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5th-Dec-2007 08:18 pm
I would like to thank [info]babyelefant for the last minute help to get this layout working properly.




Preview of Baroque Layout
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Press for bigger size of Baroque Layout


Details
layout available: two-column-left
custom colors : in stylesheet
best view: : 1024x768 or higher
browser checked : Firefox, Internet Explorer
works with : Free, Paid, Nav Bar (Unknown with Plus)
available at : http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scotchbonnet/
based design on : http://www.freecsstemplates.org/ornate
images used : sweetie, famfamfam, pdphoto, freecsstemplates



Instructions
How to Style? (using the InsaneJournal customize journal area)
1. In insanejournal's navigational menu, go to journal > customize journal or press the link.
1a. The first page you see is Journal Display that shows four tabs. The first is highlighted as Basics. Look below for Style System and make sure the radio button is highlighted for:
S2 - For users who don't know HTML or CSS, or make only minor alterations.
2. 2. Press Tab for Custom Options. You can either scroll down or press Custom CSS in the Selection area.
3. Look for : Use layout's stylesheet(s) and say No. In the Custom external stylesheet URL You leave blank.
4. Look for : Custom stylesheet and copy/paste Baroque's stylesheet.
5. Save Changes.
6. It will save and look for : "Your settings have been saved. View your Journal."
7. Go view Journal.
8. You're Done.
9. Thank you for trying this layout.



Instructions
How to Style? (using the LiveJournal new customize journal area)
1. In livejournal's navigational menu, go to journal > customize journal or press the link.
1a. The first page you see is Journal Display that shows four tabs. The first is highlighted as Basics. Look below for Style System and make sure the radio button is highlighted for:
S2 - For users who don't know HTML or CSS, or make only minor alterations.
2. Under (2. Select a New Theme), go the search box and type dear diary. Once the layouts appear go to the bottom and in the drop down choose (all).
3. Find and press (apply theme) to "striking by martin atkins" and then press (customize).
4. Under (customize your theme), press custom css.
5. Under custom css > page > where it states: ("Use layout's "Base Weblog" stylesheet") say no. In the Custom external stylesheet URL You leave blank.
6. Add the css into the custom stylesheet textarea.
7. Press "save changes".
8. In the blue box where it says your current theme, press on your journal's name.
9. You're Done.
10. Thank you for trying this layout.



Extras
Implement CCS into Theme Layer
(Paid/Permanent Users)
If I offer a theme layer, follow any of the links below on how to implement into any of mine into your journal. Thank you.
[info]s2bloggish Tutorials by [info]carriep63:
1. Creating a Theme Layer(using Livejournal new customized area)
2. Using CSS with a Theme Layer
[info]scotchbonnet Tutorials by [info]scotchosur:
1. Creating a Theme Layer(for InsaneJournal users)
2. Create a Style(Coming Later...)



CSS Code
InsaneJournal Cascading Style Sheet



LiveJournal Cascading Style Sheet



*Remember, the Cascading Style Sheets only have the name of the images but no direct address to show them in your journal.
You must upload them to a server or file storage and replace them into the css to get them to work.*



For Paid/Permanent Accounts
If you wish to have tags, extra textbox and metadata function to work in your journal, please click here for code.

Images
If using, please don't hotlink. Upload to another storage online, try photobucket or imageshack.

On each image link, right click [Save target as] or [Save Link as] to your computer (downloading) then upload them to a server or personal storage to use.


Main Images
banner | logo | calendar flower | entry flower | bullet | sidebar container image | sidebar container top image | background body image

Mini Images
lj user image | lj community image | newspaper image | privacy image : friends lock | privacy image | previous | memories | tell a friend | edit tags | edit entry | next | track | screen | unscreen | disconnect |freeze | delete




Optional
download baroque the zip file includes: a html file with css and images.
Note: The link will go to Megaupload. There is a 45 second wait to non-members.


Credit
If you keep the image in the layout (logo), then it isn't necessary to have a link in the sidebar. However, if you wish to remove the the image then I would appreciate it.

Questions
If you have questions, please ask in comments. I'll try to get to you. If you are not part of InsaneJournal, please leave a name so I'll at least know who you are. :)


Note
If you see a staggered gradation in the images in your layout, which might result from your computer saving the images as .bmp only, I learned from [info]carriep63 that it is most likely due to the need to clean out your temporary internet files.
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Comments 
14th-Jul-2008 09:34 pm (UTC)
I won't lie, I like ti when people say they love this layout, it's my first public layout and I have mad affection for it. All the questions I could answer but it has been a while since I have touch the layout and I am school right now every morning until the end of summer that I am blanking out on stuff but if you give me a few days (maybe the weekend) and it isn't a big bother I will post something for it.

Thanks about the image name. I'll fix that as well. :)
15th-Jul-2008 01:23 pm (UTC)
That would be awesome. But no rush ...

I do have another question/favour. I'm a mod for another asylum and I've been wanting to do something about our layout (it's an HP group). I love this layout, it's so sharp and clean, but I don't want my asylum to look just like my personal journal. Could I have your permission to use the same code but swap out a header that's more appropriate for our group?
18th-Jul-2008 06:40 pm (UTC)
Sorry, didn't see this. Is it too hot. As long as you ask sure change the header.


layerinfo "type" = "user";
layerinfo "name" = "Baroque";


Question: Why? What were you trying to do?
18th-Jul-2008 06:55 pm (UTC)
It's for adding a theme layer to this layout, and I'm just going by your instructions here. You wrote:

Under Theme
Replace
layerinfo "type" = "theme";
layerinfo "name" = "";

With This
layerinfo "type" = "theme";
layerinfo "name" = "Baroque";

Under User
Replace
layerinfo "type" = "user";
layerinfo "name" = "Auto-generated Customizations";

With This
layerinfo "type" = "user";
layerinfo "name" = "Baroque";


--------
I'm trying to put those lines in the theme layer, but the layerinfo seems to muck it up somehow. But it is working without it, so maybe it's not necessary!

But my biggest question is about the possibility of shifting my links up above the tags listing. I would love that.
19th-Jul-2008 10:22 pm (UTC)
Replace
layerinfo "type" = "user";
layerinfo "name" = "Auto-generated Customizations";

Oh, that's fine. This has happen because you change something through the custom options that IJ gives you and you saved. Automatically changing the name from Baroque to Auto.

As long as it works, it's fine.

I am looking still for the link above tags but it so hot that it is hard to think...
20th-Jul-2008 05:28 pm (UTC)
courtesy of babyelefant

Place this in theme layer:

function Page::lay_print_paraphernalia() "User layers can override this to change what appears in the paraphernalia section" {
$this->lay_print_journalinfo();
$this->lay_print_viewsel();
$this->lay_print_viewspec();
$this->lay_print_userlinks();
$this->lay_print_custom_paraphernalia();
if (viewer_sees_vbox()) {
paraphernalia_box_open("", "");
"""
""";
$this->print_vbox();
"
";
paraphernalia_box_close("", "");
}
}
9th-Aug-2008 12:08 am (UTC)
This works perfectly! Thank you and babyelefant so much!
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