[LAYOUT: LIVEJOURNAL] S2 Expressive: Escapist

[millenniumangel]

View LIVE Preview?
Also view Live Preview @ my personal journal!

 

Title	Escapist
Style	S2 Expressive
Account Type	Any (Plus best w/ ads placed between entries)
Code	Download @ Millennia Studios (.zip file)
Features (All)	Custom Image Navigation, Custom User & Security Icons, Custom comment forms, Entry/Sidebar Header Ornaments, Custom Bullets, Entry Divider, Header Image
Features (Paid/Perm)	Multi-Level Tags, Userpic links to allpics.bml, Multiple Custom Text Widgets, additional security icon for Public entries
Disabled	Title, Subtitle, Friends Page Title, Nav Text
Notes	This design was originally intended to replace an old Component-based style on my personal journal. I was happy with it, and so decided to share :) Based on the song “Escapist” by Nightwish.
Questions?	F.A.Q. // Crediting
Like this?	Watch millenniumangel // Affliate? // More Layouts

 

RULES OF USE

1) Credit millenniumangel in your profile
2) Upload ALL images to your own website or hosting space!
3) DO NOT claim as your own! I spent a long time working on this layout!
4) Comments and critiques are love, but not required. :)
5) Do not port to other blog systems!

 

GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE...

AKA the resources I used to make this :)

 

[X] The layout is based on the song “Escapist” by Nightwish. Purchase this song, because it is amazing.
[X] Perm/Paid Account Layer Code and mods were yoinked from s2expressive, explainittome, and s2layers. Their original creators are credited in the layer document. But just in case:
    [X] Custom User Icons: from s2layers, code by kunzite1
    [X] Customized Sidebar Headings: from s2expressive, code by martygreene
    [X] Customized Date/Time Format: from s2expressive, code by nimoloth
    [X] Multi-Level Sidebar Tags: from s2expressive, code by av8rmike
    [X] Userpics linked to allpics.bml: from s2expressive, code by av8rmike
    [X] Reorganized Metadata: from s2expressive, code by av8rmike
    [X] Additional Custom Text Widgits: from s2expressive, code by nimoloth
    [X] Custom Entry Security Icons + Additional Icons for Public entries: from explainittome, code by kunzite1. The entry has unfortunately disappeared.
    [X] Remove poster name from summary widget: from s2expressive, code by av8rmike
[X] Background pattern is from GRSites.com
[X] Icons are recoloured from the Silk Icons at famfamfam.com
[X] Fonts used:
    [X] Zapfino Linotype Two - Header & Friends Only Images - Main Text
    [X] Lucia BT - Accent text
    [X] Windsong - Navbar Text
[X] Brushes & Stock Art used in images (all are from deviantART):
    [X] Icon Ornaments by ~daughterofsnape (Widget & Journal Header Ornament)
    [X] Winter Brushes by =deamond89 (Snowy stuff in header)
    [X] Dangling Glows by *redheadstock (Sparklies in the Navbar image, Blockquote image, and Subject Bar border)
    [X] Dividers Pack 2 by *ro-stock (Entry divider)
    [X] Night Lights Brushes by =m-ajinah (Header Image)
    [X] My Brush Set by `thundercake (Friends Only Image)
    [X] Unique Borders by ~green-eyed-butterfly (Header & Friends Only Images)
    [X] 227 HQ Ornaments Brushes 4 by ~buburu (Header & Friends Only Images)
    [X] Bird Stock by ~fallen-again-stock (Header & Friends Only Images)
    [X] 8 Large Light Textures by ~guitarnextdoor (Default Icon, Header & Friends Only Images)

 

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: BASIC/PLUS

1. Download the .zip archive and extract.
2. Upload all images to your own webspace!
3. Replace the links in the "Escapist.css" file with the matching URLs on your webspace.
4. Go to the "Select Journal Style" page, type "Unstyled" in the search box, and select the Expressive Unstyled layout.
5. Now go to the "Customize Journal Style" page, click "Custom CSS", and copy-past everything in Escapist.css into the "Custom CSS" box.
6. Save the changes, and then go about customizing text as you see fit! :D

 

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: PAID/PERMANENT

1. Download the .zip archive and extract.
2. Upload all images to your own webspace!
3. Replace the RED links in the "EscapistLayer.rtf" file with your URLs.
4. Go to the Advanced Customization Menu
5. Create a new layer, and paste everything in the "EscapistLayer.rtf" file into the main text area
6. Save & compile
7. Go to "Select Journal Style", click the "Your Custom Layers" link on the menu, find the new layer, and select "Apply Theme". You're done!

Crossposted: mintyapple (entry here), Millennia Studios, deviantART