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[absolut]

This is a CSS based layout. There are lots of options to fiddle around with in the wizard, which is both good and bad because it is kind of overwhelming. The components in the sidebar can be added, removed, and reordered as needed. One of the more interesting things about this layout is the sidebar. There is an option to remove the sidebar in the

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[aome]

I'm new to the whole S2 thing, and to twiddling with my LJ on my own. What layout are you using? I'm assuming it's a custom layout, since that's the point of the contest, but I don't know what number I should be putting for the layout - I only see the numbers for the themes. Er?

[absolut]

The ID number for this layout is 4014482. If you want to use the layout, go to your styles page, create a new style, then choose the "other ..." option in the "layout" dropdown box. In the layerid box, put in 4014482, and press the "change" button. Then go back to your styles page, and press the "use" button next to the style you just created.

[melcocha]

I feel really, really stupid to be asking this, but what if there isn't an "other..." option? I can't find it for the life of me. I looked in the "layout" dropdown box in the screen that comes after you create a new style, then looked at the "layout" dropdown box in the section that says "your layers."

[melcocha]

Never mind. I was stupid. Someone just pointed out where to find that elusive other... Damn computers. I shouldn't be allowed anywhere near them.

(I am so, so in awe of all of you who made styles from scratch. God knows that I could barely understand how to do it in S1. Trying to figure out S2 has made me feel about as intelligent as a toaster.)

[vanbeast]

Wow, that's very nice. So clean and simple.

[vanbeast]

Okay, so I know it's too late for the contest, but would you accept a patch to add support for setting the userpic location? I'm so used to having mine on the right, it's just not natural otherwise :)

[absolut]

Sure! I might just change it to have the userpic on the right for the default, because the style looks kinda funny when an entry doesn't have a userpic attached to it - there's a huge gap on the left. :)

[vanbeast]

Cool :) I don't know if you can cope with an actual patch file or not, but it was a really trivial change. I just added a new property whose value could be 'left' or 'right', and then changed two places in the stylesheet:

in the .entrypic class, "float: left" became "float: $*entry_userpic_location"

in the h3.title etc class, "margin-left: $title_margin;" became "margin-$*entry_userpic_location: $title_margin;".

That's all it was :)

[absolut]

OK, I added it in. Thanks!

I like

[naraht]

However none of your themes really struck my fancy, so I "borrowed" your code, and started playing with the Topography theme, and while I'm not done, it's looking more like my old journal, new theme... ^__^;;

Re: I like

[absolut]

I'm glad you like it. I just updated the code, and added in some new stuff / fixed some bugs, so feel free to grab the new stuff.

[zabby1982]

Love it... has a very clean, crisp look to it.