InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "That's my wand you're holding!"

Long time watcher, first time writing, blah blah blah ad nauseam. I don't normally publish layouts, but I thought this one turned out rather nicely, and I'm sure there must be other players out there who've harboured a secret ambition to run a fake news portal! What it is, is a port of The Guardian template, usable on both free and paid accounts.

PART I(a)

Journal Title: guardian
Subtitle: .co.uk
Style System: S2

PART I(b)

(optional) Go to the actual Guardian page. The links you want to snag are located on the row directly below the logo. It's the colourful section, a bit hard to miss (NOT the breadcrumb below it). Copy each link into your Links List. Because the navigation in my coding is slightly wider than the original, it cannot accommodate all fifteen; I've left out 'Offers' in mine, but you can replace them completely with your own links, or do whatever. Just note that, if you change the links and wish to keep the multi-coloured effect, there is another step involved in PART III.

PART II

Layout: Complete Style
Theme: Basic Black and White

PART III

Layout Type: Three column (Sidebars on Right)
(optional) Number of journal entries to show on recent entries page: 1
(optional) Number of journal entries to show on friends page: 1
Body of custom sidebar module: This is where you place your social networking icons. (cf. diagram)
Body of second custom sidebar module: This is where you place your news ticker, weather, what have you. (cf. diagram)
Display of tags in sidebar: List
Show tag count in hierarchical list? No
Cut off tag display in sidebar after certain limit: No
First item in primary sidebar: Links
Second item in primary sidebar: Calendar
Third item in primary sidebar: Page Summary
Fourth item in primary sidebar: Custom Text Two
… item in primary sidebar: (none)
First item in secondary sidebar: Custom Text
Second item in secondary sidebar: Tags
… item in secondary sidebar: (none)

Custom external stylesheet URL: Now, for the fun part. This stylesheet is too long to fit directly into the box IJ provides, so you will have to link to an external host in this section. The stylesheet itself is located here, but I strongly recommend uploading it to your own server, for everyone's benefit. Additionally, if you've made any changes to the links in PART I(b), you will have to alter the code accordingly, which will again require you to host your own custom code.

So, how do you customise those links? Hit CTRL+F, or whichever hotkey to search text on your Browser/OS. You will have to find this: .module-typelist li a[href*="http://www.guardian.co.uk/"] Seeing a pattern? What you need to do is to set a[href*="link"] and a:hover[href*="link"] for each of the url in your Link List that you wish to customise. If you want to keep the Guardian style, you need only to replace the url with your own.

Well, that's about it! As I said, it's not exactly a professionally published layout, but perhaps some of you out there will find it useful. Er… Not really all that great at support either, so you're on your own with these instructions, though I will try and quip in if it is within my power to troubleshoot. Just wanted to contribute what I can, since this community has been incredibly beneficial in many ways. 'Till another time then, Tschuess!