lj refugee having 'the dumbz'....

[misstia]

hi! i freely admit i have 'the dumbz'....i don't want to import my theme/style from LJ, i am okay with the one i found here on DW....i would like to customize the header though and i have zero clue how to do that and i tried to find some info in FAQs, etc and i might have been looking wrong???? (i totally was looking wrong!)

i am using 'purple' for my journal style....

i DID find the CSS code to remove the 'recent entries' from the header but didn't want to add that yet lest it interfere with future CSS code additions.....and i know i can get rid of the 'profile module' too once i get the header sorted out.....

i'd like to put my journal name in the center and then have links under it (within the header) for: profile, friend's page (reading page), link to my domain, archive....i think this is possible??? i did buy a premium account here (sooo impressed with DW and how they value their users! :) i just don't know how and got really confused trying to find out how to do this.....maybe i need a different style?

i do know html, i know enough CSS to fiddle with it, but can't write CSS on my own....so i hoping someone can direct me somewhere as i have searched, but obviously am not searching in the right place....i saw where i can import a LJ style/theme, but i just want to customize a DW one.....

thank you in advance!!!

ETA: Resolved!! THANK YOU!!! :-)

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Re: huh....

[misstia]

hey now! i was not sure where to put the 4.5em;" because no where in the 'header' CSS did it say "top" with ANY em.....

in THIS section where it says "padding: 4.5em 1em;" it HAD been .5em. 1em..that's where i was guessing to put the 4.5!!!

#header > .inner:first-child { margin: 1em;
padding: 4.5em 1em;
color: #fcf0fc;
background-color: #775577;
height: 75px;
}

after i put in the 4.5 my header is NOW separated from the links!! YEAH!!! but the links are on top of my header....and the header grew---but i am thinking i might have put the 4.5em in the wrong place??? I apologize if i did---it DID get the links out of the title!! YEAH!!!! :)

the only other place it had "top" in the CSS was the code you gave me previously that was for the module and that had 4.5em in it....

i really appreciate your assistance!!!

Re: huh....

[ninetydegrees]

Sorry I should have explained. I'm talking about the code I gave you so the module, not your header. :)

Re: huh....

[misstia]

the code there you gave me in the module said 4.5em for the top....maybe i'll try increasing it to 6.5....thank you for clarifying!!! :)

SUCCESS!!!

[misstia]

I increased the top in the module to 7.5em and it's below the title!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! :)

Re: SUCCESS!!!

[ninetydegrees]

You're most welcome! Happy new year to you too!