smooth sailing - floating

[writing_light]

Layout Style: Smooth Sailing
Best view: 800x600 and higher
Browser(s) Compatible: Tested with FF and IE7
Work with Nav bar?: Yes
Work with Ads? no
Credit: writing_light or losing_light somewhere in your journal please
Preview:

Live preview: Recent entries*Archive* Tags*Custom Comments



Notes: I have no problem with you changing any of the colors or graphics used in my layouts. Just don't take credit for the original style sheet. The header is by zeun and can be found HERE.

Image(s): All the images are hosted on my Photobucket account. If you'd like to host them yourself, here are the direct links.

Background
Header
Transparency (right-click on the top left hand side of the screen to grab it)

mini icons from famfamfam and yahirvite at deviant art.
Private user icon
Community user icon by yahirvite
User icon by yahirvite
Friends locked icon
Friends filtered icon

Directions:
Go to Customize Journal
Choose any Smooth Sailing layout
Choose 2 Column (Sidebar on right) IMPORTANT!
Hit Customize Selected Theme
Under Sidebar Enable 4 sidebar boxes and hide the rest. If you choose more than three your sidebar will wrap onto the next line and cover the top of your entries. You can choose less than four, but you'll have and empty space on the sidebar where the sidebox would have been.
Save Changes and choose Custom CSS
Make sure both drop down boxes say no
Copy the overrides in the box below and paste them into the Custom Stylesheet and hit Save Changes

Note: The background on this layout is fixed in place. If you want it to scroll with your entries than remove the word fixed under "body {".

Overrides:
/*

** Layout by LJ user writing-light at writing-
light.livejournal.com
** S2 Smooth Sailing
** photo by zuen and can be found at
www.sxc.hu/profile/zuen
** mini icons from famfamfam and yahirvite at
deviant art

** please do not remove credit */

body {
background: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/floating/floatingbg.png) repeat-x fixed #19deef;
color: #0e72b2;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
margin: 0px auto;
}

.pageblock {
margin-top: 36px;
}

.pageheaderblock {
background: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/floating/header.png) no-repeat bottom center;
height: 347px;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 500px;
}

.header-icon, .body-title, .profile-label, .header-title, .header-subtitle {
display: none;
}

.header-menu {
display: block;
font-size: 13px;
position: absolute;
text-transform: capitalize;
white-space: nowrap;
}

.header-menu a, .header-menu a:visited {
color: #0e72b2;
display: block;
}

.header-menu a:hover {
color: #cef2ff;
text-decoration: none;
}

.header-menu a, .header-menu a:visited {
padding: 3px 5px;
}

.header-menu a:hover {
padding: 3px 5px;
}

.header-menu ul, #footer-menu ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

.header-menu li, #footer-menu li {
display: inline;
}

.bodyblock {
margin: 0 auto;
padding-top: 175px;
width: 500px;
*background-color: #fff;
}

.bodynavblock {
margin: 0px 20px;
padding: 5px 0;
text-align: center;
}

.body-midtitle {
font-weight: bold;
margin: 10px 10px 0 10px;
padding: 4px 0 4px 7px;
}

.entryHolder {
margin-top: -6px;
text-align: justify;
width: 500px;
*max-width: 500px;
*overflow-x: scroll;
}

.entryHeader {
font-weight: normal;
padding: 5px;
text-transform: capitalize;
}

.entryHeaderSubject {
display: block;
font-size: 15px;
}

.entryHeaderDate {
font-size: 10px;
}

.entryUserinfo {
padding: 0 3px 0 5px;
}

.entryUserinfo-usericon img {
border: 2px solid #e6187d;
height: 60px;
width: 60px;
}

div.ContextualPopup {
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif !important;
font-size: 11px;
font-style: normal;
margin: 5px 0 0 20px;
}

div.ContextualPopup img {
border: 2px solid #ea015b;
}

div.ContextualPopup div.Inner {
background-color: #cef2ff !important;
border: 3px solid #0e72b2;
color: #oe72b2 !important;
padding: 0;
width: 20em;
}

div.ContextualPopup .Content {
line-height: 1.4;
margin-right: 50px;
padding: 2px 4px 6px 4px;
}

div.ContextualPopup .Relation {
font-weight: bold !important;
}

div.ContextualPopup .Content .OnlineStatus {
font-weight: bold;
}

div.ContextualPopup .Userpic {
padding: 4px 4px 0 0;
}

div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:visited {
color: #e6187d !important;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none !important;
}

div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:hover {
text-decoration: underline !important;
}

.entryText {
padding: 0 5px 5px;
}

.entryText {
max-width: 490px;
overflow: auto;
}

a, a:visited {
color: #ea015b;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover {
color: #e6187d;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}

code, kbd, pre, tt {
font-family: monospace;
}

::-moz-selection {
background-color: #0e72b2;
color: #cef2ff;
}

textarea, input, select, blockquote, .bodynavblock, .body-midtitle, .entryHolder, .entryMetadata, .sidebar, #footer-menu, .commentHolder, .replyform, .month, .day-blank, .day-date {
background: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/floating/entryholderbg.png);
*background: url() white;
}

textarea {
color: #0e72b2;
font-size: 14px;
margin-top: 5px;
}

input, select {
border: 2px solid #0e72b2;
color: #0e72b2;
font-size: 11px;
margin-top: 3px;
padding: 2px;
}

blockquote {
border: 2px solid #ea015b;
margin: 15px;
padding: 10px;
}

.entryMetadata {
margin:0 10px;
padding: 5px;
}

.entryMetadata ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

.entryMetadata li {
display: block;
list-style-image: none;
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-type: none;
padding-right: 5px;
}

.entryMetadata-label {
color: #0e72b2;
font-weight: bold;
padding-right: 5px;
}

.entryLinkbar {
padding: 10px;
text-align: center;
}

.entryLinkbar a, .entryLinkbar a:visited {
font-weight: bold;
padding: 5px 5px;
}

.entryLinkbar a:hover {
padding: 5px 5px;
}

.entryLinkbar ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

.entryLinkbar li {
display: inline;
padding: 0 10px;
}

.sidebar {
border-color: #ea015b;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 2px 0;
margin: -175px 0 0 -500px;
position: absolute;
width: 500px;
*margin: -180px 0 0 -500px;
}

.sidebar a, .sidebar a:visited {
color: #0e72b2;
}

.sidebar a:hover {
color: #e6187d;
}

.sidebox {
float: left;
height: 155px;
overflow: auto;
padding: 10px 3px 0 3px;
width: 119px;
}

.sideboxTitle {
border-bottom: 1px solid;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
}

.sideboxContent {
margin-top: 3px;
}

.profile-userpic {
border: 2px solid #ea015b;
height: 50%;
width: 50%;
}

.sidebox #profile, .sidebox #tags_sidebox, .sidebox #systemlinks, .sidebox #search, .listtitle {
margin-top: 3px;
}

.listtitle {
font-weight: bold;
}

.sidebox #latestmonth {
margin: 3px 0 0 1px;
}

.latestmonth-inactive {
margin: 1px;
padding: 1px;
text-align: center;
}

.latestmonth-active {
text-align: center;
}

.latestmonth-active a {
font-size: 13px;
}

#SearchType, select {
background-color: #cef2ff;
color: #0e72b2;
font-size: 10px;
line-height: 20px;
}

#footer-menu {
border-width: 0 10px 10px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 5px 1px 5px 0;
width: 499px;
}

#footer-menu a, #footer-menu a:visited {
border-width: 0 1px 1px 1px;
padding: 5px 10px 0 10px;
}

#footer-menu a:hover {
border-width: 0 1px 1px 1px;
padding: 5px 10px 0 10px;
}

.pagefooterblock {
background-color: #ea015b;
color: #cef2ff;
font-style: italic;
padding: 5px 0;
text-align: center;
}

.commentHolder {
border: 4px solid #0e72b2;
margin: 10px;
text-align: justify;
}

.commentHeader {
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: capitalize;
padding: 10px 5px 2px 5px;
}

.commentHeaderScreened {
border-top: 20px solid #ea015b;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 10px 5px 2px 5px;
text-transform: capitalize;
}

.commentHeaderSubject {
font-weight: bold;
}

.commentUserinfo {
padding: 4px;
font-size: 9px;
text-align: center;
}

.commentUserinfo-usericon img {
border: 2px solid #ea015b;
height: 60px;
width: 60px;
}

.commentText {
padding: 10px;
}

.commentLinkbar {
padding: 4px 0;
text-align: center;
}

.commentLinkbar ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

.commentLinkbar li {
display: inline;
padding: 0 5px;
}

.replyform {
border: 4px solid #0e72b2;
color: #ea0a5b;
margin: 10px;
}

.replyform textarea {
margin: 0 0 5px -3px;
width: 90%;
}

#qrform {
border: 4px solid #0e72b2;
color: #0e72b2;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
}

#qrform table {
border: none !important;
}

#commenttext {
width: 100%;
}

.yearlinks {
text-align: right;
}

.yearlink {
padding: 0 4px;
}

.daysubjects {
font-weight: bold;
padding: 8px 8px 8px 40px;
}

.month {
margin: 15px 0 30px 0;
padding: 5px;
width: 500px;
}

.daytitles {
border: 1px solid #cef2ff;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
}

.day-blank {
border: 1px solid #cef2ff;
}

.day {
background-color: #cef2ff;
border: 1px solid #19deef;
}

.day-date {
border-color: #0e72b2;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 2px 2px 0;
text-align: center;
width: 50%;
}

.day-count {
float: right;
font-size: 20px;
text-align: center;
width: 50%;
}

.day-count a {
color: #ea015b;
}

.tagstable, .tagstable td {
border: 3px solid #0e72b2;
margin: 13px 0;
}

.tagstable {
width: 490px;
}

#summary img {
border: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

#summary img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_protected.gif"] {
border: 0;
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/blush/key.png);
padding: 15px 15px 0 0;
}

#summary img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_private.gif"] {
border: 0;
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/blush/cross.png);
padding: 14px 14px 0 0;
}

#summary img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_groups.gif"] {
border: 0;
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/blush/key_add.png);
padding: 16px 16px 0 0;
}

.entryHeader img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_protected.gif"] {
background: transparent url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/blush/key.png) repeat scroll 0%;
height: 0;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
width: 0;
}

.entryHeader img {
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/blush/key.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height: 0;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
width: 0;
}

.entryHeader img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_groups.gif"] {
background: transparent url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/blush/key_add.png) repeat scroll 0%;
height: 0;
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
width: 0;
}

.entryHeader img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_private.gif"] {
background: transparent url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/blush/cross.png) repeat scroll 0%;
height: 0;
padding: 15px 14px 0 0 !important;
width: 0;
}

.ljuser img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif"] {
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/floating/umbrella.png);
padding: 16px 16px 0 0 !important;
}

.ljuser img {
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/floating/beachball.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height: 0;
padding: 15px 15px 0 0 !important;
width: 0;
}

.ljuser img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif"] {
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/floating/beachball.png);
padding: 15px 15px 0 0 !important;
}

.ljuser img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/openid-profile.gif"] {
background-image: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/floating/beachball.png);
padding: 15px 15px 0 0 !important;
}

.entryText img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/poll/mainbar.gif"] {
background: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/poll/mainbardkpink.png);
height: 0;
padding: 7px 0;
}

.entryText img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/poll/leftbar.gif"] {
background: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/poll/leftbardkpink.png);
height: 0;
padding: 14px 0 0 7px;
}

.entryText img[src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/poll/rightbar.gif"] {
background: url(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/light_writing/Livejournal/poll/rightbardkpink.png);
height: 0;
padding: 7px 0px 7px 0;
}

CSS, Images and Directions for this layout can be found in my layout journal losing_light. Feel free to friend it if you like this layout or others that you see.