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<center><br><br><a href="http://www.xanga.com/sxm_layouts" target="_blank">it's SXM,foo!</a><br/> <style type="text/css"> /*stars*/ /* by steph(xanga.com/sxm_layouts) */ body { background-image: url(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/whoaitsSTEPHx/greenpinkstar.gif); background-position: bottom-right; background-repeat: repeat; background-color: #FC838A; background-attachment: ; scrollbar-arrow-color: #9FC332; scrollbar-track-color: #ffffff; scrollbar-shadow-color: #9DD2D1; scrollbar-face-color: #ffffff; scrollbar-highlight-color: #9DD2D1; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #ffffff; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #9DD2D1; } .left, .blogbody, table.footer, .standard, .leftmodulefontcolor, td, p { /* edits main text */ font:normal 11px verdana; line-height:9px; color:#4F5151; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align:left; } table.footer TD { /* this makes the footer at the bottom centered */ /* leave it alone unless you know what to do*/ text-align: center; } div.blogheader, .caption { /* edits the dates */ color:#646666; text-decoration: NONE; letter-spacing: 2px; font:normal 10px verdana; line-height: 10px; text-transform: uppercase; background-color: #; text-align: center; background-image: url(); width:235px; } a:link, .footernav.link, a.footernav:link, a.footernav:active { /* edits all links */ color:#4F5151; text-decoration: NONE; letter-spacing: -1px; font:normal 11px verdana; line-height: 10px; text-transform: upperlowercase; } a:visited, a.footernav:visited, { /* edits the links that the user has visited */ color:#4F5151; text-decoration: NONE; letter-spacing: -1px; font:normal 11px verdana; line-height: 10px; text-transform: loweruppercase; } a:hover { /* edits when user mouseovers the links */ background-color:#; color:#9DD2D1; cursor: crosshair; letter-spacing: -1px; font:normal 11px verdana; line-height: 10px; text-transform: loweruppercase; } input, select, textarea, .textfield, .button { /* this edits the buttons, dropdowns, etc. */ border: 2px solid #FC838A; letter-spacing: 0px; font:normal 11px verdana; line-height: 10px; text-transform: lowercase; background-color: #ffffff; letter-spacing:-1px; color: #646666; } table.left { /* this edits the menu module */ width: 165px; border: 2px solid #9DD2D1; background-image: url(); background-color: #FAF8E9; } table.blogbody { /* this edits the other the place where the blog is */ border: 2px solid #9DD2D1; background-color:#FAF8E9; width:235px; background-image: url(); } table.left th { /* on your menu module, this edits the title part of it */ /* like BLOGRINGS, POSTING CALENDAR, etc */ display: none; } table.left TD { /* on your menu module, this edits the body part of it */ background-color:#FAF8E9; background-image: url(); font: times 11px #000000; line-height:10px; color: #FC838A; font-family: verdana; letter-spacing: -1px; } table.search TD, table.search, table.announcements { /* border of search bar (if you have it) */ background-color: #ffffff; border: 2px #000000; } table.search TD, table.announcements TH { /* this should be left alone */ /* unless you know what to do */ border: 1px SOLID #000000; } table.navigation, table.main, table.footer { /* the width of your blog with modules */ width: 235px; } hr { /* horizontal divider */ border: 2px solid #000000; } .blogbody b, .standard b, p b, strong { .blogbody b, .standard b, p b, strong { font-weight:bold; color:#9DD2D1; font:bold 11px arial; letter-spacing: -1px; } .blogbody i, .standard i, p i, em { font-weight: italic; color: #4F5151; font:italic 13px Script MT bold; } u { color: #4F5151; font-family: verdana; border-bottom: 2px solid #FC838A; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: Underline; text-transform: none; } /* horizontal divider */ border: 2x solid #ffffff; } </style>

bg credit: goodevening graphics

search bars = ugly!

stars are awesome!