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This is the very first layout I've ever done. Thought I'd share it.

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

body {
  background:#000;
  margin:0;
  padding:40px 20px;
  font:x-small "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-Serif;
  text-align:center;
  color:#ccc;
  font-size/* */:/**/small;
  font-size: /**/small;
  }
a:link {
  color:#9ad;
  text-decoration:none;
  }
a:visited {
  color:#FF99CC;
  text-decoration:none;
  }
a:hover {
  color:#FFFFCC;
  text-decoration:underline;
  }
a img {
  border-width:0;
  }

/* Header
----------------------------------------------- */
@media all {
  #header {
    width:660px;
    margin:0 auto 10px;
    }
  }
@media handheld {
  #header {
    width:90%;
    }
  }
#blog-title {
  margin:5px 5px 0;
  padding:20px 20px .25em;
  font-size:200%;
  line-height:1.2em;
  color:#ccc;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.2em;
  }
#blog-title a {
  color:#ccc;
  text-decoration:none;
  }
#blog-title a:hover {
  color:#ad9;
  }
#description {
  margin:0 5px 5px;
  padding:0 20px 20px;
  font:78%/1.4em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.2em;
  color:#777;
  }

/* Content
----------------------------------------------- */
@media all {
  #content {
    width:660px;
    margin:0 auto;
    padding:0;
    text-align:left;
    }
  #main {
    width:410px;
    float:left;
    }
  #sidebar {
    width:220px;
    float:right;
    }
  }
@media handheld {
  #content {
    width:90%;
    }
  #main {
    width:100%;
    float:none;
    }
  #sidebar {
    width:100%;
    float:none;
    }
  }

/* Headings
----------------------------------------------- */
h2 {
	margin:1.5em 0 .75em;
	font:bold 78%/1.4em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	letter-spacing:.2em;
	color:#99FFFF;
	font-size: 75%;
  }

/* Posts
----------------------------------------------- */
@media all {
  .date-header {
    margin:1.5em 0 .5em;
    }
  .post {
    margin:.5em 0 1.5em;
    border-bottom:1px dotted #444;
    padding-bottom:1.5em;
    }
  }
@media handheld {
  .date-header {
    padding:0 1.5em 0 1.5em;
    }
  .post {
    padding:0 1.5em 0 1.5em;
    }
  }
.post-title {
  margin:.25em 0 0;
  padding:0 0 4px;
  font-size:140%;
  line-height:1.4em;
  color:#ad9;
  }
.post-title a {
  text-decoration:none;
  color:#ad9;
  }
.post-title a:hover {
  color:#fff;
  }
.post div {
  margin:0 0 .75em;
  line-height:1.6em;
  }
p.post-footer {
  margin:-.25em 0 0;
  color:#333;
  }
.post-footer em, .comment-link {
  font:78%/1.4em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.1em;
  }
.post-footer em {
  font-style:normal;
  color:#777;
  margin-right:.6em;
  }
.comment-link {
  margin-left:.6em;
  }
.post img {
  padding:4px;
  border:1px solid #222;
  }
.post blockquote {
  margin:1em 20px;
  }
.post blockquote p {
  margin:.75em 0;
  }

/* Comments
----------------------------------------------- */
#comments h4 {
  margin:1em 0;
  font:bold 78%/1.6em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.2em;
  color:#999;
  }
#comments h4 strong {
  font-size:130%;
  }
#comments-block {
  margin:1em 0 1.5em;
  line-height:1.6em;
  }
#comments-block dt {
  margin:.5em 0;
  }
#comments-block dd {
  margin:.25em 0 0;
  }
#comments-block dd.comment-timestamp {
  margin:-.25em 0 2em;
  font:78%/1.4em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.1em;
  }
#comments-block dd p {
  margin:0 0 .75em;
  }
.deleted-comment {
  font-style:italic;
  color:gray;
  }

/* Sidebar Content
----------------------------------------------- */
#sidebar ul {
  margin:0 0 1.5em;
  padding:0 0 1.5em;
  border-bottom:1px dotted #444;
  list-style:none;
  }
#sidebar li {
  margin:0;
  padding:0 0 .25em 15px;
  text-indent:-15px;
  line-height:1.5em;
  }
#sidebar p {
  color:#999;
  line-height:1.5em;
  }

/* Profile
----------------------------------------------- */
#profile-container {
  margin:0 0 1.5em;
  border-bottom:1px dotted #444;
  padding-bottom:1.5em;
  }
.profile-datablock {
  margin:.5em 0 .5em;
  }
.profile-img {
  display:inline;
  }
.profile-img img {
  float:left;
  padding:4px;
  border:1px solid #222;
  margin:0 8px 3px 0;
  }
.profile-data {
  margin:0;
  font:bold 78%/1.6em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.1em;
  }
.profile-data strong {
  display:none;
  }
.profile-textblock {
  margin:0 0 .5em;
  }
.profile-link {
  margin:0;
  font:78%/1.4em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.1em;
  }

/* Footer
----------------------------------------------- */
#footer {
  width:660px;
  clear:both;
  margin:0 auto;
  }
#footer hr {
  display:none;
  }
#footer p {
  margin:0;
  padding-top:15px;
  font:78%/1.6em "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-serif;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.1em;
  }

/* Feeds
----------------------------------------------- */
#blogfeeds {
  }
#postfeeds {
  }
  body,td,th {
	color: #00FFFF;
}
body {
	background-color: #000000;
	background-image: url(http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/09/14/21469aa.jpg);
}
a {
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #99FFCC;
	font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;
}
a:active {
	text-decoration: none;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>
<div id="Layer3" style="position:absolute; left:404px; top:5px; width:411px; height:145px; z-index:3;">
  <div id="header">

</div>
</div>
<div id="content">

<div id="sidebar"><div id="sidebar2">
<div id="Layer2" style="position:absolute; left:54px; top:50px; width:280px; height:400px; z-index:2;">

<MainOrArchivePage>
  <h2 class="sidebar-title"><$I18NLinks$></h2>
    
   	  | <a href="http://news.google.com/">Google News</a> | <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nobleghost">My Myspace account</a> | <a href="http://nobleghost.eliptex.net">My Website</a> | </MainOrArchivePage>

</ul>
  </MainOrArchivePage>

<p>Made by: <a href="http://nicholas_ghost.createblog.com/">Nicholas_Ghost
  </a></p>
    </div>
</div>

</div>

<div class="post"><a name="<$BlogItemNumber$>"></a>
         <BlogItemTitle>
    <h3 class="post-title">
	 <BlogItemUrl><a href="../../%3C$BlogItemUrl$%3E" title="external link"></BlogItemUrl>
	 <$BlogItemTitle$>
	 <BlogItemUrl></a></BlogItemUrl>
    </h3>
    </BlogItemTitle>

<p><$BlogCommentBody$></p>
      </dd>
      <dd class="comment-timestamp"><a href="#<$BlogCommentNumber$>" title="comment permalink"><$BlogCommentDateTime$></a>
	  <$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$>
	  </dd>
      </BlogItemComments>
    </dl>
		<p class="comment-timestamp">

<$BlogItemCreate$>
    </p>
    <p id="postfeeds"><$BlogItemFeedLinks$></p>
    </BlogItemCommentsEnabled>	    
    <BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>
    <a name="links"></a><h4><$I18NLinksToThisPost$>:</h4>
    <dl id="comments-block">
    <BlogItemBacklinks>
        <dt class="comment-title">
        <$BlogBacklinkControl$>
        <a href="../../%3C$BlogBacklinkURL$%3E" rel="nofollow"><$BlogBacklinkTitle$></a> <$BlogBacklinkDeleteIcon$>
        </dt>
        <dd class="comment-body"><$BlogBacklinkSnippet$>
        <br />
        <span class="comment-poster">
        <em><$I18NPostedByBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$></em>
        </span>
        </dd>
    </BlogItemBacklinks>
    </dl>
    <p class="comment-timestamp"><$BlogItemBacklinkCreate$></p>
    </BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>

</ItemPage>

</Blogger>
</div></div>

</div>

Layout Comments

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how do you write things in the purple splash?

By DDCollection on Sep 20, 2009 8:56 am

well I liked it, Im using it, thanks.

By bellasmom06 on Jul 14, 2008 6:05 am

Thank you for the comments. I've been so busy on other stuff I haven't been able to play with coding for a bit.

By Nicholas_Ghost on Feb 11, 2008 6:13 am

anyway, 2 nicolas, ur layout is actually vry nice 4 ur first time. i think it's pretty nice. keep improving! i bet u'll do a gd job with more practice!

By leongyiling1998 on Dec 18, 2007 12:36 am

xkatie, this is the first layout the person has done. try 2 respect it.

By leongyiling1998 on Dec 17, 2007 2:35 am

i like the transparency of the purple stuff.

By confessional-luvv on Dec 8, 2007 6:41 pm

It's a pity that the background image repeats on a screen resolution over 800x600

By suckmylolly on Sep 17, 2007 1:31 am

no offense but i really don't like this one it just doesn't look that great in my opinion

By xKatie on Sep 14, 2007 9:05 pm

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Designer	Nicholas_Ghost
Submitted on	Sep 14, 2007
Page views	22,632
Favorites	31
Comments	8
Reviewer	IVIike
Approved on	Sep 14, 2007

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