Fun Fact: I sometimes sought out new music just so I'd have something to name a layout after. It's okay, you can say that's weird. It is weird.
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live layout:the weight of the world is on your side
style: flexible squares
accounts: Basic, Paid, and Sponsored
features:custom comment pages, mini icons, topbar
browsers: IE8, FF, Safari, Chrome
installation
01.
Choose Journal Style Select "Greys" Flexible Squares layout in "Select a New Theme"
02.
Choose a Page Setup i. Set Advertisement display to Horizontal or Between Entries
ii. Select 2 Column (sidebar on right) or 2 Column (sidebar on left).
03.
Style Change the "Background color of the outer table" to #FFFFFF.
04.
Custom CSS Ensure Use layout's stylesheet(s) is set to no
05.
Paste code into the Custom Stylesheet box.
/*
the weight of the world is on your side (flexible squares; milou veronica)
*/
body {background: # none repeat fixed 0 0; text-align: center; color: #ffffff; font-family:"Arial", Helvetica,serif; font-size: .75em; margin:0}
.headerimage {position: relative; background: transparent url() repeat scroll 0 0; height:;width:;margin:0 auto}
#content{ color: #333333; width: 100%;margin: 0 auto; border-width: 0px; padding:0;}
#maincontent { padding:40px 0 0; width: 800px;background: #FFF url() repeat scroll 0 0; text-align: justify;margin: 0 auto;clear:both}
#sidebar {padding:10px 0; text-align: left; color: #000000; font-size: .85em; line-height: 1.75;width: 800px;margin:0 auto}
/* HEADER */
#header { margin: 0 auto;text-align: left; padding:0; line-height: 1; color: #000000;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding:10px; color: #222222;min-height:60px}
div#header a, div#header a:link, div#header a:visited{font-weight:normal}
div#header a:hover {}
div#header li.view {padding:12px 5px 0 0} .title:first-letter {color:#FF1F7C}
ul.navheader{font-size: .9em;text-transform: uppercase;letter-spacing:-0.04em;margin:0 10px 0 0;padding:15px 10px 15px 0;border-right:1px solid #dddddd;text-align:left;float:left}
ul.navheader li {margin: 0px; list-style-type: none;display:inline;padding:10px 0}
div#header a{padding:12px 5px 0 0}
div#header a[href*=".livejournal.com/"]:hover, body.lj-view-recent div#header li.view:hover {background:transparent url(
http://i45.tinypic.com/2nrkm7s.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 0}
div#header a[href*="/calendar"]:hover, body.lj-view-archive div#header li.view:hover {background:transparent url(
http://i48.tinypic.com/2z66lhg.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 0}
div#header a[href*="/friends"]:hover,body.lj-view-friends div#header li.view:hover {background:transparent url(
http://i47.tinypic.com/2rdw7et.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 0}
div#header a[href*="/profile"]:hover{background:transparent url(
http://i45.tinypic.com/beemw5.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 0}
div#header a:hover{background:transparent url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/2em055l.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 0}
.title {letter-spacing: -2px;margin: 0;font-size:2em;text-transform: lowercase}
.subtitle{padding: 0;text-transform: lowercase;color:#666666;font-size:1em}
/* ENTRIES */
.subcontent { min-height: 120px; background: #FFFFFF url() repeat scroll;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto}
.date {color:#FF1F7C;text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:-1px;font-size:7pt;float:left;width:65px;margin:0 0 10px -100px}
.subject {font-size: 2em;padding:0; letter-spacing:-2px;line-height: 1; color: #000000;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif}
.subject a, .subject a:link, .subject a:visited {text-decoration: none}
.datesubject {margin:0 0 0 90px; text-align: left;padding: 10px;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee}
.entry{margin:0 0 0 90px; padding: 0 0 0 10px;text-align: justify;line-height: 1.75;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee}
.entry_text {}
.entry ul li,.entry ol li{padding-left: 5px;margin-left: 15px;}
/* USERPICS */
.userpic { position: relative; float: left; padding: 0; background-color: #ffffff; margin:0; z-index: 15;margin-top:40px}
.userpicfriends { position: relative;float: left; padding: 0px;background-color: transparent !important;margin:0;margin-top:40px; text-align: center;z-index: 15;text-transform: uppercase;letter-spacing:-0.07em;font-size:.9em;}
.userpicfriends img {border: 0px; padding:0;background-color: #ffffff;width:85px;height:85px} .userpic img{width:85px;height:85px}
.userpicfriends a font {}
/* COMMENT BAR */
.comments {color: #fff;clear:left; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:bold;font-size:.85em;letter-spacing:-0.03em;text-align: left; padding:6px 0; line-height:.2;position: relative;margin:0}
div.comments a, div.comments a:visited, div.comments a:link {background-color:#f2f2f2;display:block;line-height:1;width:80px;padding:3px;margin:0 0 0 -100px;position:relative}
div.comments a:hover{}
.separator{height: 55px}
/* CURRENTS AND TAGS (icons by Julz) */
.ljtags {text-align: right; padding: 4px 18px 4px 0; background: transparent url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/23r3kax.png) no-repeat scroll 100% 50%;margin: 50px 0 0 auto;width:350px; text-transform: lowercase; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold;font-size: 0}
.ljtags a {font-size: 7pt;background-color:#eeeeee;margin-left:5px;padding:0 2px} .ljtags a:hover{color:#ffffff;background-color:#FF1F7C}
.ljtags:hover {} div.ljtags a {font-weight: normal}
.currents {text-align: right; margin:0; padding-top:15px; padding: 8px 0px 8px 0; text-transform: lowercase; font-size: 7pt; color: #646464}
.currents strong, .currentlocation strong, .currentmood strong, .currentgroups strong, .currentmusic strong {text-decoration: none; color: #000; display:none}
.currentlocation, .currentmood, .currentgroups , .currentmusic {padding: 4px 18px 4px 0; background: transparent none no-repeat scroll 100% 50%}
.currentlocation {background-image: url(
http://i45.tinypic.com/2v9znnn.png)}.currentmood{background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/29xck94.png)}.currentgroups {background-image: url(
http://i45.tinypic.com/15f38kl.png)}.currentmusic {background-image: url(
http://i46.tinypic.com/30mlv13.png)} /* TAG PAGE */
h2 { padding:5px;font-weight: normal;margin: 0px auto;float:left}
.ljtaglist {text-align: left; margin: 0 0 0 100px; padding:20px; font-size:10px; list-style:inside none square;}
.ljtaglist li {padding:5px 10px;border-bottom: 1px dotted #eeeeee;} .ljtaglist li:hover{background-color:#f2f2f2}
/* COMMENT PAGE */
.box { text-align: left; padding: 0px; clear: left;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto}
.datesubjectcomment {text-align: left; color: #000000;font-variant:small-caps;margin:0}
.datesubjectcomment span{}
.userpiccomment {width:70px;height:70px;position: relative; padding: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #FF1F7C; left: 0px; margin:0px 10px 0px 0px; z-index: 15; float: left}
input { font-family: Arial, Tahoma, "Verdana", sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid #cccccc;color: #999999}
textarea.textbox {width: 100% !important;}
.reply{ border: 0px ; position: relative; margin: 20px 30px 10px 30px; padding: 25px 10px 10px 10px; text-align: left}
.replytosubject {letter-spacing:2px; font-weight: bold}
.commentreply {min-height:50px;text-align: left; position: relative; margin:5px 0 0 100px;padding:10px;line-height:1.5}
.commentbox {padding: 10px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee}
.commentbox:hover, .commentboxpartial:hover {}
.commentboxpartial {padding: 0; margin: 10px}
.commentinfo {margin-top: 10px; width: 100%}
form#postform{} form#qrform table {border-width: 0px !important;} form#qrform {}
.skiplinks {text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 10px;padding: 10px 0px; font-size: 8pt; color: #ccc}
/* SIDEBAR */
.defaultuserpic {display:none}
.sbarheader {padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px}
.sbarbody {padding:0}
.sbarbody2 {padding: 0x;line-height:1.5}
ul.sbarlist{ margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none;}
#sidebar_linklist{text-align:right}
li.sbaritem{padding:5px;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee; margin:0;display:inline} li.sbaritem:hover {}
li.sbaritem a:hover{background-color:#FF1F7C;color:#FFFFFF}
li.sbartitle, #sidebar_summary,#sidebar_tags , #sidebar_calendar{display:none}
/* FOOTER */
#footer { padding: 0;text-align:left; margin:auto;text-transform: uppercase; font-size: .9em; letter-spacing: 0px; z-index: 100; clear: both}
ul.navfooter{ padding: 0px; margin: 0;position:fixed;bottom:5px}
ul.navfooter li {list-style: none; margin: 0 0 3px;display:block}
div#footer li.viewing {color: #555555;display:none}
div#footer a, div#footer a:link, div#footer a:visited {padding: 1px 3px; background-color:#FF1F7C;color:#FFFFFF}
div#footer li,div#footer li + li{padding: 0 9px} div#footer li + li{text-align:right}
div#footer li:hover{color:#FF1F7C;padding: 0 9px;background:transparent url(
http://i46.tinypic.com/n3kguo.png) no-repeat scroll 0 50%}
div#footer li + li:hover{color:#FF1F7C;padding: 0 9px;background:transparent url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/33aezbc.png) no-repeat scroll 100% 50%}
.clearfoot {}
/* ARCHIVE PAGE */
ul.year { margin: 0px; margin: 0 auto 10px}
ul.year li {display: inline} ul.year li a{padding:0 3px}
ul.year li a:hover, table.yeartable a{background-color:#FF1F7C;color:#FFFFFF;padding:0 3px}
table.yeartable {margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width:60%;padding: 30px;}
table.yeartable td.yeardate, table.yeartable td.yearday { border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd;}
table.yeartable td.yearday { background-color: #eee; text-align: center}
td.yearmonth {border-style: none;}
.clear {display:none; height: 8px;}
/* MINI ICONS by Pinvoke */
img[src*="icon_protected.gif"], img[src*="icon_private.gif"], img[src*="icon_groups.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="syndicated.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="newsinfo.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="partnercomm.gif"], .ljuser img[src*="sponcomm.gif"] , img[src*="btn_del.gif"], img[src*="btn_edit.gif"], img[src*="btn_scr.gif"], img[src*="btn_unscr.gif"], img[src*="btn_freeze.gif"], img[src*="btn_unfreeze.gif"], img[src*="btn_track.gif"], img[src*="btn_tracking.gif"], img[src*="btn_tracking_thread.gif"] , img[src*="anonymous.gif"], img[src*="openid-profile.gif"], img[src*="userinfo.gif"], img[src*="talk/none.gif"], img[src*="help.gif"], img[src*="pencil.gif"], img[src*="upgrade-paid-icon.gif"] {height: 0px; width: 0px; padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important; background: transparent none no-repeat scroll 0 0}
.subject img {vertical-align: middle !important}
img[src*="icon_protected.gif"]{background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/2u5ga35.png)}img[src*="icon_private.gif"]{background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/a2c9zm.png)}img[src*="icon_groups.gif"]{background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/2cscumq.png)} .ljuser img[src*="syndicated.gif"]{background-image: url(
http://i46.tinypic.com/dra3xt.jpg) !important}
.ljuser img[src*="newsinfo.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/etusee.png) !important}
.ljuser img[src*="partnercomm.gif"]{background-image: url(
http://i46.tinypic.com/2d9ycm9.png) !important}
.ljuser img[src*="sponcomm.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i45.tinypic.com/2en21dl.png) !important}
img[src*="btn_del.gif"]{background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/35inpfl.png)}img[src*="btn_scr.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/333kbk1.png)}img[src*="btn_unscr.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/xauttg.png)}img[src*="btn_freeze.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/2eye6uq.png)}img[src*="btn_unfreeze.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/whcgwl.png)}img[src*="btn_track.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/2eph4iw.png)}img[src*="btn_tracking.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/ei359s.png)} img[src*="btn_tracking_thread.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i45.tinypic.com/2qxrwiv.png)}img[src*="anonymous.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/5dunps.jpg)}img[src*="openid-profile.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/nqnwap.jpg)}img[src*="userinfo.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i50.tinypic.com/34p1443.png)}img[src*="talk/none.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/oub440.png)} img[src*="help.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i48.tinypic.com/2rgyhdw.png)}img[src*="pencil.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i47.tinypic.com/ou8pc4.jpg)}img[src*="btn_edit.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i48.tinypic.com/wck846.png)}img[src*="upgrade-paid-icon.gif"] {background-image: url(
http://i48.tinypic.com/azjgxe.jpg)} .ljuser img {width: 0; height: 0; background: transparent url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/257ggo6.png) no-repeat 0 0; padding: 16px 16px 0 2px !important; vertical-align: baseline !important}
.ljuser img[src*="userinfo.gif"] {background: transparent url(
http://i49.tinypic.com/257ggo6.png) no-repeat center left !important; padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important}
.ljuser img[src*="community.gif"] { background: transparent url(
http://i48.tinypic.com/4lt8gk.png) no-repeat scroll 0 0 !important; padding: 16px 16px 0 2px !important}
.Note .Inner { background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; color: #666666;} .ippu .track_title {letter-spacing: 3px; color: #444444; font-weight: normal;} div.ljcmtmanage { background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; padding:10px}
HTML BODY img.i-ljuser-userhead {height:4px !important;width:0 !important}
/* CONTEXTUAL POP-UP */
div.ContextualPopup {position: relative; margin: 0px; text-align: left; font: normal 9px "Arial" !important; }
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner {color: #aaaaaa !important;border:1px solid #eeeeee;background: transparent url(
http://i42.tinypic.com/2vtqdz6.png) !important; padding: 0; width: 280px;}
div.ContextualPopup .Userpic { padding: 3px; margin: 5px 5px 0; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; background: #ffffff url();}
div.ContextualPopup .Content { padding: 5px;border-right: 1px solid #ececec; margin-right:68px;background: #ffffff url();}
div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:link, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:visited {text-decoration: none !important; font-weight: bold; color: #999999 !important}
div.ContextualPopup .Relation {font-size: 9pt;text-transform:uppercase}
/* MISC */
table#lj_controlstrip td {background-color: #fff;color: #fff;border: solid 1px #fff} table#lj_controlstrip{border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee}
#lj_controlstrip input {border: 1px solid #f2f2f2;background-color: #eee; color:#555555}
#lj_controlstrip a {color: #999999} #lj_controlstrip_statustext {color: #666666} #lj_controlstrip .ljuser a b {color:#aaa;}#lj_controlstrip_userpic {display:none}
a img {border:none}
b, u { color: #111111}
i, s { color: #888888}
p, td {}
blockquote { padding:15px; border: 1px solid #eeeeee; border-left:4px solid #FF1F7C; background: #f7f7f7 url() repeat; color:#555}
code {display:block; padding:5px; border:1px dashed #DDDDDD; font-size: 12px;}
.appwidget-qotd table td div{border:1px solid #eeeeee !Important;padding:5px 30px 5px 5px !important}
kbd, pre, tt {font-family: monospace;}
textarea { font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times,serif;font-size: 12px; background-color: #f7f7f7; border: 1px solid #dddddd; color: #333333}
/* COLORS */
a, a:link, a:visited, .subject a:visited, h2, code, .datesubjectcomment a:link, .datesubjectcomment a:visited, div.ContextualPopup .Relation, .ljuser a b {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none}
.ljuser a b {font-variant:small-caps}.entry_text a, .commentreply a{font-weight:bold}
a:hover, .datesubjectcomment a:hover, .ljuser a b:hover, .subject a:hover, .subject a:link:hover,.subject a:visited:hover {color:#FF1F7C; text-decoration: none}
.subject a, .subject a:link, .subject,h2, .subject a:visited {text-decoration: none;color: #000000;font-weight:normal}
notes
credit mini icons by
Pinvoke and metadata icons by
graphicsbyjulz safe keeping
Upload images to your own server to be safe. Tinypic does delete its images after a while.
editing
♚ As per usual, feel free to add your own header/ edit bloody anything you want to.
♚ The funky pink used is #FF1F7C. Replace if too flamboyant for your taste.
F.A.Q.If you have problems with a layout, please post them at the FAQ. I unfortunately I cannot help with stylistic edits, but as I said before, go nuts doing so.