(layout →019) flexi sqs, alacrity.
ALACRITY; static | live
Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Accounts: Basic, Plus and Paid
DETAILS
Style sheet - Flexible Squares
Comment pages - Yes
Elements enabled - Links list, Title & Subtitle
Disabled - Everything else, especially the rest of the sidebar
Ad placement - Top of the page
Screen Resolution tested in - 1280x1024
Appearance - Georgia and Cambria fonts, relatively large sizes, Grays scale color scheme, great for journals with lots of text.
INSTALL
Go to Customize -> Select a Flexible Squares stylesheet.
Page setup -> 2 Column (sidebar on right) option selected.
Display tab -> Presentation -> Additional options -> user picture position should be set to right.
Custom CSS tab -> Set all dropdown menus to NO.
Input code //;
/* entitled: alacrity */
/* maker: silentevocation @ fleeting_days */
/* for use at livejournal.com */
/* BODY ---------------- */
body {
background-color: #f4f4f4;
background-attachment:fixed;
background-image: url("");
margin: 10px 0 10px 0;
}
body, td, th {
font: normal 12px "Georgia", serif;
color: #B5B5B5;
line-height:13px;
text-align:justify;
}
/* PARENT LINKS, BLOCK QUOTE ---------------- */
a, a:link, a:visited, a:active {
color: #404040;
text-decoration: none;
}
b, strong {
color: #898989;
}
a:hover {
color: #111111;
text-decoration: none;
}
blockquote {
border: 1px dotted #CCCCCC;
padding: 15px;
background-color: #f4f4f4;
}
input, textarea, select {
background-color: #ffffff;
font: normal 11px "Courier New", monospace;
}
/* CONTENT FORMATTING ---------------- */
#content {
width:68%;
}
#maincontent {
margin-top: 5px;
background-color: #transparent;
text-align: auto;
color: #999999;
font: normal 12px "Georgia", sans-serif;
line-height: 2em;
}
.subcontent, .yeartable {
background-color:#ffffff;
padding: 4px;
padding-top:9px; }
/* HEADER AND FOOTER ---------------- */
#header {
width: 100%;
padding: 10px 0px 15px 0px;
margin-right: 18px;
text-align: right;
text-transform:none;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 0px;
color: #ffffff;
border-bottom: 20px solid #000000;
}
.title {
color:#545454;
font: italic 38px "Cambria", sans-serif;
}
.subtitle {
color:#AAAAAA;
font-size:16px;
letter-spacing:2px;
}
#footer {
font: normal 14px "Georgia", sans-serif;
text-transform: lowercase;
width: auto;
text-align: right;
letter-spacing: 2px;
border-top: 20px solid #000000;
color: #999999;
padding-top:7px;
margin-top:-10px;
}
#footer a, #footer a:link, #footer a:visited, #footer a:active {
padding: 10px;
color: #999999;
}
#footer a:hover {
color: #AAAAAA;
}
div#header a, div#header a:link, div#header a:visited, div#header
a:active {
display:none;
}
div#header a:hover {
display:none;
}
ul.navheader {
padding: 5px 5px 2px 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
ul.navheader li {
display:none;
}
ul.navheader li.view {
display:none; }
/* ENTRY, ENTRY-LISTS ---------------- */
.entry {
padding: 20px 10px 10px 10px;
color: #707070;
font: normal 12px "Georgia", sans-serif;
line-height: 2em;
text-align: justify;
}
.lj-view-recent .entry_text {
min-height:125px; }
.entry_text {
margin-bottom: 7px;
}
.entry_text a:link, a:visited, a:active {
color:e3e3e3; }
.entry_text a:hover {
color:e3e3e3; }
.entry_text img {
border: 1px dotted #CCCCCC;
padding:5px;
}
.entry ul li {
padding-left: 5px;
margin-left: 5px;
}
.entry ol li {
padding-left: 5px;
margin-left: 5px;
}
/* USER PIC CRAP ---------------- */
.userpic, .userpicfriends {
position: relative;
background-color: transparent !important;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0px 0px -90px 744px;
z-index: 15;
text-align: center;
color: #ffffff;
}
.userpic img, .userpicfriends img, .defaultuserpic img {
background:#f4f4f4;
padding: 14px;
width: 70px;
height: 70px;
}
.userpic a font, .userpicfriends a font {
color: #B5B5B5;
}
.userpic a, .userpicfriends a, .userpic font, .userpicfriends font{
color: #B5B5B5; }
/* DATE AND SUBJECT ---------------- */
.date {
text-transform:uppercase;
font-size: 9px;
color: #545454;
letter-spacing: 1px;
text-align: center;
padding: 0px;
}
.subject, subject a, subject a:link {
font-weight: normal;
font-color: #404040;
text-transform: lowercase;
font: normal 25px "Cambria", sans-serif;
}
.subject a:hover {
color: #828282;
}
.datesubject {
width: 98%;
border-bottom: 3px double #E2E2E2;
text-align: center;
margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;
padding: 5px;
}
/* FORMAT THE SIDEBAR ------------------ */
#sidebar {
float:right;
position:absolute;
width:29%;
height:auto;
text-align: justify;
right:10px;
padding: 5px;
z-index:0; }
div#sidebar a, div#sidebar a:link, div#sidebar a:visited, li.sbaritem a, li.sbaritem a:link, li.sbaritem a:visited, li.sbaritem a:active{
font: normal 11px "Arial", sans-serif; color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-transform: lowercase; padding: 5px; }
div#sidebar a:hover, li.sbaritem a:hover{ color: #545454; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; }
.sbarbody{background-color: #f4f4f4; text-align: left;}
.sbarbody2{display:none;}
ul.sbarlist{
background-color: #f4f4f4;
padding-left: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
list-style: none;
}
li.sbaritem {
padding: 5px 0 2px 5px;
list-style: none;
background: #000000;
}
li.sbaritem:hover{font: bold 11px "Georgia", serif; background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image:url("http://i53.tinypic.com/149nlhy.png");
}
#sidebar_linklist, {background-color: #f4f4f4; padding: 8px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: left;
font-size: 10px;}
li.sbaritem a{ text-align: center; font-size: 10px; color: #FFC851; letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none;}
#sidebar_calendar, .sbarbody#sidebar_tags, .sbarbody#sidebar_summary, .defaultuserpic, .sbarheader, li.sbartitle, .sidebar-links, .sbarcalendar { display: none; }
/* TAGS ------------------ */
.ljtags {
border-top: 1px dotted #DBDBDB;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #DBDBDB;
background: white;
margin-top:15px;
padding:5px;
background: transparent url() no-repeat scroll 100% 50%;
font: italic 12px "Arial", sans-serif;
text-transform: lowercase; }
.ljtags a {
color: #8E8E8E;
}
.ljtags a:hover {
color: #111111; }
ul.ljtaglist {
width: 100%;
background-color:#white;
padding: 5px;
padding-top:10px;
margin-bottom:-15px;
list-style:none;
margin:0;}
/* CURRENTS INFO ---------------- */
.currents {
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 1.2em;
margin-top:-15px;
padding:4px;
text-transform: lowercase;
background-image:url("http://i53.tinypic.com/149nlhy.png");
}
.currents strong {
}
/* COMMENT LINKS ---------------- */
.comments {
border-top: 3px double #E2E2E2;
width: 100%px;
text-align: center;
padding: 15px 4px 4px 4px;
position: relative;
font-size:0;
color:#ffffff;
margin: 0 0 0 0px;
}
div.comments a, div.comments a:link, div.comments a:visited {
color: #545454;
font: bold 12px "Arial", sans-serif;
text-transform:lowercase;
padding: 3px;
}
div.comments a:hover {
color: #242626;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* COMMENT-PAGE ---------------- */
.datesubjectcomment {
padding: 5px;
margin-top: 20px;
}
.userpiccomment {
position: relative;
padding: 10px;
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
background-image: url("http://i53.tinypic.com/149nlhy.png");
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
margin: 10px 10px -20px 10px;
z-index: 15;
float: left;
}
.box {
clear: left;
}
input, textarea {
background-color: #ffffff;
border: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
padding: 3px;
font-family: courier new;
color:#828282;
}
textarea.textbox {
width: 100% !important;
}
.reply {
position: relative;
margin: 20px 30px 10px 30px;
padding: 25px 10px 10px 10px;
text-align: left;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 125%;
color: #b5b5b5;
color:#828282;
}
.replytosubject {
font-weight: bold;
}
.commentreply {
position: relative;
margin: 10px;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: "Georgia", sans-serif;
color: #545454;
}
.commentbox {
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 10px;
margin: 10px;
}
.commentboxpartial {
padding: 10px;
margin: 10px;
border: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
}
.commentinfo {
margin-top: 10px;
width: 100%;
}
.skiplinks {
text-align: center;
color: #ffffff;
text-align: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
/* ARCHIVE PAGE ---------------- */
ul.year {
text-align: center;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
ul.year li {
display: inline;
}
table.yeartable {
width: 625px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
table.yeartable td.yeardate, table.yeartable td.yearday {
background-color: #ffffff;
padding:10px;
}
table.yeartable td.yearday {
background-color: #ffffff;
text-align: center;
}
td.yearmonth {
border-style: none;
}
/* FOOTER ---------------- */
ul.navfooter{
padding: 5px;
margin: 0px;
}
ul.navfooter li {
display: inline;
margin: 0 5px 0 5px;
}
.clearfoot {
clear: both;
height:0;
}
/* MISC, SPACE SEPARATOR ----------------*/
.clear {
height: 6px;
}
.skiplinks {
text-align: center;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
.separator{
height: 10px;
}
form#qrform table {
border-width: 0px !important;
}
/* LJ USER IMG ICONS ---------------- */
.ljuser img[src*="userinfo.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="/userhead/"], img
[src*="user_ontd.gif"], img[src*="userinfo-support.gif"], img
[src*="openid-profile.gif"] {
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
background-image: url(http://i52.tinypic.com/2mpe6bn.jpg) !important;
padding: 17px 11px 0 0 !important;
text-decoration: none;
}
.ljuser img[src*="community.gif"], img[src*="partnercomm.gif"] {
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
background-image: url(http://i55.tinypic.com/mwt8id.jpg) !important;
padding: 17px 12px 0 0 !important;
width:0;
height: 0;
text-decoration: none;
}
img[src*="icon_protected.gif"] {
display: none;
}
img[src*="icon_private.gif"] {
display: none;
}
img[src*="newsinfo.gif"] {
background-image:url("http://i52.tinypic.com/2vi07bq.png");
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
height:0;
padding:14px 14px 0 0 !important;
width:0;
}
img[src*="syndicated.gif"] {
background-image:url("http://i52.tinypic.com/f0c6t5.png");
background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
height:0;
padding:14px 14px 0 0 !important;
width:0;
}
/* CONTEXTUAL POP-UP ---------------- */
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner {
padding: 10px 10px 8px 10px !important;
background-color: #ffffff;
font-family: "Courier New", serif;
color: #999999 !important;
font-size: 8px;
text-transform:uppercase;
width:210px;
border:1px dotted #CCCCCC;
}
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:link,
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:visited, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner
a:active {
color: #888888 !important;
font-weight: normal;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:hover {
color: #FFC851 !important;
font-weight: normal;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
div.ContextualPopup .Relation {
color: #B5B5B5;
font-weight: normal !important;
}
CUSTOMIZE
Editing - Feel free to edit
Just be sure to have a link back to this community as credit somewhere, anywhere on your journal. If something goes awry, I will try to help, but I can't guarantee anything.
Saving/Hosting - It is not required, but it is a good idea if you want to save all images used in a particular layout to your hard drive in case mine become broken.
EXTRANEOUS
→ Credit: N/A
→ Layout Archive: browse through older layouts~
→ Resources: precarious and hasty outline of various resources used.
→ MintyApple & MintyHelp: For all your layout needs and problems.
→ ColourLovers: great place to find palettes.
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