copy and paste this into your custom header

 <style type="text/css"><left> /* internet */ /* by Carolynn (xanga.com/zelayouts) */ table.search, #SearchBar1_pnlYouAreHere, table.navigation, {display: none;} body { background: #000000; background: url(http://tinypic.com/5vdf9v); background-attachment:fixed; background-repeat: strech; background-position: bottom right; scrollbar-arrow-color: #5CACEE; scrollbar-track-color: #000000; scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000; scrollbar-face-color: #000000; scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #000000; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #FFFFFF; } .left, .blogbody, table.footer, .standard, .leftmodulefontcolor, td, p { /* edits main text */ font:normal 12px arial; line-height:12px; color:black; letter-spacing:0px; text-align:justify; } table.footer TD { /* this makes the footer at the bottom centered */ /* leave it alone unless you know what to do*/ text-align: left; display:none; } div.blogheader, .caption { /* edits the dates */ width:250px; font-family:arial; text-transform:lowercase; font-size:18px; line-height:20px; font-weight:normal; color: #FFFFFF; letter-spacing:0px; background-color: black; text-align: center; border-top: 4px solid #ffff00; border-bottom: 4px solid #ffff00; border-left: 4px solid #ffff00; border-right: 4px solid #ffff00; } a:link, .footernav.link, a.footernav:link, a.footernav:active { /* edits all links */ color:#E4287C; background:none; text-decoration: none; } a:visited, a.footernav:visited, { /* edits the links that the user has visited */ color: #5CACEE; background:none; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { /* edits when user mouseovers the links */ color: #E4287C; background: #E4287C; border:0px dashed black; cursor: ne-resize; text-decoration: none; } input, select, textarea, .textfield, .button { /* this edits the buttons, dropdowns, etc. */ border: 1px solid #000000; font:normal 11px arial; background-color: #FFFFFF; letter-spacing:0px; color: #000000; } table.left { /* this edits the menu module */ border: 0px solid #e2487c; width:150px; background-color: #000000; } table.blogbody { /* this edits the other the place where the blog is */ border: 4px solid #5CACEE; background-color: #ffffff; width:250px; } table.left th { /* on your menu module, this edits the title part of it */ /* like BLOGRINGS, POSTING CALENDAR, etc */ background-image: url( ); background-color: #000000; font: 12px arial; text-align:center; text-transform: lowercase; color: #e2487c; border:4px solid #ffff00; } table.left TD { /* on your menu module, this edits the body part of it */ color:black; background-image: url( ); background-color: #ffffff; border: 3px solid #5CACEE; } table.search TD, table.search, table.announcements { /* border of search bar (if you have it) */ filter:alpha(opacity=50, style=0); width:800px; color:white; background-color: #000000; border: none; } table.search TD, table.announcements TH { /* this should be left alone */ /* unless you know what to do */ border: 0px solid #000000; } table.navigation, table.main, table.footer { /* the width of your blog with modules */ width: 350px; } hr { /* horizontal divider */ border: 4px solid #000000; } </style> <a href="http://www.xanga.com/zelayouts" target=_new><b><font size=4 >zelayouts</a href><font color=#e2487c size=3> pimped this xanga</font></b>

it's hard to see the stuff that says "new weblog" and other stuff in your private page, if you highlight in the general area it's easier to see, this is a side affect to the only thing i could do to make it on the left. maky thnx