my name is kate...im new to this...can yu help me how to do layouts n other stuff...thnx!!

Start with the basic CSS

<style type="text/css">
body
{
background: url("");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: center;
background-color: #CCCCCC;
scrollbar-face-color: #CCCCCC;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #000000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #FFFFFF;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #FFFFFF;
scrollbar-track-color: #000000;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.left, .blogbody, table.footer, .standard, .leftmodulefontcolor, td, p {
/* edits main text */
font:normal 11px verdana;
line-height:10px;
color:#000000;
letter-spacing:0px;
text-align:justify;
}
table.footer TD {
/* this makes the footer at the bottom centered */
/* leave it alone unless you know what to do*/
text-align: center;
}
div.blogheader, .caption {
/* edits the dates */
font-family: verdana;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size:11px;
line-height:20px;
font-weight: bold;
filter: alpha (opacity=100, finishopacity=0, style=2);
height: 1px;
background-color:#CCCCCC;
color: 000000;
letter-spacing:1px;
text-align: center;
}
a:link, .footernav.link, a.footernav:link, a.footernav:active {
/* edits all links */
color:#000000;
font:normal 11px verdana;
line-height:10px;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited, a.footernav:visited, {
/* edits the links that the user has visited */
color:# CCCCCC;
font:normal 11px verdana;
line-height:10px;
text-decoration: none;
}
a: hover {
/* edits when user mouseovers the links */
color: #CCCCCC;
height: 1px;
font:normal 11px verdana;
line-height:10px;
cursor: resize-ne;
text-decoration: underline;
}
input, select, textarea, iframe.htmleditor, .textfield, .button {
/* this edits the buttons, dropdowns, etc. */
border: 1px solid #000000;
font:normal 11px verdana;
background-color: #CCCCCC;
letter-spacing:0px;
}
table.left {
/* this edits the menu module */
border: 3px double #000000;
width:160px;
}
table.blogbody {
/* this edits the other the place where the blog is */
border: 3px double #000000;
width:400px;
}
table.left th {
/* on your menu module, this edits the title part of it */
/* like BLOGRINGS, POSTING CALENDAR, etc */
background-color: #CCCCCC;
filter: alpha (opacity=100, finishopacity=0, style=1)
width:180px;
font: bold 11px VERDANA;
line-height: 16px;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #ffffff;
text-align: left;
border: none;
}
table.left TD {
/* on your menu module, this edits the body part of it */
background-color: #CCCCCC;
border: none;
color: #000000;
}
table.search TD, table.search, table.announcements {
/* border of search bar (if you have it) */
background-color: #CCCCCC;
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
table.search TD, table.announcements TH {
/* this should be left alone */
/* unless you know what to do */
border: 0px solid #000000
}
table.navigation, table.main, table.footer {
/* the width of your blog with modules */
width: 500px;
}
hr {
/* horizontal divider */
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
</style>

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