I'm not here...

[elisi]

Very quickly:

Go vote for Spike in this poll! (which is just for fun!)

ETA: Also go vote in st_salieri's fandom poll.

I posted Part 3 of my S/D stories the other day, just in case someone missed it...

I am so glad it's friday!

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[elisi]

I know the feeling - I nagged Darcy into it in the end. Although some layouts are a lot easier than others (see these posts - 'Tranquility II seems very easy indeed f.ex.).

My layout is of course one of the awkward ones, but I like it too much to change...

[gillo]

Help., my brain hurts just reading that. What is CSS? I'm feeling very moronic here...

[elisi]

Having read through it (the Tranquility II one), I'm actually confident that I can do that! Seriously. And I'm a HTML moron. I would love to help you (- I can feel smart! *g*), so go looking for a banner that you like (I know that amavel_bel has made around a hundred, have a look in her memories) and I can walk you through it! I suppose you have a photobucket account or similar?

[elisi]

Right, I had some time whilst feeding the baby. This should all make sense, if not just ask! :)

First upload the banner to photobucket (or similar). Once uploaded you can click on the picture and it will show you the full size. Underneath will be the measurements (something like 750x440). Write these down.

Then go to Manage - customize (http://www.livejournal.com/customize/) and change your layout to Tranquility II. You can try out the different themes (colourschemes) if you like - something to match the banner maybe? Just remember to press 'save'...

Once you like the colours (which you can always change anyway), click on the button that says 'Edit Customizations'. Then choose 'Presentation'.

Right at the bottom is a box labelled 'include any CSS here to override the default CSS'. (I have no idea what it means either, btw.) Check the box and an oblong box will appear with lots of html in.

Now (as it says here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/s2howto/32657.html ) get your banner's URL code and paste in where it says 'http://www.example.com/header.jpg' (deleting that first of course). Actually the tutorial is very good using different colours and everything so you might be better of reading that! Anyhoo - get your size measurements and put them in where it says width and height (instead of the 100's).

Then press 'save' and voila! One header! :)