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My first draft for ^Staged 's journal css contest [link] She seemed to be looking for something that I usually incorporate into my journal CSSeses, so I thought I'd take a shot at it.

"A nice header, either with a nice floral design/ornaments or one or more of my images. If you have better ideas, go ahead - you're the designers!"

The simplistic swirl header was created with a splash for floral design. It's also created with a spotlight place for a featured thumb (a recent deviantion, Daily Deviation, or feature) and with a small place for ^Staged to talk about who she is and what she does for dA.

"A nice colour scheme, either in the dA-greens/grays or in dark grays like my blog here: [link]"

I wasn't sure to go with light green or dark green for the background, whatever ^Staged wants (it can be changed). The header and blurb curved sections are designed to look easily integrated within ^Staged 's profile. They are both the same colour as a typical dA profile, so they should be visually appealing as well as noticeable.

"I'm very fond of boxes and listings. "

I can easily change the boxes, as well as include a number of different colours for whatever ^Staged may need. I'm also considering adding one box with a scroll and maybe using `thespook 's amazing gallery script as seen in ^Helewidis 's journal.

"It must be easily updateable - sometimes I need to do a quick update and I don't feel like working myself through too much code."

I always keep this in mind for designing CSS, because when I'm using journals I look for two things: easy and organized. For this purpose, I'd be more willing to work with ^Staged on what she needs (with the boxes).

The box code will be minimalistic so you don't have to remember a bunch of ridiculous code. Think...

< div class="Box" >< div class="Header" >News & Babble< / div >

Writing

< / div >

"The headlines like "News & Babble" or "Features" should not be graphics, I'd like to stay flexible here and I constantly add new cats to my journals."

Yes, this is a pet peeve of mine as well. The journal's headline or "header" has a simple .png translucent vector background that will not interfere with your text.

"Simplicity rules!"

I tried to keep that in mind!

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Coding/design concerns:

Top .divs I'm not very good with .divs, I've never tried anything this complicated (the thumb section), so I'm not sure if I can pull it off. I'm pretty sure I can arrange something though.

Moods I have no idea where to put moods etc.

If you are good at CSS and would like to code this journal, we can split the 6 month subscription award if we win. (Each would get 3 months) Just note me.

Please comment This is not my entry, I do need critiques to help me, and I would appreciate them!

Description
Brushes: [link]

My first draft for ^Staged 's journal css contest [link] She seemed to be looking for something that I usually incorporate into my journal CSSeses, so I thought I'd take a shot at it.

"A nice header, either with a nice floral design/ornaments or one or more of my images. If you have better ideas, go ahead - you're the designers!"

The simplistic swirl header was created with a splash for floral design. It's also created with a spotlight place for a featured thumb (a recent deviantion, Daily Deviation, or feature) and with a small place for ^Staged to talk about who she is and what she does for dA.

"A nice colour scheme, either in the dA-greens/grays or in dark grays like my blog here: [link]"

I wasn't sure to go with light green or dark green for the background, whatever ^Staged wants (it can be changed). The header and blurb curved sections are designed to look easily integrated within ^Staged 's profile. They are both the same colour as a typical dA profile, so they should be visually appealing as well as noticeable.

"I'm very fond of boxes and listings. "

I can easily change the boxes, as well as include a number of different colours for whatever ^Staged may need. I'm also considering adding one box with a scroll and maybe using `thespook 's amazing gallery script as seen in ^Helewidis 's journal.

"It must be easily updateable - sometimes I need to do a quick update and I don't feel like working myself through too much code."

I always keep this in mind for designing CSS, because when I'm using journals I look for two things: easy and organized. For this purpose, I'd be more willing to work with ^Staged on what she needs (with the boxes).

The box code will be minimalistic so you don't have to remember a bunch of ridiculous code. Think...

< div class="Box" >< div class="Header" >News & Babble< / div >

Writing

< / div >

"The headlines like "News & Babble" or "Features" should not be graphics, I'd like to stay flexible here and I constantly add new cats to my journals."

Yes, this is a pet peeve of mine as well. The journal's headline or "header" has a simple .png translucent vector background that will not interfere with your text.

"Simplicity rules!"

I tried to keep that in mind!

-----------

Coding/design concerns:

Top .divs I'm not very good with .divs, I've never tried anything this complicated (the thumb section), so I'm not sure if I can pull it off. I'm pretty sure I can arrange something though.

Moods I have no idea where to put moods etc.

If you are good at CSS and would like to code this journal, we can split the 6 month subscription award if we win. (Each would get 3 months) Just note me.

Please comment This is not my entry, I do need critiques to help me, and I would appreciate them!