New to lj and cd. Having code problems. Options

[Disease_Drill]

Alright. This is sort of a complicated problem, I think. I'm somewhat new to lj, I mean I've had the account for a while but I never really got into the whole design of it until recently.

The basic problem is when I try to make a new layout for my profile, the code doesn't work and it just comes out as a default page with the color theme and yeah that would be about it. I tried changing the Available Styles but that didn't seem to help any. It's probably, or rather more likely, a problem with the codes but I can't seem to find out what it is.

This is the code I have at the moment, but it isn't the code I want. This is just a code I made by fooling around with my friends code for her old layout. It's nothing like what she has so don't try to say I stole it from her because I barely did.

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><br />FRIENDS_OPT_ITEMS=>20<br /><br />LASTN_TALK_LINKS<=<br /><tr><br /><td colspan="2" width="100%" bgcolor="%%color:clear%%" class="comments" style="text-align: right;"><br />%%readlink%%<a href="%%urlpost%%">&Dagger; Comment</a><br /></td><br /></tr><br /><=LASTN_TALK_LINKS<br /><br />GLOBAL_HEAD<=<br /><style type="text/css"> <br /><!-- <br />body { <br />background-image: url(); <br />background-attachment: fixed; <br />background-color: #000000;<br />} <br />p .index {<br />color:#000000;<br />}<br />body, td, font, div, p { <br />font-family: "Papyrus", "Century Gothic", "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif; <br />font-size: 8.5pt; <br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />} <br />--> <br /></style> <br /><br /><style type="text/css"> <br /><!-- <br />} <br />table { <br />font-family: papyrus;<br />color: black;<br />width: 60%; <br />margin-center: 100%; <br />border: 4px solid gray;<br />} <br />table table { <br />width: 100%;  <br />border: 0;<br />} <br />table table table { <br />width: 0; <br />border:#BBBBBB;<br />--><br /></style> <br /><br /><style type="text/css"><br /><!--<br />a:link,a:visited{<br />color: #FFFFFF;<br />font-family: papyrus;<br />font-size: 8pt;.<br />}<br />a:hover {<br />color: #000000;<br />font-family: papyrus;<br />font-size: 8pt;<br />text-decoration: none;<br />}<br />--><br /></style><br /><br /><style type=text/css><br /><br /><!--<br /><br />tr.caption{visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:2px}<br /><br />--><br /><br /></style><br /><br /><style type="text/css"><br /><!--<br />div {<br />background-image: url(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/LurkyLightnight/hjyr8sw4.jpg);<br />background-repeat: no-repeat;<br />background-position: bottom right;<br />padding-top: 50;<br />text-align: center;<br />background-attachment: fixed;<br />}<br />div div { <br />background: none; width: auto; height: auto; padding: 2;<br />}<br />div table {<br />width: 500;<br />}<br />div table table { <br />width: 100%; <br />}<br />div table table table { <br />width: auto; <br />}<br />div table table table table { <br />width: 100%;<br />}<br />--><br /></style><br /><br /><style type=text/css><br /><br /><!--<br /><br />table table tr.caption td.caption{visibility:hidden}<br /><br />--><br /><br /></style><br /><br /><br /><style type=text/css><br /><br /><!--<br /><br />table table table table .meta {visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:1px}<br /><br />table table table table table .meta {visibility:visible;position:relative;top:1px}<br /><br />--><br /><br /></style><br /><br /><xx-center><style type="text/css"> <br /><!-- <br />body, td, font, div, p { <br />font-family: "Papyrus", "Century Gothic", "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif; <br />font-size: 8.5pt; <br />} <br /><br />div {position: absolute; center: 100%; width: 50%; right: 25%; } <br />table div {position: absolute; right: 0%} <br />table {width: 90%} <br />table table {width: 100%} <br />table table table {width: 100%} <br />table table table table {width: 50%}<br /><br /><style type="text/css"><br /><!--<br />BODY<br />{<br />scrollbar-face-color: #black;<br />scrollbar-highlight-color: #black;<br />scrollbar-3dlight-color: #black;<br />scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #black;<br />scrollbar-shadow-color: #black;<br />scrollbar-arrow-color: #black;<br />scrollbar-track-color: #black;<br />}<br />--><br /></STYLE><br /><br /><meta content="revealTrans(transition=5, duration=1.0)" http-equiv="Page-Enter"><br /><meta content="revealTrans(transition=5, duration=1.0)" http-equiv="Page-Exit"><br /><br /><style type="text/css"> <br /><!-- <br />body { <br />margin-top: px;<br />} <br />--> <br /></style> <br /><br /><=GLOBAL_HEAD<br /><br />FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS<=<br /><tr> <br /><td align="center" colspan="2" width="100%" bgcolor="%%color:clear%%" class="comments"> <br />%%readlink%%<a href="%%urlpost%%">&Dagger; Comment</a> <br /></td> <br /></tr> <br /><=FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS<br /><br />LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><a href="%%urlread%%"><b>%%messagecount%% Pancake Pies / </b></a><br /><br />LASTN_OPT_ITEMS=>5 <br /><br />LASTN_DATE_FORMAT<=<br /><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; line-height: 0.0em;">%%daylong%%</span><br></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; line-height: 0.1em;">%%monlong%% %%dth%%, %%yyyy%% at %%12h%%:%%min%%%%ampm%%</span></b><br /><=LASTN_DATE_FORMAT<br /><br />LASTN_WEBSITE<=<br /><br /><tr><td colspan="5" width="100%"><br /><br /><table style="float:right" cellspacing="0"<br />border="0" cellpadding="0"><br /><br /><tr><td class="meta"><br /><br /><style<br />type="text/css"><br /><br /><!--<br /><br />.shadowed td div {<br /><br />visibility: hidden;<br />position: absolute;<br /><br />top: 2px<br /><br />}<br /><br />--><br /><br /></style><br /><br /><br /><center><br /><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/electricremedy" target="_blank"><b>Home</b></a> &hearts; <br /><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/electricremedy/calendar" target="_blank"><b>Calendar</b></a> &hearts; <br /><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/electricremedy/friends" target="_blank"><b>Friends</b></a> <br /><br><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/armsock" target="_blank">My Space</a> &hearts; <br /><a href="http://vampirefreaks.com/u/fahkin_shyt" target="_blank">Vampire Freaks</a> &hearts; <br /><a href="http://www.nexopia.com/profile.php?uid=896902" target="_blank">Nexopia</a><br /></center><br /><br /></td></tr></table></td></tr><br /><br /><=LASTN_WEBSITE<br /><br />DAY_TALK_READLINK=><a href="%%urlread%%"><b>%%messagecount%% Pancake Pies %%mc-plural-s%%</b></a>|<br /><br /><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

Now as great as that is, it isn't what I want it to look like. I'm sure many of you are aware of Amy's Live Journal Help Webpage. I used that to make this code, but this one doesn't seem to work in my page (even when I change my available style to generator, which is the style I chose to make the page in).

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br /><br /><br />GLOBAL_HEAD<=<br /><style type="text/css"><br /><!--<br />body {<br />background-color: #000000;<br />background-image: url(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a190/LurkyLightnight/sjnh43.jpg);<br />background-repeat: no-repeat;<br />background-attachment: fixed;<br />background-position: top left;<br />}<br />--><br /><!--<br />table, tr, td, .shadowed {<br />background: transparent;<br />}<br />--><br /><!--<br />.altposter, .metabox, .necorn, .entrybox, .currbox, .swcorn, #secorn, .nav {<br />filter:alpha(opacity=80);<br />}<br />--><br /><!--<br />body {<br />scrollbar-track-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-face-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;<br />scrollbar-3dlight-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;<br />scrollbar-arrow-color: #000000;<br />}<br />--><br /><!--<br />body, td, font, div, p {<br />font-family: "Papyrus", "Century Gothic", "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;<br />font-size: 12pt;<br />}<br />--><br />LASTN_TALK_READLINK<=<br /><A HREF="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% thought%%mc-plural-s%%</A> &dagger;<br /><br /><=LASTN_TALK_READLINK<br />LASTN_TALK_LINKS<=<br /><P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="papyrus" SIZE=1>(%%readlink%%<A HREF="%%urlpost%%">Give a Comment</A>)</FONT></P><br /><=LASTN_TALK_LINKS<br /><br />FRIENDS_TALK_READLINK<=<br /><A HREF="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% thought%%mc-plural-s%%</A> &dagger;<br /><br /><=FRIENDS_TALK_READLINK<br />FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS<=<br /><P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="papyrus" SIZE=1>(%%readlink%%<A HREF="%%urlpost%%">Give a Comment</A>)</FONT></P><br /><=FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS<br /><br />DAY_TALK_READLINK<=<br /><A HREF="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% thought%%mc-plural-s%%</A> &dagger;<br /><br /><=DAY_TALK_READLINK<br />DAY_TALK_LINKS<=<br /><P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="papyrus" SIZE=1>(%%readlink%%<A HREF="%%urlpost%%">Give a Comment</A>)</FONT></P><br /><=DAY_TALK_LINKS<br /><br /><!--<br />table {<br />width: 50%;<br />margin-left: 25%;<br />margin-right: 25%;<br />}<br />table table {<br />width: 100%;<br />margin:0;<br />}<br />table table table {<br />width: 0;<br />}<br />>--><br /><!--<br />table {<br />border: 2px dotted #FFFFFF;<br />}<br />table table {<br />border: 0;<br />}<br />--><br /><!--<br />body {<br />margin-top: 300px !important;<br />}<br />--><br /><!--<br />a:hover {<br />cursor: crosshair;<br />}<br />--><br /><meta content="revealTrans(transition=10, duration=1.0)" http-equiv="Page-Enter"><br /><meta content="revealTrans(transition=14, duration=1.0)" http-equiv="Page-Exit"><br /><!--<br />a:hover {<br />filter:wave(Add=1,Freq=2,LightStrength=20,Phase=45,Strength=3);<br />height: 0;<br />}<br /><br /></style><br /><=GLOBAL_HEAD<br /><br />LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><a href="%%urlread%%"><b>%%messagecount%% kiss%%mc-plural-es%%</b></a>|<br /><br />LASTN_TALK_LINKS<=<br /><tr><br /><td colspan="2" width="100%" bgcolor="%%color:weak_back%%" class="comments" style="text-align: center"><br />%%readlink%%<a href="%%urlpost%%">kiss me</a><br /></td><br /></tr><br /><=LASTN_TALK_LINKS<br /><br />FRIENDS_TALK_READLINK=><br /><a href="%%urlread%%"><b>%%messagecount%% kiss%%mc-plural-es%%</b></a>|<br /><br />FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS<=<br /><tr><br /><td colspan="2" width="100%" bgcolor="%%color:weak_back%%" class="comments" style="text-align: center"><br />%%readlink%%<a href="%%urlpost%%">kiss me</a><br /></td><br /></tr><br /><=FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS<br /><br />LASTN_OPT_ITEMS=>5<br />FRIENDS_OPT_ITEMS=>20<br /><br /><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

*I would like to note that in the preview, my code boxes had a bunch of </ br> in it, if they appear when I submit this than I apologize but I am unaware of how I may get rid of them*

My LiveJournal is ElectricRemedy.

[*Libertie*]

Well, what you have now is my romance layout with the colors/images changed.. neither of the codes you posted. Did you still need help?

[Disease_Drill]

Well when I first typed out this thing I had a different layout. Just like two days ago I edited the romance one. I'm changing it now yet again. Yeah I do need help.

[*Libertie*]

That's what I thought, but I had to ask anyway for clarification. What did you need help with?

[Disease_Drill]

I can't seem to make any codes I make from scratch work

[talcumpowder]

I'd suggest using this to start off with, as a skeleton of sorts, and then using that page as a reference for what does what. Codes from scratch hardly ever work if you're not used to the platform.
Also, it takes awhile to get it. Basic HTML/CSS knowladge would help you greatly, as well as knowing div layers.

[Disease_Drill]

Well I know html/css, and some javascript. I think it's the layers that I'm getting lost with. But I think I'm catching on pretty quick, I just need to know the layer names or how to find out the names and stuff. Fishcake-y what were you refering to when you said "I'd suggest using this to start off with..." use what? The code I have at the moment?

[*Libertie*]

^"This" is a link. And here are a few more that I think will help:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/carri...tuff/14889.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/every...lj/3804169.html
http://www.journalhelp.com/generator.html