Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[proseac]

I am a total noob when it comes to styles. I am another LJ refugee *waves* and 'over there' I use a style called "Agent Orange". I have no idea whether it's S1 or S2 (don't even know what those are, TBH) or what other style it might be based on, but I'd like to replicate it on DW as best I can.

Can someone point me in the direction of a good, SIMPLE tutorial on how to do this? I found this one but it's all greek to me, I'm afraid: http://starlit.dreamwidth.org/272.html I've seen people referring to this as a "basic" tutorial so that kind of scares me! LOL But I'm determined to give this a go, if I can. I don't know where to find the coding for my LJ layout either.

Sorry to request such detailed hand-holding...if there's another comm for which this request is better suited, please feel free to direct me there.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[musyc]

The "Basic Boxes" layout might be a good choice here. You can see the color themes here. Parchment and Ink might be a close match. If not, you can change colors and fonts in the customization wizard for just about everything.

Almost every layout on DW can be set up to have three columns - at the bottom of that linked page, look at "Choose Your Page Setup". You can pick which sides your sidebars would go on, then further customization can let you pick what things (profile, calendar, link list, etc) go in which sidebars.

[baggyeyes]

That's true - especially if proseac turns off the header module.

[proseac]

I may wish to insert a custom header at some point down the road. If I do, I may be back for additional assistance, but for now, this is going to work very well for me. Thanks!

[proseac]

I think I love you! ♥ That layout does everything I want! I chose the Histories colour scheme, and I love it; it freshens things up just a tad from what I had over on LJ.

Now I don't have to worry about importing anything. I'm a happy refugee! Thank you so much for your help! Here is a cup of hot chocolate for you...XD

[musyc]

:D :D Glad that worked for you! DW's customization options for layouts are awesome and wide-ranging. Exploring through them can show you some choices you might never have considered before! Plus, once you've learned the CSS for one layout, you've learned it for all of them. No more trying to hold three different systems in your head because sometimes you use Smooth Sailing, sometimes it's Flexible Squares, and sometimes it's something else entirely. o.O