I'm not really sure if I'm posting in the right forum but oh well, please please please help me if you can answer my question.

I copy/posted the CSS script on here and filled in all the values,etc.etc. I then went to Livejournal then Manage then Customize then chose the Old Style System (S1) then I went and posted my CSS script in the blank override box at the bottem of that page and clicked save changes. and nothing happened! my livejournal page stayed the same and none of the CSS script went into effect (I hope this is making sense).

So, where do I type in the CSS script or am I even doing it right?

Pleeeaasseee help me :o/

Did you put it between the global head tag?

GLOBAL_HEAD<=
(paste your CSS code here)
<=GLOBAL_HEAD

Try that.

Still nothing :-(

Does it look anything like this....

GLOBAL_HEAD<=
<style type="text/css">
<!--
table {
width: 60%;
margin-left: 40%;
margin-right: 0;
}
table table {
width: 100%;
margin:0;
}
table table table {
width: auto;
}



BODY { background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: left bottom;
background-image:
url(http://img54.photobucket.com/albums/v165/suprattbabe/sigs/Pageweb.jpg) }
</style>

<style type="text/css">
<!--
a:link {color: #733F49; text-decoration:none; cursor: crosshair;}
:visited {color: #733F49; text-decoration:none; cursor:crosshair;}
a:hover {font-face:verdana; font-size:8pt; color: #733F49; cursor: crosshair; text-decoration:line-through;}
-->
<!--
a:hover {filter:glow(Color=#F0F8FF,
Strength=2);
text-decoration: underline;bold;
text-decoration:line-through;letter-spacing:1/2em;
height: 0;
}-->
</style>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body, td, font, div, p {
font-family: "tahoma", sans-serif;
font-size: 8pt;
font-color: #1548C9;
cursor: text;
line-height: 11px;
scrollbar-face-color: #FE1E89;
scrollbar-highlight-color: FE1E89;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: FE1E89;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: FE1E89;
scrollbar-shadow-color: FE1E89;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #FFFFFF;
scrollbar-track-color: #FE73C2;
}
--></style>

<=GLOBAL_HEAD

this is exactly what i put it:

GLOBAL_HEAD<=
<style type="text/css">
A:link
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:visited
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:active
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:hover
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699;

background-image: http://cinemaddict.narod.ru/pic/req.JPG;
background-color: #FFFFFF;

cursor: default;
cursor: url ('http://www.livejournal.com/user/keptmymouthkeptshut');}

h1 {font-family: verdana; color: #33CCCC; }

p {font-family: arial;
color: #33CCCC; }

body
{ background: #000000;
background-image: http://cinemaddict.narod.ru/pic/req.JPG;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: bottom right;
background-attachment: fixed;

font-family: arial;
color: #000000 ;
letter-spacing: 3pt;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 11pt;

direction:rtl; scrollbar-face-color : #000000;
scrollbar-highlight-color : #000000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color : #000000;
scrollbar-shadow-color : #000000;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color : #000000;
scrollbar-track-color : #000000;
scrollbar-arrow-color : #000000;

margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 0;
padding-left: 0;
padding-right: 0;
}

td
{ font-family: arial;
color: #000000;
padding-left: 2cm; [2cm, 4cm etc.]
padding-right: 2cm; [2cm]
padding-top: 2cm; [2cm]
padding-bottom: 2cm; [2cm]
padding: 2cm; [2cm this is for all four sides]
padding: 2cm 2cm; }

input, textarea
{ background: #000000 http://cinemaddict.narod.ru/pic/req.JPG ;
font-family: arial;
color: #000000;
border-style: dotted;
border-color: #000000;
border-width: 6; }

</style>

<=GLOBAL_HEAD

oh you know what the problem might be... some codes as in layout codes for the background wont work with all the styles... go to modify journal and look for where it sats Page Layout Style and under that SHOULD be four things where you click on it a a drop down thing comes with names of lay outs... go threw all the lay outs and see if anything changes

yay it did something! Thank you, but my picture didn't show up...

if you tell me what your trying to do with your background like how you want it on your site I can try to help... one thing I seen you have two background links on your html code and you should only have one...


re move all background html codes and add this

BODY { background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: right bottom;
background-image:
url(http://img54.photobucket.com/albums...igs/Pageweb.jpg) }
</style>

But add your own link to your picture

re move all background html codes and add this

BODY { background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: right bottom;
background-image:
url(http://img54.photobucket.com/albums...igs/Pageweb.jpg) }
</style>

But add your own link to your picture

my site is www.livejournal.com/~mymouthkeptshut

i'd like to have this place where the entries are to be a column about 1/3rd size of the page on the left with a scrollbar and a border around it then i'd like my picture to be in the around the bottom left hand of the screen.

it's not really working for me though :o/

Your journal is weird looking, not in a bad away I just never seen something like that before. I can't even see any writing really.. Email me at Destenx@aol.com and I can try and help you... add in your code your using and what isnt working and what you want done to it...

this is exactly what i put it:

GLOBAL_HEAD<=
<style type="text/css">
A:link
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:visited
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:active
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:hover
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699;

background-image: http://cinemaddict.narod.ru/pic/req.JPG;
background-color: #FFFFFF;

cursor: default;
cursor: url ('http://www.livejournal.com/user/keptmymouthkeptshut');}

h1 {font-family: verdana; color: #33CCCC; }

p {font-family: arial;
color: #33CCCC; }

body
{ background: #000000;
background-image: http://cinemaddict.narod.ru/pic/req.JPG;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: bottom right;
background-attachment: fixed;

font-family: arial;
color: #000000 ;
letter-spacing: 3pt;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 11pt;

direction:rtscrollbar-face-color : #000000;
scrollbar-highlight-color : #000000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color : #000000;
scrollbar-shadow-color : #000000;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color : #000000;
scrollbar-track-color : #000000;
scrollbar-arrow-color : #000000; l;

margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 0;
padding-left: 0;
padding-right: 0;
}

td
{ font-family: arial;
color: #000000;
padding-left: 2cm; [2cm, 4cm etc.]
padding-right: 2cm; [2cm]
padding-top: 2cm; [2cm]
padding-bottom: 2cm; [2cm]
padding: 2cm; [2cm this is for all four sides]
padding: 2cm 2cm; }

input, textarea
{ background: #000000 http://cinemaddict.narod.ru/pic/req.JPG ;
font-family: arial;
color: #000000;
border-style: dotted;
border-color: #000000;
border-width: 6; }

</style>

<=GLOBAL_HEAD

This is what you will probably want.

GLOBAL_HEAD<=
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-image: url(http://cinemaddict.narod.ru/pic/req.JPG) !important;
{
A:link
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:visited
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:active
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699; }
A:hover
{ text-decoration: underline; color:#996699;
table {
border: 2px dotted black;
}
table table {
border: 0;
}
body, td, font, div, p {
font-family: "verdana", "verdana", "verdana", verdana;
}
body {
scrollbar-base-color: black;
scrollbar-track-color: black;
scrollbar-face-color: black;
scrollbar-highlight-color: black;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: black;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: black;
scrollbar-shadow-color: black;
scrollbar-arrow-color: white;
}
-->
</style>
<=GLOBAL_HEAD












well, that should work.

And also, read this: http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=howto&itemid=926