New to premade layouts and having difficulty getting to work... Options

[kishinfoulux]

Hi. I'll try to be direct. I wanted to put up a new premade layout today for my journal. Now I don't really get how this stuff works but I figured it'd be similar to myspace where you find a layout you like and copy some code someplace and than presto, instant change. That doesn't seem to be the case though.

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/code.php?id=17590

Just to use that as an example, that is a layout I like and would like to use. Now I notice it says it's meant for S1 and I'm guessing S2 is the standard right now. I don't know. I haven't the slightest idea on what that all means. But basically would it be possible to get that layout to work on my page? Or any others for that matter?

Everytime I check tutorials or directions for how to get them to work it never matches what options I have or it's always S1 instructions. This is something I thought would be simple (and it probably is) but it's making my head spin. So what can I do about this?

Also if theres any more info you require just let me know and I'll gladly provide it. Sorry about the lengthy post.

[tokyo-rose]

On the layout ID page, scroll down to the designer's instructions. Click on the link provided in the first step. On the LJ page, in the blue menu bar on the left, click the last link to switch to S1. From there, follow the instructions on the layout page. But just FYI, I've tried using that layout before, and the image wouldn't work even when I re-uploaded it to Imageshack. :/