Antique Finish:  One Journal Layout

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Info:

• Journal Style:  Flexible Squares
• Browsers:  Firefox 3.6, Safari 5, Chrome 5
• Resolution:  1024x768 & above
• Ad Placement:  Horizontal/Between Entries
• Images?:  Some background images & tiny icons

Instructions:

1.  Go here, and type Flexible Squares in the search box.  Apply any of the layouts.

2.  Choose a Page Setup.  (For Plus accounts:  choose your preferred ad placement.)  Apply any of them except the layout without the topbar.

3.  Go to Custom CSS, select No on all the drop-down boxes.  Leave the Custom External Stylesheet URL box blank, then copy and paste this code in the Custom stylesheet box:

/* Antique Finish ~Layout by enekoro-sama@LJ */ /* Tiny Icons from http://community.livejournal.com/street_of_mercy/ */ /* Background from http://www.dinpattern.com/ */ /* main */ body {background-color:#e8e4d3; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Backgrounds/haunted-two.gif"); background-attachment:fixed; background-repeat:repeat; font-family:"georgia",palatino,serif; font-size:10pt; color:#543b23;} a {text-decoration:none; color:#886644;} a:hover {color:#222222;} .ljcut-link {font-style:normal;} strong, em {color:#886644;} u, strike {color:#555544;} h1 {font-size:24pt;} h2 {font-size:22pt;} h3 {font-size:20pt;} h4 {font-size:18pt;} h5 {font-size:16pt;} h6 {font-size:14pt;} b {font-weight:normal; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-size:12pt; font-style:italic;} /* journal content */ #content {margin:0 auto; position:relative; width:900px; background-color:#e8e4d3; -moz-border-radius:20px; -webkit-border-radius:20px; padding:10px; border-width:5px; border-color:#886644; border-style:double;} #maincontent {position:relative; float:right; width:725px;} .entry {line-height:1.5;} .date {font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-size:16pt; letter-spacing:-2px;} .subject {text-align:right; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-size:20pt; font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; font-variant:small-caps; letter-spacing:1px; padding-bottom:5px; border-bottom-style:double; border-bottom-color:#886644; border-bottom-width:3px;} .subject a {color:#555544;} .subject a:hover {color:#222222;} .userpic {float:right; padding:5px;} .userpic img {border-style:double; border-color:#886644; border-width:3px;} .userpicfriends {background:transparent !important; padding:5px; float:right; text-align:center;} .userpicfriends img {border-style:double; border-color:#886644; border-width:3px;} .userpicfriends a font {color:#886644; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:italic;} .skiplinks {color:transparent; text-align:center; padding-top:20px; font-size:12pt;} .skiplinks a {color:#555544; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-style:italic; text-transform:lowercase;} .skiplinks a:hover {color:#222222; text-decoration:underline;} /* sidebar */ #sidebar {position:relative; float:left; width:160px;} #sidebar a {color:#222222;} #sidebar a:hover {color:#886644; text-decoration:underline;} .sbaritem {list-style-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Scraps/af_bullet.png");} .sbartitle {list-style-type:none; margin-left:-40px; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-size:15pt; font-variant:small-caps; text-align:center; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Backgrounds/af_bgsmall.png"); background-position:center center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment:scroll; height:41px;} .sbarbody2 {font-size:8pt;} .calendar {margin-left:-40px;} .sbarcalendar {padding:2.5px; text-align:center;} .sbarcalendarposts {padding:2.5px; text-align:center; border-color:#886644; border-width:1px; border-style:solid; -moz-border-radius:5px; webkit-border-radius:5px;} .defaultuserpic {margin:0 auto; width:75px; height:75px; padding:5px;} .defaultuserpic img {width:75px; height:75px; border-style:double; border-color:#886644; border-width:3px;} /* header */ #header {position:relative; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Backgrounds/af_bgtitle.png"); background-attachment:scroll; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:center center; height:116px; padding-bottom:10px;} .view {cursor:default;} .title {font-size:24pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; text-transform:uppercase; text-align:center;} .subtitle {font-size:14pt; font-style:italic; letter-spacing:-1px; text-align:center; text-transform:lowercase; color:#222222;} .navheader {font-size:20pt; text-align:center;} .navheader li {display:inline; padding:10px; font-variant:small-caps;} /* footer */ #footer {position:relative;} .clearfoot {clear:both;} .navfooter {font-size:20pt; text-align:center;} .navfooter li {display:inline; padding:20px; font-variant:small-caps;} .viewing {cursor:default;} /* comments */ .comments {text-align:center; color:transparent; font-size:16pt; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-style:italic;} .commentbox {border-style:double; border-color:#886644; border-width:3px; padding:5px;} .datesubjectcomment{padding:5px; border-bottom-style:double; border-bottom-width:3px; border-bottom-color:#886644;} .datesubjectcomment strong {font-weight:normal; font-variant:small-caps;} /* The comments title. */ .userpiccomment {float:left; padding:5px;} .commentreply {padding:5px;} /* archive */ .year {font-size:20pt; text-align:center;} .year li {display:inline; padding:20px;} .yearmonth {text-transform:uppercase; font-family:"garamond",book antiqua,serif; font-size:12pt;} .yeardate {padding:5px; text-align:center; font-size:12pt; border-style:solid; border-color:#886644; border-width:1px;} .yearday {border-style:solid; border-color:#886644; border-width:1px; text-align:center; text-transform:uppercase; color:#886644; font-weight:bold;} /* tag list */ h2 {font-weight:normal; text-align:center;} .ljtaglist a:hover {text-decoration:underline;} .ljtaglist li {padding:3px;} /* metadata */ .currents {font-size:8pt;} .currentlocation strong, .currentgroups strong, .currentmood strong, .currentmusic strong {font-weight:normal; font-variant:small-caps; color:#555544;} .ljtags {color:#555544; font-variant:small-caps; font-size:8pt;} .currentlocation, .ljtags, .currentmood, .currentgroups, .currentmusic {padding:1px 0 1px 18px; background-color:transparent; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Scraps/af_bullet.png"); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment:scroll; background-position:0 50%;} /* misc. */ code {display:block; color:#222222; padding:5px; border-width:3px; border-color:#886644; border-style:double;} textarea {width:300px; height:75px; padding:5px; background-color:transparent; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Backgrounds/haunted-two.gif"); background-attachment:fixed; background-repeat:repeat; font-size:10pt; color:#e8e4d3; border-width:3px; border-style:double; border-color:#222222;} blockquote {background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Backgrounds/af_bgsmall.png"); background-position:top center; background-attachment:scroll; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:25px; color:#555544;} /* tiny icons */ img[src*="img/userinfo.gif"] {width:0 !important; vertical-align:middle !important; margin:0 auto; height:0 !important; background-color:transparent; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Icons/street%20of%20mercy/flower_darkgrey.png"); background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:16px 0 0 16px !important;} img[src*="img/community.gif"] {width:0 !important; vertical-align:middle !important; margin:0 auto; height:0 !important; background-color:transparent; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Icons/street%20of%20mercy/butterfly_darkgrey.png"); background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:16px 0 0 16px !important;} img[src*="img/icon_protected.gif"] {width:0 !important; vertical-align:middle !important; margin:0 auto; height:0 !important; background-color:transparent; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Icons/street%20of%20mercy/community_darkgrey.png"); background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:16px 0 0 16px !important;} img[src*="img/icon_groups.gif"] {width:0 !important; vertical-align:middle !important; margin:0 auto; height:0 !important; background-color:transparent; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Icons/street%20of%20mercy/community_lightgrey.png"); background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:16px 0 0 16px !important;} img[src*="img/icon_private.gif"] {width:0 !important; vertical-align:middle !important; margin:0 auto; height:0 !important; background-color:transparent; background-image:url("http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq107/Enekoro/Icons/street%20of%20mercy/lock_darkgrey.png"); background-repeat:no-repeat; padding:16px 0 0 16px !important;} /* extra codes */

♪Please upload these into your own image host and replace the links accordingly.  If I run out of bandwidth, you will be affected too:  [download].
     
4.  Save changes.

Customization:
Adding a header.  Fill in the codes below, then copy and paste them at the end of your CSS.  The ideal width is 900 pixels.
.headerimage {width:XXXpx;
height:XXXpx;
margin:auto;
margin-bottom:XXpx;
background-image:url("XXX");
background-repeat:no-repeat;}

Notes:

• Please be mindful of the rules.
• Please let me know if my layout is too similar to a pre-established work, so that I can take this down immediately.  I hate to plagiarize, even inadvertently.
• The actual layout may vary slightly from the previews.
• Watch this community?

Tiny Icons from street_of_mercy | Background from DinPattern