Walking Therein

   I have had a few people ask me, and also saw some others' comments about adding a 3rd column, so I will tell you how I did it, and if it works for you - GREAT! If not, I will have to refer you to the other HTML geniuses out there - because I am NOT one of them!!

   I am an Algebraic HTMLer.... I made that up, of course. What I mean is, I figured out how to do everything to my template by finding what HTML did what and trying it all out over and over and over....

   Also- as you probably know, all HTML is NOT the same. My template lingo may not work for yours --- just ask Myrtle! (If anyone can figure out how to get her pics on her sidebar from overlapping, I am sure she is all ears...) Myrtle's HTML is coded different than mine, and I have not spent enough time with hers to figure it out yet -go figure! Also, she has done the trial and error 'HTMLing' without knowing why, so some of hers is , well,... I just don't know.

   This is also a really wonderful medium for you and/or your children to learn a little about HTML and graphics and such. You can play with it and not save it....

A HINT OF IMPORTANCE: You should save your template onto a wordpad or something before you do this! You should back it up every so often, depending on how often you play with/change it.

   So, if you are interested in a third column, here goes (according to MY HTML, of course):

1. I actually copied my HTML for my first sidebar, which was .sidebar; Then, I renamed it.
2. You can rename it .Sidebar2 or .SideLeft or whatever, as long as you know what it is.
3. Then, I took that name and used the HTML code to put it where I wanted it on my template. If you want 2 smaller columns on each side of your blogjournal, then put it after your .main ends.
4. I used the same HTML to put it into my template as it was for the other sidebar - i.e: !--BEGIN SIDEBAR--
5. I put: !--BEGIN SIDEBARrtside-- for my new sidebar.
6. I also had to change the td class to: td class='sidebarrtside'

   I had to fiddle with my column sizes quite a bit. JUST DON'T SAVE it, until you have previewed it, and it is what you want!

   I also had to replace and replace the Left margins of each column, so that they fit and I liked them, without them overlapping.

(I also changed my HEADER - if you are interested - , so I had to make sure they were the same at the top, but I will post that later, so as not to interfere with this)

There are about 800 or so pixels total in my template...

Here are where I set my pixels, so you have some point of reference:

.sidebar {

background-color: #F9F6D9;

width: 200px;

padding: 15px;

position: absolute;

left: 13px;

top: 440px;

 

.main {

background-color: #F9F6D9;

padding: 1px;

position: absolute;

left: 255px;

top: 440px;

width: 45%;

 

.sidebarrtside {

background-color: #F9F6D9;

width: 210px;

padding: 0px;

position: absolute;

left: 740px;

top: 440px;

NOW, I also went ahead and put border around mine...

and, that looks like this.....

border-top-width: 1px;

border-bottom-width: 1px;

border-right-width: 1px;

border-left-width: 1px;

border-top-style: solid;

border-right-style: solid;

border-bottom-style: solid;

border-left-style: solid;

border-top-color: #33338D; bold;

border-bottom-color: #33338D; bold;

border-right-color: #33338D; bold;

border-left-color: #33338D; bold;

   Did you know that you can take a look at all of this on your own??

   A FRIEND of mine told me that you can go up there to your VIEW button and go down to View Source, and you can view the HTML on a web page.  She also gave me a color site that you can choose all different colors from for your template: Zoicks.  Thanks, Denise!!

   And, finally - if this is just WAY TOO MUCH information, and you would rather leave it to the experts... I have Another FRIEND you may know.... She FIDDLES around with this stuff.... SHE is making a business of it, and I know she could help you!!

Toodles all... ( :