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[magnoliasouth]

First off, thank you so much to Mike, Lina, Mila and Monique. Also those final three need special thank yous for having to put up with my little tantrum yesterday! :P

This is graphics intense, but they're fast loading.

Comments

[gentle_dream]

Hmmm I can't quite help you here (though thinking with you) as I don't understand it either. What if you took all those themed layers out of the layer tree under component. Created a new themed layer and posted the code in there? Have you tried that? I don't know if there is a limit of layers you can have with one style.

[magnoliasouth]

Well you can only have one active, right? At least that's what I thought. I'm definitely worried about deleting all the layers because if I can't rebuild one, then chances are I won't have a layout at all. *sobs* I could delete all but the active layer I suppose, but it seems like I tried that back in January and it didn't seem to matter.

*sigh*

I think in the end I'm going to be bald. :P

[gentle_dream]

I think you need someone with programmer knowledge for this or someone who is very good with LJ coding. *sigh* I just don't see here where it goes wrong!

[magnoliasouth]

Yes I agree. Mila said something about HTML changes while I was gone and that might be the problem, but then I don't understand why it is working now. It's mind boggling.

Anyway I do understand that you're unable to help, but I do thank you for listening to me go on and on about it. It's just nice to have someone who cares. :)

[gentle_dream]

I had an opal layer at the time that gave me a lot of problems when LJ decided to push code. I changed styles all together and started building up from scratch. :-/ Lay-outs can be stressful!

[milasmith]

Your layout is awesome. Smooth sailing? And, your locked friends page...wow. I've never gotten the hang of that. Beautiful.

[gentle_dream]

How sweet! Yes smooth sailing and using it to the max (hehe) it is my favorite LJ style.

[magnoliasouth]

Is that what that is? I was wondering what style yours was! Originally you and Maria are the ones who made me switch to Components. I too used Opal to begin with, but it was too limited in what I wanted to do.

Mila is absolutely adorable! She's very special just like you are. ♥

[gentle_dream]

I used to be a component-devotee because I thought that it was the ultimate style. Now that I have discovered what you can do with Smooth Sailing I prefer to use it because you don't have to put every flippin detail in the CSS to change it. A lot can be changed through the wizard. Component is still a hot style, but Smooth Sailing is more straight forward.

Yep you sure know how to pick your friends :)

[milasmith]

Yeah, smooth sailing = accessibility and ease. It really is a comfortable style. I may attempt it someday.

As far as Component goes, I agree that CSS plays a big part in appearance. The debate about any style, it seems, is that hard coding and/or using the wizard as oppossed to variables is not cool and limits your ability to personalize every theme layer within that style. *shrugs* Either way, it's all good and an accomplishment for anyone who builds a theme layer with or without the wizard. :)

Huh? :D

/rambling

[magnoliasouth]

Yes, she once said it beautifully and I've never forgotten it, "I just can't keep my fingers off of my layout." She's always adding something amazing and is incredibly creative. :D