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Cay Gibson wrote:
If you have the step-by-step instructions, I'd be so appreciative of you sending them to me.
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Meredith, do you still have that email? I can't find it! 
In the meantime, Cay, try this:
In Typepad, click the Design tab.
Click Manage Your Designs.
Find the Gourmet design (I'm assuming it's there since you had it set up before) and click & hold on Gourmet. Click on "CSS."
Paste this code into the box:
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#banner
{
height: 340px;
background: #99cc66;
background-image: url("http://melissawiley.typepad.com/night7.jpg");
background-position: 15px 15px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
text-align: right;
}
#banner-inner
{
background: 0px
repeat;
}
.banner-user
{
width: 70px;
margin-top: 4px;
font-size: 10px;
font-color: #ffffff;
}
.banner-user-photo { border: 3px double #fff; }
#banner-header
{
margin: 0;
padding:35px 10px 10px 0px;
font-color: #ffffff;
font-size: 32px;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 1;
text-align: right;
}
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Replace the URL for my banner image with your own. Hit preview to see how it looks. You'll probably have to adjust the banner height (see at the top of that batch of code?) and maybe the font size and other nitpicky elements. It's going to take some trial and error to get it adjusted right. If you run into complications give another holler!
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Lissa wrote:
| Louise, Theresa, and Marihalo Jen--just wanted to let you know your sites are still in the webring queue waiting for your code to be inserted. No hurry, just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you! |
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Lissa,
No, I didn't think you were ignoring me at all! I just had to go and choose a different service for sailors, lots of cool features, for sailors, but for homeschoolers...I don't know. All compounded by my absolute newness to this techy-world, but I'd been pondering the idea of a blog for a long, long while now. So armed with your fabulous instructions I've been wading through this strange world.(and having a great time!)
My Sailblog server doesn't appear to have a place to place widgets or webrings or that cute TTLB counter thing I got my daughter all excited about before it was fully installed on my site but they're working with me...
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Okay, slow process.
I'm exhausted and my mind is pickled mush. 
I hope no one was watching all those multi-colored, multi-layered, multi-complex templates I was experimenting with.
My 8 yr old has been teaching my 4 year old all morning!
Is that possible? Will my 8 yr old actually end up teaching the 4 yr old to read?!!!  The school system would be horrifed!
We're off to meet Dad for lunch and then we're stopping at the nursery to look for flowers and mulch to plant. That was my #1 priority when we got home from our trip. I don't know how the blogging took over. 
My blog will have to stay as is until I get the "I wannas" instead of the "I don't wannas" out of my system. I really do miss my bright yellow template. But the Gourmet sidebars weren't as nice as the bright yellow and I still had those forks and knives next to each post.
Next question:
How do I get the blog description to the bottom of my banner picture? I see Lissa has a line at the bottom. I'd like to tweak it and get it lower. I do hate that the *C* is on top of the little girls face but I guess that can't be helped. 
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Lissa wrote:
Meredith, do you still have that email? I can't find it!
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Sending it to Cay now!! Rebecca's worked great with your directions so hope Cay can make it work too!
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Cay Gibson wrote:
I really do miss my bright yellow template. But the Gourmet sidebars weren't as nice as the bright yellow and I still had those forks and knives next to each post.
Next question:
How do I get the blog description to the bottom of my banner picture? I see Lissa has a line at the bottom. I'd like to tweak it and get it lower. I do hate that the *C* is on top of the little girls face but I guess that can't be helped. |
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Cay, go to your weblog's main page in Typepad and click "Configure." Where your description is, add this before the text:
<br>
Put in enough of these to make the line drop as low as you want it. On my blog, it took about ten <br> to get it at the bottom.
I can help you get rid of those Gourmet forks & knives if you want, but I think your current design is nice too. I did love those yellow sidebars, though!
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Lissa,
You are a dear friend...
...or perhaps a saint.
Today was my day to obsess.
Once we got home, I decided to play around a little more while the children did table time. I have something I can "live" with...for now. I'm a little wiser and a little more knowledgeable...for now...thanks to you. 
I still miss my *yellow*. It was so cheerful and springy; but everytime I converted to it in the sidebars it distorted the whole banner and made the whole blog look messy.
We have First Communion preparation all this week and Graduation plans to attend to next week.
I'm going to leave my blog alone...for now.
Just wanted to thank you for your help, your time, your patience. You're a jewel. 
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Meredith wrote:
| Sending it to Cay now!! Rebecca's worked great with your directions so hope Cay can make it work too! |
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Meredith, if it's not too much trouble would you mind sending the CSS directions to me too? Thanks!
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Not at all, coming your way!! Have fun!
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Oh my poor brain! I am so lost. 
Where do I even go to find a banner or do you just use a photo that you like and what about copyright?
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Theresa in MN wrote:
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 You poor dear! I can so totally relate.
Theresa in MN wrote:
| Where do I even go to find a banner or do you just use a photo that you like and what about copyright? |
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My banner photo was taken from a painting I found on Karen E.'s blog. Copyright? I'm assuming that paintings are like written pieces. Anything written/drawn before a certain time is not under copyright law and is in the public domain. But I often assume wrongly.
I think the banners of blogger's children are the most precious things but I like "my painting" and had such a hard time getting it up there that I'm not willing to mess with it.
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Cay, I like your picture too.
Have you ever been to Shanon's blog Rocks in my Dryer? I love her banner or other fun banners like that but I am assuming they are made by someone?
Cay, I also like your striped background and do have a background that I like but I cant figure out how to get it up! I did upgrade to the pro so I should be able to do that.
Wanna come over and help?  
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I it!!!  What a great banner.
Theresa in MN wrote:
Cay, I also like your striped background and do have a background that I like but I cant figure out how to get it up! I did upgrade to the pro so I should be able to do that.
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You got it up, huh? Your blog is looking great, Theresa.
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