen Ackles' Mueller photoshoot)
Or, how to make a layout that looks like this:
I shall make this easy for you. :)
First, go to Advanced Customizations.
Scroll down to Create layout-specific layer
Select "theme" and "component."
Refresh the page. You'll have something that says this:
xxxxxxtheme(none)
Select "edit."
You'll see a page with a box for text. Keep that open.
In another window or tab, go here and copy/paste the entire thing into Notepad or similar simple wordprocessing program. This is the code I've written up, with help from component_help, although I take credit for the nifty tag cloud placement, heh.
Yes, you can hotlink my images. They're subject to change, though, so don't come whining if they stop working for you. :)
Anyways, there are a couple of things you've got to customise for certain, these being the title and the contents of the top component. To do that, use the find/replace feature of your wordprocessing program to find:
//a simple and moveable history// v. recline// and replace with the title of your choice, and find
and replace with whatever you want in that top component (keep it all together on one line, though.)
Hit "compile", and if everything's nifty, it ought to have compiled just fine.
Okay, so go to Basic Customizations, under "look and feel." Make sure you have Component selected as your layout and whatever you named your layer (default title is 'recline') selected under "theme."
Hit save. Now, go to Custom Options → components, and make sure that you've selected Component Position: None. If you want to have components on the side, make sure you've selected Free Text: Active (or whatever that is) and it will likely look like this.
Go to your journal. It should look super nifty. :)
Features of this layout in particular are the customisable top component, an image (
) linking to a stripped format version of your entries, and a tag cloud with all your tags at the very bottom of your journal page.
Structurally, this code isn't as clean as it could be, but it'll do. Changing colours and such should be easy, seeing as everything skin-related is in the CSS, more or less.
This code is live and in use at my journal, if you want to check it out.
Okay, that's it, kids. If you have any questions, leave a comment and I'll see what I can do. :)
I shall make this easy for you. :)
First, go to Advanced Customizations.
Scroll down to Create layout-specific layer
Select "theme" and "component."
Refresh the page. You'll have something that says this:
xxxxxxtheme(none)
Select "edit."
You'll see a page with a box for text. Keep that open.
In another window or tab, go here and copy/paste the entire thing into Notepad or similar simple wordprocessing program. This is the code I've written up, with help from component_help, although I take credit for the nifty tag cloud placement, heh.
Yes, you can hotlink my images. They're subject to change, though, so don't come whining if they stop working for you. :)
Anyways, there are a couple of things you've got to customise for certain, these being the title and the contents of the top component. To do that, use the find/replace feature of your wordprocessing program to find:
//a simple and moveable history// v. recline// and replace with the title of your choice, and find
and replace with whatever you want in that top component (keep it all together on one line, though.)
Hit "compile", and if everything's nifty, it ought to have compiled just fine.
Okay, so go to Basic Customizations, under "look and feel." Make sure you have Component selected as your layout and whatever you named your layer (default title is 'recline') selected under "theme."
Hit save. Now, go to Custom Options → components, and make sure that you've selected Component Position: None. If you want to have components on the side, make sure you've selected Free Text: Active (or whatever that is) and it will likely look like this.
Go to your journal. It should look super nifty. :)
Features of this layout in particular are the customisable top component, an image (
) linking to a stripped format version of your entries, and a tag cloud with all your tags at the very bottom of your journal page.
Structurally, this code isn't as clean as it could be, but it'll do. Changing colours and such should be easy, seeing as everything skin-related is in the CSS, more or less.
This code is live and in use at my journal, if you want to check it out.
Okay, that's it, kids. If you have any questions, leave a comment and I'll see what I can do. :)