Layout Lounge

Account Status: All
Theme: Flexible Squares, maybe others
Actions: Free Text/Blurb styling.
Links: Code Index

I've done a tutorial where you learned a little bit about tables in a post (Mixed Content Side by Side or Tables). But, now, let's talk about coding for your free text or blurb on your sidebar. See it is very different and works a little like your profile. Here is the dilemma we are presented with this image on the right. What I don't want my sidebar to do:

1. There is a gap at the top of my sidebar


2. Looks like there more than one line of a gap between my text and my textbox.


3. All my book images are on a different line


4. There is a HUGE gap between my book images and my table.

How do we fix this? First, when you see extra spacing on the sidebar, always check the blurb text coding first because sometimes it is just the coding in that section.

<center> You can see all my layouts at <a href="http://layout-lounge.livejournal.com">Layout Lounge</a> and my LJ art work at <a href="http://graffitigraphic.livejournal.com">Graffiti Graphics</a>. </center> <text area>textarea rows="10" cols="80"</text area> <image> <image> <image> <table align="center" border="1" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr align="center" bgcolor="white"> <td bgcolor=white><b>Recently Read</b></td> </tr> <tr align=left bgcolor=white> <td><b>Book:</b> Outlander <i><b>rating:</b> 5 Stars</i></td> </tr> <tr align=left bgcolor=white> <td><b>Obsession:</b> Orphan Black <i><b>minor obsession:</b> Eureka </i></td> </tr></tbody></table>

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Account Status: All
Actions: Hide Text Feature in Profile
Theme: All

So say your profile text is so much that you really want to hide some of it when people first go to your profile. Or maybe there is just something not everyone is going to be interested in. LJ cuts don't work in the profile but Spoiler cuts will.

You are look for your profile to do something like this...

3. When you save your profile, everything in that spoiler section will be hidden. But like a spoiler section, once opened you have to refresh the page to hide it.

Questions? Comments?