I make layouts and I'm trying to get the code for the layout to appear in a text area on my xanga entry. I got the text area code from this site and I put it in my entry but the textarea code and the code for the layout (which was NOT in a text area) just showed up and it didn't work. Am I doing something wrong??

Thank you,
-Sally

Did you make sure the 'Edit HTML' box was checked?

Perhaps you combined the textarea code with another code that wasn't meant to fit together. Do post your code.

aha...so the "edit HTML" box allows you to put in your own html for an entry...I was wondering how to do that because I knew that's what I needed to do...thanks.

<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color: #ffffff;
background-image: url(http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/3181/blackrose1eb.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: bottom right;
background-color: #ffffff;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #ffffff;
scrollbar-track-color: #ffffff;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;
scrollbar-face-color: #000000;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #000000;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#000000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #000000;
}
.left, .blogbody, table.footer, .standard, .leftmodulefontcolor, td, p {
/* edits main text */
font:normal 11px terminal;
text-transform: uppercase;
line-height:14px;
color:#000000;
letter-spacing:0px;
text-align:center;
}
table.footer TD {
/* this makes the footer at the bottom centered */
/* leave it alone unless you know what to do*/
text-align: center;
}
.left B, { font: bold 11px terminal; color: "#736F6E"; line-height: 16px;}
.blogbody b, .standard b, p b, strong {
/* edits bolded text in your entry */
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 11px;
color: #736F6E;
}
div.blogheader, .caption {
/* edits the dates */
font-family: times new roman;
width: 323px;
text-transform:lowercase;
font-size:26px;
letter-spacing: -4;
line-height:18px;
font-weight:regular;
height: 1px;
color: #000000;
letter-spacing: -2px;
border-bottom: none;
border-top: none;
border-right: none;
border-left: none;
text-align: center;
background-color: ffffff;
}
a:link, .footernav.link, a.footernav:link, a.footernav:active {
/* edits all links */
color:#000000;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
font:normal 11px terminal;
line-height:13px;
}
a:visited, a.footernav:visited, {
/* edits the links that the user has visited */
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
font:normal 11px terminal;
text-transform: uppercase;
line-height:13px;
}
a:hover {
/* edits when user mouseovers the links */
color:#736F6E;
text-decoration: none;
font: normal 11px terminal;
text-transform: uppercase;
line-height:13px;
background-color: #ffffff;
BORDER-left: #000000 0px double;
BORDER-right: #000000 0px double;
BORDER-bottom: #000000 2px dotted;
BORDER-top: #000000 0px double;
}
input, select, textarea, .textfield, .button {
/* this edits the buttons, dropdowns, etc. */
border: 2px solid #ffffff;
font:normal 11px terminal;
text-transform: uppercase;
background-color:#ffffff;
letter-spacing:0px;
color: #736F6E;
}
table.left {
/* this edits the menu module */
border: 2px dashed #000000;
width:160px;
background-color:#ffffff;
}
table.blogbody {
/* this edits the other the place where the blog is */
border: 2px dashed #000000;
background-color: #ffffff;
width: 323px;
font:normal 11px terminal;
text-transform: uppercase;
line-height:13px;
color: #000000;
}
table.left th {
/* on your menu module, this edits the title part of it */
/* like BLOGRINGS, POSTING CALENDAR, etc */
background-image: none;
font: bold 11px terminal;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #000000;
border: none;
background-color: #ffffff;
BORDER-left: none;
BORDER-right: none;
BORDER-bottom: none;
BORDER-top: none;
}
table.left TD {
/* on your menu module, this edits the body part of it */
background-image: none;
background-color: #ffffff;
border: none;
font:normal 11px terminal;
text-transform: uppercase;
line-height:13px;
color: #000000;
}
table.search TD, table.search, table.announcements {
/* border of search bar (if you have it) */
background-color: #ffffff;
border: 2px solid #000000;
}
table.search TD, table.announcements TH {
/* this should be left alone */
/* unless you know what to do */
border: none;
}
table.navigation, table.main, table.footer {
/* the width of your blog with modules */
width: 500px;
}
hr {
/* horizontal divider */
border: none;
}
/*edits italic text in your entry*/
font-weight: italic;
color: #736F6E;
font-family:georgia;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size:8px;
}
.blogbody u, .standard u, p u, u {
/*edits underlined text in your entry*/
font-weight: underline;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #736F6E;
border-bottom: 2px dotted #000000;
font: terminal;
font-size: 11px;
}
</style>
<BODY style="border-bottom: #000000
10t double; border-top: #736F6E
10t double; border-left: #736F6E
10t double; border-right: #000000
10t double"></TBODY>

I'm trying to get that code in a text area so the entry on my xanga will 1) not be so long and 2) look better. I tried checking the edit html box...it didn't work. Thanks.

-Sally