Confused about LJ coding Options

[megggnasty]

basically, all i want is a really simple layout that i can do myself with a few codes.
aaaand i was wondering if it is as simple as sticking in style codes (link styles, etc.)?
i've never been able to figure out livejournal coding... HELP!

simple like this: http://users.livejournal.com/_perfectperfume/
that's my friend's livejournal and i've been trying forever to figure out how to get mine like it.

i know nothing. :D

[*Azarel*]

Alright, that I can help you with. :D

First, to move your header image around, find this in your coding:
.x {
position:absolute; left:0; top:0; z-index: -10; }

The left value is the number of pixels your image is away from the left side of the browser; the same applies for the top value. If you want to center it, you can put 50% for the left value.

Because your blog body won't automatically move down, your graphic may be covered by the navigation. To fix that, find this in your coding and increase the bolded number accordingly:
body {
overflow-x: hidden;
margin-left: 218;
margin-top: 130
}

Both two and three can be fixed with the same bits of coding (since they both refer to the comment links).

LASTN_TALK_LINKS<=
<table>
<tr>
<td align="right" colspan="2" width="100%" bgcolor="%%color:weak_back%%" class="comments">
%%readlink%% <a href="%%urlpost%%">[Comments]
</a> <center><br>
</center></td>
</tr>
<=LASTN_TALK_LINKS

^ This changes your comment link. Right now, it's [Comments]. To change what the link says, just change [Comments]. What I've bolded is extra coding (it doesn't do anything), so you can remove that. Now then, find bgcolor="%%color:weak_back%%" That is the background color behind your links. Change %%color:weak_back%% to any hex number.

LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><a href="%%urlread%%">[%%messagecount%% Comments]</a>

^ This is the link that shows the number of comments. Right now, it's set to appear as [2 Comments]. The text in between <a href="%%urlread%%"></a> is linked to the comment page. %%messagecount%% is (if you couldn't guess) the number of comments you have on the livejournal page. The brackets and "Comments" are changeable to whatever you want.