LAYOUT: Metal Rope
LAYOUT: METAL ROPE
INFORMATION
Title: Metal Rope
Style: S2 Smooth Sailing
Accounts: Basic & Paid (Plus was not tested)
Browsers: Firefox, Safari (IE was not tested, but should work)
CSS
/*
CREDIT: EPHEE @ COMMUNITY.LIVEJOURNAL.COM/EP_IC
TITLE: METAL ROPE
STYLE: S2, SMOOTH SAILING
*/
/* Cleaned CSS: */
body {
background:transparent url(BACKGROUND IMG URL) repeat scroll 0 0;
color:#F8F8F8;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size:11px;
margin:0;
}
a, a:link, a:visited {
color: #6d6964;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
color: #dddddd;
}
b {
color: #;
}
i {
color: #;
}
u {
color: #;
}
blockquote {
padding: 10px;
background-color: #f7f7f7;
border-left: 5px solid #6d6964;
}
li {
margin-left: 20px;
}
img {
max-width:500px;
}
/* INSERT HEADER IMAGE IN PAGEBLOCK */
.pageblock{
padding-top: 0px;
width:850px;
margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
}
.pagefooterblock {
display: none;
}
.pagefooterblock a, .pagefooterblock a:visited {
color: #666666;
}
.pageheaderblock {
padding: 8px; 10px 0px 15px;
}
.header {
}
.header-title {
display: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-align: center;
font-family: helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
letter-spacing: -3px;
font-size: 34px;
line-height: 32px;
color: #ffffff;
font-weight: bold;
width: 620px;
margin-bottom: -30px;
margin-left: -50px;
background-color: #B53452;
padding-top: 5px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
padding-right: 10px;
padding-left: 10px;
}
.header-subtitle {
display: none;
}
.header-icon {
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
}
.header-menu {
display: visible;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12pt;
float: center;
width: 800px;
text-align: center;
}
.header-menu a, .header-menu a:visited {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 2px 6px 2px 6px;
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}
.header-menu a:hover {
color: #ffffff;
}
.header-menu ul, #footer-menu ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.header-menu li, #footer-menu li {
display: inline;
}
/* BODY */
.bodyblock {
width: 500px;
padding: 0px 10px 10px 10px;
background-color: transparent;
}
.bodyheaderblock {
display: none;
}
.bodynavblock {
color: #000000;
background-color: transparent;
margin: 10px 0px 4px 0px;
padding: 8px;
}
.bodynavblock a, .bodynavblock a:visited {
color: #000000;
}
.body-title {
display: none;
}
.body-midtitle {
display: none;
}
/* ENTRIES */
.entryHolder {
padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
color: #080808;
background: transparent;
text-align: justify;
width: 550px;
}
.entryUserinfo {
font-weight: none;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 8.5pt;
text-align: center;
margin: -10px 5px 0px 10px;
background-color: transparent;
}
.entryUserinfo a {
color: #000000!important;
}
.entryUserinfo-usericon img {
padding: 0px;
margin-top: -16px;
border: #ffffff solid 0px;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
}
.entryText {
line-height: 9pt;
padding: 10px 15px 50px 15px;
width: 500px;
font-size: 8.5pt;
color: #000000;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
background: #ffffff;
}
.entryHeader {
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 10pt;
letter-spacing: -1px;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
padding: 5px 15px 0px 15px;
background-color: #ffffff;
width: 500px;
color: #fffffff;
}
.entryHeader a:hover {
color: #000000;
}
.entryHeaderDate {
display:block;
position:absolute;
margin-left:-90px;
margin-top: auto;
padding-top: 7px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
padding-left: 0px;
background-color: #ffffff;
color: #000000;
font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size:25px;
font-weight:bold;
letter-spacing:-2px;
line-height:23px;
text-align:center;
text-transform:uppercase;
width:60px;
border-top: 12px solid #ce132e;
}
.entryHeaderSubject {
margin-top: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
letter-spacing:0pt;
width: 500px;
color: #ffffff;
}
.entryHeaderDate a {
color: #bebebe;
text-decoration: none;
}
.entryHeaderDate a:hover {
color: #dddddd;
}
.currents {
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
padding: 10px 10px 20px 10px;
color: #080808;
font-size: 7pt!important;
font-weight: none!important;
text-transform: lowercase;
background-color: #ffffff!important;
margin-top: -40px;
}
.entryMetadata img {
background-color: #ffffff!important;
}
.entryMetadata ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 2px;
color: #080808;
font-size: 6pt!important;
font-weight: none!important;
text-transform: lowercase;
background-color: #ffffff!important;
}
.entryMetadata li {
list-style: none;
padding: 1px;
display: block;
padding: 2px;
color: #080808;
font-size: 6pt!important;
font-weight: none!important;
text-transform: lowercase;
background-color: #ffffff!important;
}
.entryMetadata-label {
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
padding: 2px;
color: #383838;
font-size: 6pt!important;
font-weight: none!important;
text-transform: uppercase;
background-color: #ffffff!important;
}
.entryLinkbar {
text-transform: lowercase;
background-color: #ffffff!important;
text-align: center;
font-size: 6pt;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
padding: 30px 15px 15px 15px;
width: 500px;
text-transform: uppercase;
margin-top: -20px;
}
.entryLinkbar ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.entryLinkbar li {
padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
margin: 0px;
display: inline;
}
/* FOOTER */
#footer-menu {
text-transform: lowercase;
background-color: transparent;
width: 500px;
text-align: right;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 8.5pt;
}
#footer-menu a, .footer-menu a:visited, .footer-menu a:link {
padding: 0px 12px 0px 0px;
color: #000000;
white-space: nowrap;
}
#footer-menu a:hover {
color: #ffffff;
}
/* SIDEBAR */
.sidebar {
float: right;
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 15px 10px 10px 10px;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 8.5pt;
width: 225px;
text-align: justify;
color: #080808;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-left: 100px;
position: scroll;
}
.sidebox {
border-bottom: 0px solid #f2f2f2;
margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
}
.sideboxTitle {
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 0px 2px 2px 0px;
color: #080808;
text-align: left;
letter-spacing: 0.5pt;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
.listtitle {
font-weight: normal;
text-align: left;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-size: 8pt;
letter-spacing: 1px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #f2f2f2;
margin: 4px 0px 4px 0px;
}
.sideboxContent {
line-height: 10px;
text-align: justify;
padding: 3px;
}
.sidebox #freetext {
text-align: justify;
}
.sidebox #profile, .sidebox #latestmonth, .sidebox #search {
text-align: center;
}
#tags_sidebox a {
display: block;
font-size: 8pt;
}
#tags_sidebox {
font-size: 0px;
}
.sidebox #systemlinks {
text-align: left;
}
.sidebox #latestmonth table {
width: 90%;
margin: 4px auto 4px auto;
}
#latestmonth a:link, #latestmonth a:active, #latestmonth a:visited {
text-align: center;
text-transform: lowercase;
}
#latestmonth td {
text-align: center;
padding: 1px;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 8pt;
}
.latestmonth-inactive {
background-color: #fafafa;
padding: 2px;
}
.latestmonth-active {
background-color: #eeeeee;
padding: 2px;
}
.profile-label {
display: none;
}
/* COMMENT PAGE */
.commentHolder {
color: #080808;
background-color: #ffffff;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 8.5pt;
margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
width: 450px;
}
.commentUserinfo {
text-align: center;
margin: 8px 8px 8px 8px;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
.commentUserinfo-usericon img {
padding-bottom: 2px;
border: 0;
width: 75px;
height: 75px;
}
.commentText {
padding: 10px;
}
.commentHeader {
text-transform: lowercase;
background-color: #ffffff;
color: #080808;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 9pt;
padding: 4px 0px 4px 8px;
}
.commentHeaderScreened {
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 9pt;
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 4px 0px 4px 8px;
}
.commentHeaderSubject {
font-weight: normal;
}
.commentLinkbar {
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 6pt;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-align: center;
padding-bottom: 5px;
}
.commentLinkbar a {
color: #000000;
}
.commentLinkbar a:hover {
color: #000000;
}
.commentLinkbar ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.commentLinkbar li {
padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
margin: 0px;
display: inline;
}
.replyform {
border: 0px!important;
background-color: #ffffff!important;
color: #4e4e4e;
padding-left: 10px;
}
#commenttext{
width: 100%;
}
/* ARCHIVE PAGE */
.yearlinks{
text-align: right;
background: #ffffff;
}
.yearlink{
padding-left:4px;
padding-right: 4px;
background: #ffffff;
}
.month {
width: 530px;
padding: 8px 8px 8px 20px;
background: #ffffff;
}
.daysubjects {
color: #000000;
padding: 8px 10px 8px 20px;
background: #ffffff;
width: 500px;
}
.daytitles {
text-align: center;
background-color: #348cb5;
color: #000000;
font-size: 8pt;
}
.day-blank {
}
.day {
background: #f7f7f7;
border: 2px solid #ffffff;
}
.day-date {
font-size: 8pt;
color: #000000;
width: 50%;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 5px;
}
.day-count {
width: 50%;
text-align: center;
float: right;
font-size: 7pt;
font-weight: bold;
padding-bottom: 5px;
}
.day-count a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #348cb5;
}
/* TAGS PAGE */
.tagstable td {
width: 70%;
}
.tagstable {
width: 500px;
}
.tagstable a {
font-size: 8pt;
}
/* USER, COMMUNITY, PROTECTED ICONS */
/* Icon for users */
img[src*="userinfo.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(USERINFO IMG URL) !important;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
}
/* Icon for communities */
img[src*="community.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(COMMUNITY IMG URL) !important;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
}
/* Icon for sponsored communities */
img[src*="sponcomm.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(COMMUNITY IMG URL) !important;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
}
/* Icon for syndicated feeds */
img[src*="syndicated.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(SYNDICATED RSS IMG URL) !important;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
}
/* Icon for Open ID users */
img[src*="openid-profile.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(COMMUNITY IMG URL) !important;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
}
/* Icon for the news community */
img[src*="newsinfo.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(COMMUNITY IMG URL) !important;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
}
/*Icons for entries that are locked, private, protected, etc.*/
img[src*="icon_protected.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
padding: 0 16px 16px 0;
background: url(LOCK IMG URL);
}
img[src*="icon_private.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
padding: 0 16px 16px 0;
background: url(PRIVATE IMG URL);
}
img[src*="icon_groups.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
padding: 0 16px 16px 0;
background: url(LOCK IMG URL);
}
INSTALLING
TIP BEFORE YOU START
Always click "Save Changes" after each section
SELECTING THEME
Go to Customize Page
Select a Smooth Sailing Theme, doesn't matter which one
Under Page Setup, click "Apply Layout" for 2 Column (sidebar on right)
CUSTOMIZE
Display - Presentation - Userinfo in Entries - Click "Right side"
Enry Text - Page - Format for Date & Time - type: %%mon%% %%dd%% %%yy%%
CUSTOM CSS
Make sure all drop down menus say "No"
Copy & Paste CSS code located in first section
AFTER INSTALLING
UPLOAD IMAGES
Upload these images to your own server:
(right-click image, Save Image As...)
BACKGROUND IMAGE
USERINFO IMAGE
COMMUNITY IMAGE
SYNDICATED IMAGE
LOCK IMAGE
PRIVATE IMAGE
(This site is available for free: http://tinypic.com)
YOU WILL NEED TO GO BACK TO YOUR "CUSTOM CSS" AND PASTE THE URLs
Look for:
BODY - Background - BACKGROUND IMG URL (near the top)
ICONS - User, Community, Syndicated, Private, Lock IMG URL (near the bottom)
CREDIT
Credit ephee OR ep-ic somewhere public, ie. your profile is the best place.
FAQ & ETC.
MY RESOURCES
For Background Image @ Naked & Angry
For Icon Images @ FAM FAM FAM
For Smooth Sailing CSS Source
ADDING A HEADER
Find .pageheaderblock in the CSS Code & adjust it to your needs.
Here is a tutorial @ s2smoothsailing
.pageheaderblock { background-image: url("IMAGE_URL"); background-position: top center; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-top: HHHpx; }
THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY LAYOUT
COMMENT
Please comment here if taking, I'd love to see who enjoys this layout.
WATCH
Feel free to WATCH me at my community ep-ic for future updates.
QUESTIONS?
Please post all questions about this layout HERE (at my community ep-ic) so I can respond to them.