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Description I WANT TO SEE YOUER JOURNAL LAYOUTS YOU MAKE!!!!! ::

To learn html/css go here [link] . I will not teach you code from scratch, I can "help" people who know at lest some html/css but I am not a teacher...


Below is the complete CSS for the dA Journal.

I made this because it's very hard to find a good tutorial for this that is just easy, simple, and provides the codes you need to create your own custom journal, I hope you like it! suggest it for a Daly Devision if you do!


Note:
Please if you put this tutorial anywhere on the site give me full credit. No credit needed for the codes below!

Code:
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.gr-box{
Container for the whole journal.
}
.gr-top{
The container where the date and title is.
}
.gr-top h2 img{
Journal book image.
}
.gr-top h2{
Journal title.
}
.gr-top span{
Journal date.
}
.gr-body, .text{
Were the text of your journal is
}
.tri{
Arrow pointing down blow the gr-top.
}
.gr1{
Top/bottom rounding bar.
}
.gr2{
Makes the journal rounded.
}
.gr3{
Makes the journal rounded.
}
a{
Links.
}
a:hover{
Links hover.
}
.commentslink, .prevlink{
Journal Comments and previous journals links.
}
.hsep{
the horizontal line "|" between comments and previous journals
}
.bottom {
The container for your Journal Comments and previous journals links.
}
.list {
container for
Mood:
Listening to:
Reading:
Watching:
etc:
}
li.f{
you can change the color to make it like a bar so its easier to read.
}
li.a{
you can change the color to make it like a bar so its easier to read.
}
strong{
color just for
Mood:
Listening to:
Reading:
Watching:
etc:
}

*/this is the code for when you display thumbnails/*
.shadow-holder{
Thumbnail container.
}
.shadow-holder img{
The Thumbnail image.
}
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Have fun and don't forget to leave a comment if you use this!
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Comments: 292

Magical-Abra [2018-07-15 11:37:45 +0000 UTC]

Thats too difficult to understand.

Can you explain it easy to me!?

And:This is hopefullly not for core members.

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Taeqii [2018-01-13 22:54:48 +0000 UTC]

Oh my goodness, first off THANK YOU for the link so I can self teach myself code. I've been looking everywhere for something like this and so far its the only tutorial I could find that genuinely gave me a boost.

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Nebbzilla [2016-12-18 02:22:24 +0000 UTC]

im having trouble with the .gr-top code. Im trying to darken the bg but when I use the code the text formats fine but the bg turns into a somewhat lighter shade no matter what color I designate.

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FellFallow In reply to Nebbzilla [2017-11-24 06:13:32 +0000 UTC]

Hey did you ever get that sorted? I can't find the option either

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DIGIZOOM [2016-08-29 22:14:55 +0000 UTC]

I REALLY HOPE THIS WILL HELP ME OUTπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Jolin-chan [2015-04-05 17:54:48 +0000 UTC]

My biggest problem is actually how to find the option to get into the html css mode xD
css in html is not a problem

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PanTran [2015-03-15 05:11:46 +0000 UTC]

I made a journal skin with this!

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wingsz [2015-01-31 18:39:15 +0000 UTC]

How do I replace the "talent" text withΒ .gr-top span{
Journal date.
}
on this journal skin?
dA Comment Skin

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LeChaoss [2014-12-07 20:25:06 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME! VERY! I"D LOVE TO MAKE ONE!

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AskGooroo [2014-09-03 06:58:38 +0000 UTC]

I wish I had premium again if only I didn't need premium to have a journal layout!

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CuppieGoku [2014-08-29 11:01:03 +0000 UTC]

aww thank you for this!Β 
i sure will use this now!

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MarcosDeDiego [2014-06-25 15:45:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you for the tutorial


i was making a custom journal and i couldn't find the devianArt.css classes



now you made me a new .css man!!!!

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DemonGiuloreen [2014-06-20 09:01:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for making this! I will do my own journal skin for my future Premium Membershiiiiip!

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LucyNickBakura [2014-02-16 15:23:55 +0000 UTC]

hey, i was curious about "blockquote" tag...its tag, isn't it? Does it go in .gr-body, .text{ container?

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RetSamys In reply to LucyNickBakura [2014-03-15 19:36:18 +0000 UTC]

It is tag.
You mean if you want to change the style of any blockquote used in the main journal text? Kinda. It would be:
.gr-body .text blockquote{

Which corresponds to 'address everything in blockquote, as long as it also is in the box with the class called "text", as long as it is also in the box with the class called "gr-body"'.

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LimeGreenFay [2014-01-14 13:18:13 +0000 UTC]

super useful, thanks!

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Cocooning [2014-01-12 15:07:23 +0000 UTC]

thaaaaaaaank youuuu <3

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anapests-and-ink [2014-01-04 14:43:23 +0000 UTC]

This is so handy! Β Thank you so much for sharing it!

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Leo-Ascendent [2013-10-16 16:49:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me.


My journal seems to be wider than it needs to be (leaving a big gap between it and the side of the webpage when looking at my main page). Is there a size requirement for journals? I believe my journal to be maxed at 500px. If someone could note me and help, I'd be willing to throw some points at you for the assist.


Thanks much.

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Leo-Ascendent In reply to Leo-Ascendent [2013-10-16 16:56:20 +0000 UTC]

Yes there is, that would explain it.Β 


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PeppermintSoda [2013-08-09 07:09:03 +0000 UTC]

What do you put within the brackets? Could you tell me?

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Izagar In reply to PeppermintSoda [2013-08-12 15:37:07 +0000 UTC]

That's how CSS is.

So you would make the box like:

.gr-box{
width: 500px;
background-color:#000;
color:#fff;
border: solid 1px #ccc;
}

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ProRimz [2013-08-04 18:48:56 +0000 UTC]

Umm.. How do you add this to the journal? And do you add all of it, or only some part of the code?

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hhorseACE In reply to ProRimz [2013-08-13 03:47:01 +0000 UTC]

When you submit a journal, on the side are all the skin choices right, and there is a small button saying 'Edit Skin' and there you put the coding

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ProRimz In reply to hhorseACE [2013-08-13 13:13:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Yaitilia [2013-07-21 22:27:33 +0000 UTC]

I don't know anything of CSS, neither HTML.

I'll try, anyway.

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WarriorCatMaster [2013-07-03 20:56:07 +0000 UTC]

I can't get the li.f one to work -_-.

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chestery [2013-06-28 14:35:35 +0000 UTC]

wow thanks this is real useful ^^

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Toasty-Marshmallow [2013-06-02 12:56:25 +0000 UTC]

You are a beautiful person for making this! Many thanks!

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serafina-rose [2013-03-31 19:20:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for this

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redspiderlillies [2013-03-30 17:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Do you know how you can put a large header image on a journal skin, like on this one here? [link]

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FallingWithoutStyle In reply to redspiderlillies [2013-06-01 01:58:15 +0000 UTC]

If he tells you think you can send a message my way? I was wondering that as well.

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redspiderlillies In reply to FallingWithoutStyle [2013-06-01 08:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Well, I think you can just use the tag in the journal header, but that dosen't always look so good... You might want to see if you can see what the CSS of some other downloadable journal skins looks like, just to see how they do it...

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FallingWithoutStyle In reply to redspiderlillies [2013-06-01 13:23:15 +0000 UTC]

I found this if it helps [link]

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FluffyUffyUmpkins In reply to FallingWithoutStyle [2014-12-01 04:52:20 +0000 UTC]

that almost gave me a heartattack, my headphones are super loud

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Sleepy-Stardust [2013-03-26 03:01:51 +0000 UTC]

You can copy and paste this right into your journal without editing anything. The notes between "/ *these*/" are invisible in css coding. Now you can have permanent notes in your coding!

code
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/*Container for the whole journal*/
.gr-box{}

/*The container where the date and title is*/
.gr-top{}

/*Journal book image*/
.gr-top h2 img{}

/*Journal title*/
.gr-top h2{}

/*Journal date*/
.gr-top span{}

/*Where the text of your journal is*/
.gr-body, .text{}

/*Arrow pointing down blow the gr-top*/
.tri{}

/*Top/bottom rounding bar*/
.gr1{}

/*Makes the journal rounded*/
.gr2{}

/*Makes the journal rounded*/
.gr3{}

/*Links*/
a{}

/*Links hover*/
a:hover{}

/*Journal Comments and previous journals links*/
.commentslink, .prevlink{}

/*the horizontal line "|" between comments and previous journals*/
.hsep{}

/*The container for your Journal Comments and previous journals links*/
.bottom {}

/*container for
Mood:
Listening to:
Reading:
Watching:
etc:*/
.list {}

/*you can change the color to make it like a bar so its easier to read*/
li.f{}

/*you can change the color to make it like a bar so its easier to read*/
li.a{}

/*color just for
Mood:
Listening to:
Reading:
Watching:
etc:*/
strong{}

/*this is the code for when you display thumbnails*/
/*Thumbnail container*/
.shadow-holder{}

/*The Thumbnail image*/
.shadow-holder img{}

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Sleepy-Stardust [2013-03-21 05:07:57 +0000 UTC]

This is perfect. Thank you for writing all the codes down so we can copy and paste them. Explaining what each does and visually showing it up top helped so much too !!!!!!!

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Sleepy-Stardust [2013-03-20 21:24:20 +0000 UTC]

I will try to use and will suggest a DD for you. This was very nice to put together. Is this still accurate for 2013?

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Sekaryu [2013-03-07 03:41:41 +0000 UTC]

Hi.. I recently bought a journal skin from someone.. and they aren't very good with coding.. so the code they sent me for it is all messed up! If I sent you the code, would you be able to fix it for me? I appreciate it~

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willclark218 [2013-02-20 21:49:20 +0000 UTC]

an excellent source for people who want to learn basic HTML and CSS is W3C Schools... [link] These guys pretty much set the standard...

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TOONBiBiANA11 [2013-02-17 20:31:12 +0000 UTC]

want you good how time help for so will have in sorry give love.

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kisekinokami [2013-02-08 11:13:28 +0000 UTC]

I use the other kinds of codes (the Journalbox, journaltop and those things...) are these different?

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hhorseACE In reply to kisekinokami [2013-08-13 03:48:03 +0000 UTC]

I forgot where I saw it apparently there's two themes of journalsΒ 

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LilSpiritFox [2012-12-30 08:31:53 +0000 UTC]

im still so lost xD i attempted the code but i dont know how to see if it works or not i did CSS in high school but cant remember most of it x.x

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Elphu [2012-12-12 22:42:07 +0000 UTC]

Is there a way to make an invisible title? or a better question would be how can I do something similar to this [link]

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redukins [2012-12-03 11:14:53 +0000 UTC]

and what do we paste in the { }? i feel like such a noob .n.

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redukins [2012-12-03 11:10:51 +0000 UTC]

what do you mean by, cointainer for the whole journal? ._.
like, all the stuff for the journal put together in one image?

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xShootingStarxx [2012-12-01 20:19:54 +0000 UTC]

I'm still not sure how to make this.

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Astrikos [2012-11-28 22:30:54 +0000 UTC]

Featured your useful resource here

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Raven-A-Storm [2012-11-21 19:01:44 +0000 UTC]

I have another question, How do I pun in the image that I want for the back ground?

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