(layout 029 →) flexi sqs, soft ascent.

[silentevocation]

I hope everyone is having a great summer and enjoying watching London 2012! It's going to be a great year for the summer games; I can tell. I've been so MIA it's embarrassing. I'm kind of going through a phase where I'm trying to refine my design aesthetic, but hopefully things will pick up here again soon. Here's an update, finally-



SOFT ASCENT; static | live
Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Accounts: Basic and Paid (Plus)


INSTALLATION 101
Go to Customize -> Select a Flexible Squares stylesheet.
Ad placement -> between elements
Display tab -> Presentation -> Additional options -> user picture position should be set to left.
Custom CSS tab -> Set all dropdown menus to NO.
Active: Blurb, links list, calendar, userpic

[ noted features ]
- round elements
- fixed sidebar
- colored thin scrollbar

/* entitled: soft ascent */
/* maker: silentevocation @ fleeting_days */
/* for use at livejournal.com */

/* BODY ---------------- */

body {
background-color: white;
background-attachment:fixed;
background-image: url("");
margin: 10px 0 10px 0;
}

body, td, th {
font: normal 11px "Trebuchet MS", serif;
color: #B5B5B5;
line-height:13px;
text-align:justify;
}

/* PARENT LINKS, BLOCK QUOTE ---------------- */

a, a:link, a:visited, a:active {
color: #969696;
text-decoration: none;
}

b, strong {
color: #898989;

}

a:hover {
color: #BCCED8;
text-decoration: none;
}

blockquote {
border: 1px dotted #CCCCCC;
padding: 15px;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
}

input, textarea, select {
background-color: #ffffff;
font: normal 11px "Courier New", monospace;
border:1px dotted #EFEFEF;
}

/* CONTENT FORMATTING ---------------- */

#content {
margin-left: 450px;
width: 700px;
margin-right:auto;
}

#maincontent {
margin-top: 5px;
background-color: #transparent;
text-align: auto;
color: #999999;
font: normal 11px "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
line-height: 1.5em;
}

.subcontent, .yeartable {
width: 700px;
background-color:#ffffff;
padding: 4px;
padding-top:9px; }

/* HEADER AND FOOTER ---------------- */

#header {
width: auto;
padding: 10px 0px 30px 0px;
text-align: left;
font: normal 14px "Arial", sans-serif;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 0px;
color: #ffffff;
}

.title, .subtitle {
display:none;
}

#footer {
font: normal 14px "arial", sans-serif;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-align: center;
letter-spacing: 0px;
color: #f2f2f2;
background-color:#ffffff;
border-radius: 50px;
z-index:0;
width: 708px;
}

#footer a, #footer a:link, #footer a:visited, #footer a:active {
padding:10px;
color:#ffffff;
background-color: #C9EFEF;
border-radius: 50px;
transition: width 2s;
-moz-transition: width 2s;
-webkit-transition: width 2s;
-o-transition: width 2s;
}

#footer a:hover {
color: #C9EFEF;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
border-radius: 50px;
padding:15px;
-webkit-transition-property:color;
-webkit-transition-duration: 1s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear, ease-in;
-webkit-transition: all 1s ease;
-moz-transition: all 1s ease;
-o-transition: all 1s ease;
}

div#header a, div#header a:link, div#header a:visited, div#header a:active {
color: #ffffff;
padding: 10px;
text-decoration: none;
margin:0px;
background-color: #C9EFEF;
border-radius: 50px;
box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #ffffff;
}

div#header a:hover {
background-color: #f9f9f9;
text-decoration: none;
color: #AAAAAA;
-webkit-transition-property:color;
-webkit-transition-duration: 1s, 1s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear, ease-in;
}

ul.navheader {
padding: 5px 5px 2px 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

ul.navheader li {
display: inline;
padding: 0 3px 0 3px;
}

ul.navheader li.view {
padding: 10px;
color: #AAAAAA;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
border-radius: 50px;
box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #ffffff;}

/* ENTRY, ENTRY-LISTS ---------------- */

.entry {
padding: 10px;
color: #999999;
font: normal 11px "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
line-height: 1.5em;
text-align: justify;
}

.lj-view-recent .entry_text {
min-height:125px; }

.entry_text {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.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;
float: left;
background-color: transparent !important;
padding: 5px;
margin: 60px 0px 0px -155px;
z-index: 15;
text-align: center;
color: #ffffff;
}

.userpic img, .userpicfriends img, .defaultuserpic img {
box-shadow: 5px 10px 10px #ffffff;
padding: 20px;
width: 90px;
height: 90px;
background-color: #C9EFEF;
border-radius: 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: 8px;
color: #CCCCCC;
letter-spacing: 1px;
text-align: center;
padding: 0px;
}

.subject {
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: lowercase;
font: normal 15px "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
}

.subject a, .subject a:link {color: #C9EFEF; }

.subject a:hover {
font-weight: italic;
}

.datesubject {
width: auto;
border-bottom: 3px double #EFEFEF;
border-top: 3px double #EFEFEF;
border-radius: 50px;
text-align: center;
margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;
padding: 5px;

}

/* FORMAT THE SIDEBAR ------------------ */

#sidebar {
width:230px;
background: #FFFFFF;
border: 0px solid #D6D6D6;
height:auto;
font: normal 11px "Trebuchet MS", serif;
text-align: justify;
left:20px;
top:70px;
bottom:20px;
padding: 15px;
z-index:0;
float:left;
position:fixed;
border-radius: 70px;
}

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: #C5E8E6; text-

align: left; text-transform: lowercase; padding: 2px; }

div#sidebar a:hover, li.sbaritem a:hover{ color: #AAAAAA; text-

decoration: none; text-align: center; }

.sbarbody{text-align: center;}

.sbarbody2{position: relative; background: #ffffff;

padding: 5px; margin-top: 10px; color:

#999999; line-height: 1.5em;}

ul.sbarlist{
background-color: #ffffff;
padding-left: 0px;
margin-left: 0px;
list-style: none;
}

li.sbaritem {
padding: 5px 0 2px 5px;
list-style: none;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #CCCCCC;
background: #FCFCFC;
}

li.sbaritem:hover{font: bold 11px "Trebuchet MS", serif; background-color:

#FFFFFF; }

#sidebar_linklist {background: #ffffff; padding: 7px;}
#sidebar_calendar{background: #ffffff; padding: 7px; margin-top: 5px;
font-size: 10px;}

.sbarcalendar {
text-align: center;
background: #FCFCFC;
padding: 8px;
}

.sbarcalendarposts {padding: 8px;}
.sidebar-links {
color: #C5E8E6; }

li.sbaritem a{font-size: 10px; color: #C5E8E6;

letter-spacing: 1px; list-style-type: none;}

.sbarbody#sidebar_tags {overflow:auto; height:200px;}

.defaultuserpic, .sbarbody#sidebar_summary, .sbarheader#sidebar_summary {display:none;}

.sbarheader, li.sbartitle { color:#C5E8E6; font-size:14px; line-height:20px;text-align:center;border-bottom: 3px double #EFEFEF;
border-top: 3px double #EFEFEF;
border-radius: 50px; }

/* TAGS ------------------ */

.ljtags {
margin: 10px 0 -10px 0;
font: normal 9px "lucida console", sans-serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
background: transparent url() no-repeat scroll 100% 50%; }

.ljtags a {
color: #CCCCCC;
}

.ljtags a:hover {
color: #DDDDDD; }

ul.ljtaglist {
width: auto;
background-color:#ffffff;
padding: 10px;
padding-top:30px;
list-style:none;
margin:0;}

/* CURRENTS INFO ---------------- */

.currents {
font-family: "arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
text-transform: lowercase;
}

.currents strong {
font-weight: normal;
}

/* COMMENT LINKS ---------------- */

.comments {
text-align: right;
padding: 8px 4px 4px 4px;
position: relative;
font-size:0;
}

div.comments a, div.comments a:link, div.comments a:visited {
color: #b5b5b5;
background-color:#f9f9f9;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #CCCCCC;
font: normal 12px "Arial", sans-serif;
padding: 3px;
margin: 0 5px 0 5px;
}

div.comments a:hover {
color: #C9EFEF;
text-decoration: none;
}

/* COMMENT-PAGE ---------------- */

.datesubjectcomment {
padding: 5px;
margin-top: 20px;
}

.userpiccomment {
position: relative;
padding: 14px;
width: 70px;
height: 70px;
background-color:#C9EFEF;
border-radius:50px;
top: -30px;
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: arial;
color: #b5b5b5;
}

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: 11px;
line-height: 125%;
color: #b5b5b5;
}

.replytosubject {
font-weight: bold;
}

.commentreply {
position: relative;
margin: 10px;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
color: #b5b5b5;
}

.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;
}

.commentbox > div > div > a > img {width: 14px; height: 14px;}

/* 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: 15px 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: 14px 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;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar{width:8px;height:7px; top:5px}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:start:decrement

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:end:increment{display:block;height:0;background-color:#FFFFFF;}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece{background-color:#ffffff;-webkit-border-radius:0;-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:vertical{height:30px; background-color:#C9EFEF;-webkit-border-radius:px;}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:horizontal{width:140px; background-color:#000000;-webkit-border-radius:px;}

EXTRANEOUS
→ Taking Requests: request specific design for your own uses; lj tokens taken as payment
→ Layout Archive: browse through my older layout designs
→ Resources: precarious and hasty outline of various resources used.
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