need help w/ text in blog and transparency Options

[origamiwarrior02]

okay, my blog is in the right spot, but the text is squished for some reason...cause i can put my mouse in the blank area and it still scrolls...how do i make my text fit in the blog box?? (if that makes sense...lol)...this skins isn't finished yet...still gotta fix link colors, etc...

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also, how do you make the scrollbar track, etc...transparent?? thanks!!

here's my code

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<br />padding-left: 0px;} <br /><br />table.blogbody {<br />/* this edits the other the place where the  blog is */<br />background-color:transparent;<br />family-font: FONT FAMILY;<br />BORDER: #COLOR CODE #px solid;<br />width:###px;} /* <-- The width for this should be around 5-15 pixels less then the width for your blog's div layer. */ <br /><br />a:link<br />{line-height: #pt; <br />font-family: FONT FAMILY;<br />font-weight:normal; <br />color:#COLOR CODE; <br />text-transform:none;<br />font-size:#pt; <br />cursor:crosshair;}<br /><br />a:active<br />{font-family: FONT FAMILY; <br />color:#COLOR CODE; <br />text-transform:none;<br />font-size:#pt; <br />cursor:crosshair;}<br /><br />a:visited<br />{font-family: FONT FAMILY; <br />color:#COLOR CODE; <br />text-transform:none;<br />text-decoration:strikeout;<br />font-size:#pt;<br />cursor: crosshair;}<br /><br />A:hover {font-family:FONT FAMILY;<br />color:#COLOR CODE;<br />text-transform: uppercase; <br />cursor: crosshair; <br />font-weight:bold;<br />font-size:#pt}<br /></style><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

[origamiwarrior02]

thanks fo rthe help with the transparency...but i'm still confused about the text in my blog area...

okay...i think i figured that part out...but how come when i click on add eprops or comments...when it goes to that page, the blog is again a different size??

anyone?

-Please do not triple post. Be patient. Thanks.

This post has been edited by Spiritedfreak: Feb 9 2005, 02:09 PM