When applying the layout, make sure the settings in your look and feel are set to the following:

alignment: center.
width: 400 pixels.

MAKE SURE THE BORDER/TRIM/INTERIOR COLORS FOR THE SEARCH BAR ARE SET TO TRANSPARENT.

<small><a href="http://www.xanga.com/degeneracylayouts" target="_new">degeneracylayouts</a></small><br> <img src="http://tinypic.com/65xu77"><br> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/signin.aspx" alt='sign in.' target="_new">1</a> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/claf" alt="look & feel." target="_new">2<a/ target="_new"> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/private" alt="private" target="_new">3</a> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/private/subscriptions.aspx" alt="subscriptions." target="_new">4</a> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/private/subscribeto.aspx?user=YOURUSERNAMEHERE" alt="subscribe." target="_new">5</a> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/logout.asp" alt="sign out." target="_new">6</a> <style type="text/css"> /*oh, the romance.*/ /*made by degeneracylayouts@xanga.com*/ body { background-color: #ffffff; scrollbar-arrow-color: #5B0418; scrollbar-track-color: #5B0418; scrollbar-shadow-color: #5B0418; scrollbar-face-color: #5B0418; scrollbar-highlight-color: #5B0418; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #5B0418; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #5B0418; cursor: ne-resize; } .mainleft { display:none; } table.navigation, table.footer {display: none;} .left, .blogbody, table.footer, .standard, .leftmodulefontcolor, td, p { /*edits main text */ font:normal 7pt verdana; line-height: 20px; color: #A5CDDC; letter-spacing:0.5px; text-align: center; } div.blogheader, .caption { /*edits the dates */ font-family: verdana; text-transform: none; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 14pt; color:#A5CDDC; letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: #5b0418; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-color: #87A6B6; width: 400px; } b { color: #303030; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none;} i { color: #303030; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;} strong { color: #5b0418; font-weight: strong; letter-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none;} u { color: #a5cddc; border-bottom: 1px solid #303030; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: Underline; text-transform: none; } input, select, textarea, .textfield, .button { /* this edits the buttons, dropdowns, etc. */ border: 0px solid #ffffff; font: normal 7pt verdana; background-color: #ffffff; letter-spacing:0px; color: #a5cddc; alignment: left; } table.footer TD { /* this makes the footer at the bottom centered */ /* leave it alone unless you know what to do*/ text-align: center; } table.left th { /* on your menu module, this edits the title part of it */ /* like BLOGRINGS, POSTING CALENDAR, etc */ background-image: url(); background-color: #ffffff; color: #ffffff; font: normal 15pt trebuchet ms; text-transform: none; text-align: center; border: #FF0066 0px solid; } table.left TD { /*on your menu module, this edits the body part of it */ background-image: url(); background-color: #ffffff; boder-style: solid; border-color: #ffffff; border-width: 0px; color: #ffffff; } table.blogbody tr td { /* this edits the left margin of blog */ width:0px; padding-left: 0px; } table.blogbody { /* this edits the other the place where the blog is */ border-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-color: #D2DCE0; background-color: #ffffff; width: 400px; alignment: center; } a:link, .footernav.link, a.footernav:link, a.footernav:active { /*edits all links */ color:#5b0418; font: normal 7pt georgia; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; } a:visited, a.footernav:visited, { /*edits the links that the user has visited */ color:#303030; line-height: 16px; font: normal 7pt georgia; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; } a:hover { /* edits when user mouseovers the links */ color: #a5cddc; font: normal 7pt georgia; line-height: 16px; cursor: crosshair; text-transform: none; text-decoration: none; } hr { /* horizontal divider */ border: 0px solid #ffffff; } table.footer {display: none;} </style>

MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHANGE "YOURUSERNAMEHERE" TO YOUR OWN USERNAME.