Xanga skin help, I need help with height, width and stuff Options

[Soapbox]

Hi guys, my names Soapbox. I was wondering if any of you could help me with my first xanga skin. I used the tutorial one this forum to make one, but I screwed up heres the coding for it:

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><img src="http://img108.echo.cx/img108/6900/cross10qr.jpg"><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><div style="<br />overflow: auto;<br />width: 750px;<br />height: 750px;<br />margin-top: 750px;<br />margin-left: 750px;"> <br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><style type="text/css"><br />/*He died for you*/<br />/*by Soapbox*/<br />body {<br />background-image:url(http://img108.echo.cx/img108/6900/cross10qr.jpg);<br />background-repeat: repeat-y-x;<br />background-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-face-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-highlight-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-3dlight-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-track-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-arrow-color: #990000;<br />}<br /><br />#rblEprops, #pnlEnabled table, #pnlEprops table { <br />width: auto !important; <br />}<br /><br />table.blogbody {<br />width:800px;<br />font-family: Arial;<br />font-weight: none;<br />font-size: 12pt;<br />color: #999999;<br />text-align: justify;<br />padding: 0px;<br />margin-top: 2px;<br />}<br />div.smalltext{<br />width: 800px;<br />padding: 3px;<br />text-align: left;<br />}<br />.caption, .blogheader {<br />width: 800px;<br />padding: 3px;<br />font-family: Arial;<br />font-size: 16pt;<br />text-align: center;<br />color: #999999;<br />background-color: #999999;<br />text-transform: lowercaps;<br />margin-top: 10px;<br />}<br /><br />P, B, I, TD, TH <br />{font-family: FONT; color: #999999; font-size: 8pt; }<br />A:link, A:visited, A:active<br />{color:#999999; text-decoration:none; font-size:8pt;}<br />a:hover<br />{text-decoration: underline; color:#990000; font-size: 8pt; );}<br />b, strong, i, u, {<br />/* edit colors when bold italic underline */<br />font-family: arial;<br />font-size: 8pt;<br />color: #000000;<br />font-weight: bold; <br />text-transform: lowercaps;<br /></style><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com --> <br /><br /><!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><IMG<br />SRC='http://img108.echo.cx/img108/6900/cross10qr.jpg'<br />border=0 width=250 height=300='300imgmap'><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com --> <br /><br /><br /><!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><div style="position:static; margin-left: ###px;margin-top: ###px;border: 0px solid #990000; width: 100px; height: 200px;background: none; overflow: auto"><br /><br /><table border="0" width=100%><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br /><b class=nav>About Me</b><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br><br />Stuff about yourself…here<br />Stuff about yourself…here<br />Stuff about yourself…here<br />Stuff about yourself…here<br /><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br><br /><b class="nav">Navigation</b><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/">Xanga</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/signin.aspx">Sign In</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/logout.aspx">Sign Out</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/private">Home</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/claf">CLAF</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/subs.aspx">Your Subs</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/guestbook.aspx?user=Yapyap">Guestbook</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/profile.aspx?user=Yapyap">Profile</a> (<a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/profilebasic.aspx">Edit</a>)<br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/private/tracking.aspx">Your Comments</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/feedback.aspx">Feedback</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/SubscribeTo.aspx?user=Yapyap" target="blank">Add Me</a><br><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br /><b class="nav">Subscriptions</b><br /><tr><br /><td><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><td><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /></tr><br /></table><br /></div><br /><div align="center" class="blogspace"><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com --> <br /><br /><!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><div style="position:static; margin-left: ###px; margin-top: -505px;border: 0px solid #ffffff; width: ###px; height: ###px; background:none;overflow: auto"><br /><TABLE width="100%" border=0><br /> <TBODY><br /> <TR><br />   <TD><br /><P class=nav><br /><br /><br /><br /><!-- the place where chatterbox HTML code goes --><br /><!-- the place where chatterbox HTML code goes --><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

Also heres a link to my site


Thank you,

Soapbox

next time, please use a codebox, thanks!

This post has been edited by bballbabiegrl: May 5 2005, 12:03 PM

[xenosaga]

next time use a codebox

ahem...first of all do you want it on your skin or your weblog and such below the picture

[Soapbox]

Whats a codebox? Sorry I'm completely new to this. I would like on top of the picturer if possible.

[talcumpowder]

-murmur- Added comments to your code, hope they help. Post here again if you have more problems...?

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><!-- this is your image. it is set to the right. --><br /><!-- you can move it around with a div layer also, just copy and paste one of the other div layers to move. --><br /><!-- like the very, very last line of this coding, that's easy to remember. --><br /><div align="right"><br /><img src="http://img108.echo.cx/img108/6900/cross10qr.jpg"></div><br /><br /><!-- this is your navigation. feel free to edit the numbers. --><br /><!-- yes, you can use negative numbers. --><br /><div style="position:static; margin-left: 100px;margin-top: 50px;border: 0px solid #990000; width: 100px; height: 200px;background: none; overflow: auto"><br /><table border="0" width=100%><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br /><b class=nav>About Me</b><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br><br />Stuff about yourself…here<br />Stuff about yourself…here<br />Stuff about yourself…here<br />Stuff about yourself…here<br /><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br><br /><b class="nav">Navigation</b><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/">Xanga</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/signin.aspx">Sign In</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/logout.aspx">Sign Out</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/private">Home</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/claf">CLAF</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/subs.aspx">Your Subs</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/guestbook.aspx?user=Yapyap">Guestbook</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/profile.aspx?user=Yapyap">Profile</a> (<a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/profilebasic.aspx">Edit</a>)<br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/private/tracking.aspx">Your Comments</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/feedback.aspx">Feedback</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com/Private/SubscribeTo.aspx?user=Yapyap" target="blank">Add Me</a><br><br /><tr><br /><td colspan=2><br /><b class="nav">Subscriptions</b><br /><tr><br /><td><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><td><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.xanga.com">link</a><br><br /></tr><br /></table><br /></div><br /><br /><!-- your stylesheet... self-explanitory --><br /><style type="text/css"><br />/*He died for you*/<br />/*by Soapbox*/<br />body {<br />background-image:url(http://img108.echo.cx/img108/6900/cross10qr.jpg);<br />background-repeat: repeat-y-x;<br />background-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-face-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-highlight-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-3dlight-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-track-color: #990000;<br />scrollbar-arrow-color: #990000;<br />}<br /><br />#rblEprops, #pnlEnabled table, #pnlEprops table { <br />width: auto !important; <br />}<br /><br />table.blogbody {<br />width:800px;<br />font-family: Arial;<br />font-weight: none;<br />font-size: 12pt;<br />color: #999999;<br />text-align: justify;<br />padding: 0px;<br />margin-top: 2px;<br />}<br />div.smalltext{<br />width: 800px;<br />padding: 3px;<br />text-align: left;<br />}<br />.caption, .blogheader {<br />width: 800px;<br />padding: 3px;<br />font-family: Arial;<br />font-size: 16pt;<br />text-align: center;<br />color: #999999;<br />background-color: #999999;<br />text-transform: lowercaps;<br />margin-top: 10px;<br />}<br /><br />P, B, I, TD, TH <br />{font-family: FONT; color: #999999; font-size: 8pt; }<br />A:link, A:visited, A:active<br />{color:#999999; text-decoration:none; font-size:8pt;}<br />a:hover<br />{text-decoration: underline; color:#990000; font-size: 8pt; );}<br />b, strong, i, u, {<br />/* edit colors when bold italic underline */<br />font-family: arial;<br />font-size: 8pt;<br />color: #000000;<br />font-weight: bold; <br />text-transform: lowercaps;<br /></style><br /><br /><!-- this moves your blog. change the numbers around until you get it where you want it. --><br /><!-- you can use negative numbers if you cannot place it where you want with positive ones. --><br /><div style="overflow: auto; width: 750px; height: 750px; margin-top: 750px; margin-left: 750px;"><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

P.s. You make a codebox by typing in [ codebox ][/ codebox ] without the spaces between the brackets and the words.