I'm Home and a Request

[amberfocus]

Hey, everyone. We dragged ourselves in slightly after midnight last night, but we are all home safe and sound. First order of business this morning was to send off my last of five reviews to azriona that I wrote on the plane. I meant to do it last night but pretty much just fell into bed and zonked immediately.

Suze made me a lovely new banner for my LJ of Zeppelins' Jonathon and Rose but I've no clue on how to put it in there. Is there someone who could tell me how to code it? This is what it looks like:

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[hezmanagirl.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=7

I usually go here to remember how to change the header and such. I do know you have to upload the pic to photobucket or some site like that.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's all sorted out now.

[lostwolfchats.livejournal.com]

Hugs - glad you had a good time.

Thanks for the lovely reviews you've done of my two fics in COT, btw. :-D

Now - when can I expect my next fix of fic? Ten minutes? Excellent!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I don't know. I'll likely start really writing again tomorrow.

[lostwolfchats.livejournal.com]

Well, if you have the link to the fic, I'd just use the pciture insert function... I might be missing the point of the question though. Am on chat. Buzz me.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I'm in the process of starting up a new computer and downloading all the software. I didn't download YM until this morning and then saw all your pings from yesterday. Sorry! My old computer is being a complete idiot at the moment about letting me do anything...

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

What style is your journal? Flexible squares, smooth sailing, etc. is what I need to know. Then I can find you your code. :)

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

How do I find that out?

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

Look at your Journal Style under Journal>Customize Journal Style on Livejournal.com. It should have a big title and a small one. Mine's
Midnight
Smooth Sailing by Michael Raffoul (Not that you see ANY of Midnight's coding or colors on mine).

Just tell me what that is. I'm familiar with the two languages I mentioned and can probably figure any other ones out in a few minutes.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Space Purple
Expressive by Tiffany Chow

I think that's what you're wanting.

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

Give this a whirl:

#header-inner {
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: top center;
background-image:url('http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/amberfocus/AlbumZeppelinsforLJ.jpg');
height: 407px;
width: 1000px;
}

Go to Customize Journal, then Custom CSS. Leave the dropdown thing at "yes" and just put this in the big css field they give you. Save changes, and refresh your journal.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That worked great. Just had to change the 1000 to 940 and it fits perfectly!

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh is that a recent picture of David and Billie? I never saw it before.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I think it's a manip, actually, since I recognize the one of Billie.

[ramblinsuze.livejournal.com]

You are correct, madam. That is a manip. It's one of the photos of David with Kylie and the pic of Billie is from several years ago (I just flipped it). I loves my manips. :)

[morgaine-nicely.livejournal.com]

awww i'm bummed thought maybe it was a new one, but it's really well done :) good job!

[mitashade.livejournal.com]

Welcome home! :)

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[ramblinsuze.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!!!

Sorry it took so long to get the graphics straightened out. That's what happens when I'm working on this stuff in the wee wee hours of the morning. ;)

And I'd try to help you out with an LJ layout right now, but my brains are currently occupied (and fried) by homework that is due tonight. I'd love to get a copy, though, of anything you might get.

If you try to replace the graphic on your current layout, I think the graphic needs to be a tad smaller (maybe 950 px instead of 1000? something like that). I have a code for a Flexible Square layout that would probably work, too. I'll try fiddling with it after the homework is done and let you know.

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

The comment I put above should work with her current layout, if that's what she wants. I think. >_> I tested it on one of my sock journals with a different, free Expressive layout.

I think I took too long, though, as she hasn't put it up yet. XD

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Nope, it works. I just had to leave to take the kids to the doctor and then pick up medicine and go grocery shopping since there was no food in the house and we only just got back a little bit ago. Thanks so much for all your help.

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

Figured it was something like that. :D Pesky grocery stores, I'm about to go to one myself (7 am shift, gag). I'm glad the code worked out!

[ramblinsuze.livejournal.com]

Looks great! :D

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

Er, though you may be right about the size; I have no idea what the #page-inner width is for this layout.

Sorry, zoned out and sleepy!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Ah, I've been so busy today anyway, it's no big deal. I switched it to 940 and that's got it perfectly. I love the way it looks.

[crimedoc1.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't help with posting questions, but I just wanted to say how gorgeous the banner is. :-D

Makes me want a new chapter of Zeppelins, though! (hints madly)

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

I'll be working on it and Hunger Moon this week. Maybe I'll have something by the weekend.

[qtrhorserider.livejournal.com]

Don't know how to solve the problem, but that banner is just made of win!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

She did a great job on it.

[ehmi.livejournal.com]

That is awesome!

Glad you had a good time! You deserve it! I'm also glad you're back. I'm jonesing for a Zeppelins fix! <3

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It was fun. I'll likely get back into writing tomorrow.

[heather916.livejournal.com]

That banner is gorgeous. Truly gorgeous. And I'm happy you're home safely from Disneyland. When do you get your vacation from your vacation? ;)

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Being a mother, probably never! *grins* But a couple nights of sleep in my own bed have done wonders!

[heather916.livejournal.com]

Being a mother, probably never!
*nods knowingly* Too true. And I only have one kid!

If you don't mind me asking, how old is your youngest? We're thinking of taking our daughter to Disney next year, after she turns 4. But I'm wondering if she'll still be too young then.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Tobias is almost nine. We took him just before he turned five. We took Rose for the first time when she was nearly three. It really depends on what you are planning to do and whether or not your child is afraid of the dark.

At four I'd expect that if she wasn't afraid of the dark she'd like all of Fantasyland except maybe the Matterhorn, Toon Town unless she doesn't like loud noises (we used cotton balls to cut the noise), the astro blaster, the monorail, Finding Nemo submarines, Autopia, Pixie Hollow (with Tinkerbell) and the astro orbiter in Tomorrowland, the Winnie the Pooh ride in Critter Country, the Pirate ship, the canoe ride, the Pirates Lair (used to be Tom Sawyer's Island), Pirates of the Carribean, Tarzan's Tree House, the Tiki Room and the Jungle Cruise in Adventureland. In Frontierland, the Riverboat ride, and the big train that circles all of Disney.

There's also lots of shows like Aladdin or High School Musical 3 or Drawn to the Animation that last about 20 minutes, and the parades that she would like. The big rides like Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain tend to overload their systems with adrenaline and then you won't get them on anything. So if you go with the idea of skipping the big rides, she'll likely enjoy it.

If she is afraid of the dark at all, I'd wait until she's at least six. Oh, and the Haunted House I'd wait on at that age, too. We waited until this year to take the kids on that and prepared them well in advance for what they'd see and the screaming in the elevator room and they did great, but I wouldn't have wanted to deal with it with a four year old.

[heather916.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Thank you so much! My mom has been saying that Mia will be fine, but they didn't take me to Disney until I was 14, so I'd rather trust the word of someone who's taken the little ones. This is all wonderful advice. Thank you for taking the time to give me so many suggestions. I can't wait to take her. :)

[abbieelove.livejournal.com]

That banner is so cute! And it's got the I Love You wall! Yay!I'm glad you guys made it home safe. *grins*