CSS + LJ = ?

[c9]

Calling all CSS-aware people!

(this will make more sense if you read it in my journal)

I switched to one of the new layouts (Expressive) they brought over from the Vox project, and it's nifty. However, I find it far too busy, and different posts blur together a bit. To combat this, I added the black background begind the titles. Not sure about that yet, but it helps.

What I need help with is the user icons. I hate having text wrap below the icon the way it's doing right now. The first few lines are beside my picture, then the next ones are below. My design sense* hates it. I tried adding this CSS to my code, but it won't work. Suggestions?

img.user-icon   // I also tried just ".user-icon"
{
    align: right;
}

Update: Got it! I'm a bit thick.

.user-icon
{
 float: right;
}

* such as it is.

Comments

[putaindemerde.livejournal.com]

You read my mind... seriously.

When you find out, please let me/the rest of us know.

Merci beaucoup, mon chèr. :-)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Got it! See my update.

[putaindemerde.livejournal.com]

Umm, while you're at it, say I want to change my font to Palatino or Trebuchet, how do I do that?

(I know, I know... I need to take an html/internet course or something... )

p/s - thank you SO much

[c9.livejournal.com]

Look at the source to find the class for the text you're interested in. Then google "html css div font" to get some resources to bookmark.

Here's what you want:

.classname
{
    font: bold 18px arial, sans-serif;
}

[putaindemerde.livejournal.com]

Thanks again, Cam. :-D

[putaindemerde.livejournal.com]

Please share how you did the black bar? I'm HTML-retarded... :-(

[c9.livejournal.com]

Here's my current custom CSS, but the alignment one doesn't work:

.asset-header, .comments-nav
{
    background-color: black;
}
.user-icon
{
    align: right;
}
.comment-odd
{
    border: 1px solid black;
}

[thespos]

I'm having a similar issue with my current layout, because I want to fix the width of the sidebar.

I tried reading the CSS and just couldn't find anything. I did add your code doohickey, tho, and it fixed a different problem. Odd that.

Glad you got it worked out. :-)