This is a very simple short starter CSS code, this code will change your
 main background, site title (your name),main boxes on page, links, reply boxes, headshot backgrounds and quoted replies.
It will not change your entire page as its not a full base code but most of it will change using this code only
I've made this up as a starter pack for those of you learning CSS
for those who don't know the colors...  #fff is white #000 is black all you need to do is change colors and put in your own image links

This is a generic code once images are placed in it will work for most base themes,some elements will show but this is a starter ...its basically what I started with and yes this is all there was
Just follow the /*notations*/ they show which "bit" does what

/*Starter CSS for Multiply*/
/*change transparent to a color value for color*/

/*Entire Page Background, font style and text*/
body{
background: #fff;/*page background color at start load*/
background: url(place image link here);/*image link can be placed here*/
background-attachment: fixed;/*background stays when page moves*/
color: #fff;/*main text color over entire page*/
font-weight:bold;/*style of text over entire page*/
font-family: verdana, ariel,times;/*font over entire page*/
font-size:14px;/*size of text over entire page*/
}
/*All links on page*/
a, a:visited, a:link { color: #F9CE0D; } /*main link color*/
a, a:link, a:visited, a:active { color: #5E5D5B; } /*visited link color*/
a:hover { color: #ea6618; /*hover or mouseover link color*/
}

/*page title == YOUR name*/
h1#page_owner_title {
font-size: 35px;/*Xtra lge text*/
background-color: transparent;/*no color*/
background-image:none;/*no image*/
color: #000; /*black color*/
font-weight: bold;
font-family: verdana, ariel,times;/*font*/
text-align: left ;/*can be right,left or center*/
border: 0px solid #fff;/*no border-- change number to show border*/
}

/*ALL boxes on page*/
.itembox {
border: 0px solid #fff;/*no border-- change number to show border*/
overflow: visible;
background-image: none;
background-color: transparent;/*no color*/
color: #C19953;
background: url(place image link here);/*image link can be placed here*/
}

/*The REply BoX*/
.replybox {
color: #fff;/*white text color*/
background-image:none;/*no background image*/
background-color:#000; /*black background color*/
border:0px solid #000;/*no border-- change number to show border*/
background: url(place image link here);/*image link can be placed here*/
}
.replybodytext {
color: #fff;/*white text color*/
font-size:13px;/*font size is medium*/
}
/*quoted replies*/
.quotet {
color: #000;/*black text color*/
background-image:none;/*no background image*/
background-color:#fff; /*white background color*/
border: 0px solid #fff;/*no border-- change number to show border*/
background: url(place image link here);/*image link can be placed here*/
}

/* Background for Contacts and groups logos+ headshots*/
.contactbox {
color: #fff;/*white text color*/
background-image:none; /*no background image*/
background-color: transparent;/*transparent background*/
border:0px solid #000;/*no border-- change number to show border*/
background: url(place image link here);/*image link can be placed here*/
}

Of course if you need or want more everything you need is here on the main page of this group, don't ask us to make your CSS code up for you or make you a theme because well I've just given you a start on making it yourself.
Want a longer CSS code to work from go grab a base code from here

A quick tip: this code will avoid page distortion due to wide images, long URLs, text, etc. It will add a horizontal scroll-bar if the post/reply is wider than the normal width for your page. Simply add it to the end of your Custom CSS:

/* Add horizontal scrollbars to replies/posts too wide */
.replybodytext, .itembox .dummy, .itembox .bodytext {
overflow-x: auto;
}

The first selector is for replies, the second one for generic posts (blogs, etc) and the last one for photo album descriptions.

Enjoy!

You already know how to add a Tagged Content box and how to add a link to your posts with that tag or tags to the navigation menu, but probably you also noted that in the Tagged Content boxes there is no 'View All' link and the maximum number os posts in a box is 9 o 12, depending on your settings. Frustrating, isn't it?

But motivated by this tutorial in the group created by psycothic2 about how to add 'Back to Top' link, I have found a simple work around, see the image. It's easy to add one to your Tagged Content box.

Let's say you have a box for posts tagged with 'tutorial', and you know that the relative link to all the posts for this tag on your page is "tag/tutorial" also. Then do this:

1. Click on 'Customize My Site';

2. Click on 'Edit' in your Tagged Content box for 'tutorial';

3. In the title of the box, add this code:
<div align="right"><a class="select" href="/tag/tutorial">View All</a></div>

4. Click on the Save button.


The only part of the code you need to change is the name of the tag, shown in blue above.

PS: Is your tag has one or more blank spaces in the middle of it, like 'getting started', replace each space with '%20', for instance: "tag/getting%20started".

Enjoy!

CSS Validator
What is it what does it do?
It finds errors in your code that's what it does, not only your code but the code for the entire page you get Multiplys errors as well but that's ok we don't mind those
Lets bring mine up and see what it says
click to view larger

What does it mean?
The top two parts are Multiplys code
The bottom one is the code for your page ...or in this case my page.
It says I have 8 errors in my code ..yes 8 grrr
That I need to change border:none; in my .itembox to border:1px solid none; (or 0px solid none;)
I can remove from  div.owner_nav the -moz-border-radius as its not doing anything
and the overflow-x and overflow-y only shows in my code it isn't in the other code at all .. its staying though that's the code for auto scroll bars.
I haven't got many errors left now but I can tell you I've had few good ones, left out the #'s or doubled them up
It actually told me which parts were broken and how to change them.

What you do is bring your page up on it, copy the "part" on the left where it says the error is into your find feature (Firefox Ctr+f or find on Notepad) and take a look at that "part" in your CSS code normally you can see the error straight away.
Sometimes you might not see an error at all, so remove spaces instead.
 
If you can't find any errors and everything is working fine on Firefox and IE don't worry ..if its working it isn't broken its just the Validator being fussy.

Just a note:
Do NOT if you don't feel confident about removing anything or trying to change anything in your CSS code by yourself "mess" with it..its better to leave it and let someone else look and fix for you if you don't know what you are doing.
There are plenty of people here who can look,seek and find errors ... they prefer treats (chocolate will do)

Lost Your " UNHIDE " Links?

Many never look in Customize/Page Layouts.  Or once set as you want them, you have no reason to go back into that section.  But this is one thing that must be adjusted if you cannot find your " UNHIDE " links for anything you have hidden on your homepage.  Especially your Guestbook.

If you use the LINEAR page layout for your homepage (All new content posts to your homepage in the order it's posted regardless of what kind of content it is, one on top the other and mixed together - Blog, Link, etc.) Then you must switch to Box View to Access your "unhide" links in the yellow customization bar.  You also cannot unhide your Guestbook while in Linear view.

Unless you have set your main page layout to Linear View instead of Boxes View in the settings, you can almost completely customize your main page.

First, you can edit your Page Title and boxes titles after you click on Customize My Site (you find this link in the rail, below your headshot) by simply clicking on Edit in the upper-right corner of these boxes. If you can't, please look at my previous post for a work-around.

You can move the section boxes also. Just 'grab' them by the Move link (click on the link and keep the mouse button pressed and the mouse pointer should change to a little hand indicating that you can grab it) and move it to the place you want it. A dashed frame will appear indicating where the box will be after you release it. If you want to arrange them side-by-side, move it to the bottom-right corner, and it should fit just beside the last one. Do this in order to make two columns then arrange them so each section will be in the place you want it. Be aware that it does not work always: some themes allow only one column, but even in these themes you can organize them in the order that pleases you.

Don't want to show a section in your main page? Simple: click on the Hide link. Made a mistake? Look for Unhide: links at the top yellow bar that shows up while your are in the 'Customization Mode'. The section will show again on your main page but maybe not at the same place, so look all over the page for it and move it again to the right place.

When you finish, either click on the 'Done' button on the top bar or click again on Customize My Site to exit the Customization Mode'.

If you are not using it yet, maybe you will have to download and install a recent version of Firefox, which is much more compatible with Multiply and more secure and better overall.

Large pictures may make the column where the Guestbook is in your main page too wide. Either remove the entry or ask the poster to remove the code. Also, you can add code to your Custom CSS to display a scrollbar instead. And now ou can even disable HTML completely in the comments, take a look at the Guestbook FAQ post for more info.

Moving content boxes only works if your page is in Boxes View (as opposed to Linear View), of course. To change this, go to this page. Also, be aware that some themes only allows 1 column of boxes, so you cannot put them side-by-side to make them smaller. If you want this, you have to choose another base theme. You can see which ones allow 2 columns in the Choose a Theme page.

NOTE:  RECENT UPGRADE REQUIRES YOU DO THIS FIRST IF YOU HAVE ANY FEATURE OR THEME RELATED PROBLEMS.






Sometimes referred to as "temporary internet files & cookies" in Internet Explorer, or cache files in Firefox...... (and other browsers may have them named something else)

.... They are all temporary files that your computer and/or web browser uses and accumulates over your browsing and computing history. This accumulation can cause a multitude of errors, both on your computer and online.

They serve a purpose to speed up your computer and browsing experience, by making web pages you frequent come up faster (at first).. but as these files fill up, they then will slow you down and can even cause browser crashes.

They can cause a multitude of browsing errors, but I will refer specifically to Multiply. They can cause web pages not to update properly (message board for instance) because your browser grabs an old page instead of bringing up an updated page. They can cause uploading or viewing of images, audio or video files to stall or not show, or just not happen. They can prevent you from downloading. They can even cause the "customize site" button not to show you the yellow drop down customization options. Just about every problem you may have on Multiply can many times be fixed by simply clearing these temporary files out!

Your computer or browser has default settings for the size of these files, that are adjustable upwards. However the larger you adjust these settings, the slower and more bogged down your computer will become before the inevitable much needed clean out.

There are several ways to do this cleaning, depending on your browser. I'll address IE and Firefox (since they are the ones I use)

In IE, while NOT at Multiply, go to Tools, Internet Options, and in the temporary internet section of that window, delete cookies and files. That's it. (If you go into settings in that same window you can adjust your temp files size)

In Firefox, while NOT at Multiply, go to tools, options, advanced tab.. and clear cache. (I raised my default 50 in Firefox to 100 mb and Firefox works better for me using that setting)

Your computer also caches temporary windows files (for pc users) Rebooting clears many of those out so for severe errors I usually suggest rebooting (though I rarely have to do it more than once a day AS LONG as I clean my temp files regularly)

Reboot means to shut down your computer normally, from the start button, using the restart option. When you close your computer down, it dumps windows temporary cache files that it stores and can't be cleaned while your computer is on. This speeds up your computer considerably also, which can also speed up browsing.

One other option that I PREFER, which clears ALL of my IE temporary internet files, cookies, Firefox cache files as well as my computer cache files... and all with one click.. is a temporary file manager.

I personally use ccleaner which is free from ccleaner.com and the only one I recommend to novice computer users because of ease of use. (Uncheck the install toolbar sponsor when installing) I'm sure there are other free temp file cleaners you can google for also, though ccleaner does come with extra tools you can use.

So regardless of the problem you may be having on Multiply, always clear these temp files first by one of the methods listed above. If you find you still have a problem and post about it, let us know that you have already done this. Most Multiply problems are not Multiply problems but are actually computer problems. We have found that for many problems posted here, this is the first thing we have to recommend, and then wait for your to do this, reboot, come back, check your problem, and then come back and tell us if all is well. And most of the time, this works!!

This was originally posted here Fix it short cuts
I re posted it with images and colours

Of course there are more hidden links than what is on that post ...if you have one that isn't there post it so others can use the link as well

Add these codes to the end of your Custom CSS to hide the info on your rail (where your headshot goes on your pages):

- Hides your status, name and place:
.railbody p {
display:none;
}

- Hides only the place (italics):
.railbody p i {
display:none;
}

- Hides only the status (bold):
.railbody p b {
display:none;
}

- You can then combine them to show only your name:
.railbody p {
display:none;
}
.railbody p i, .railbody p b {
display:block;
}

As a side note and extra tip, you can remove the 'Comment deleted' messages from your pages adding with this (you don't need it for your Guestbook as it's already enabled in it):
.replydeleted {
display:none;
}

JavaScript (the have the script tag in the code) and iframe codes aren't allowed in Multiply for security reasons. Any other code that is simple HTML or Flash, like the ones that use the EMBED or OBJECT command, should work fine. Usually the site give you options for the code: look for the one in simple HTML (no script tags) or one that uses Flash.

Tip: many widgets that use JavaScript code also have a non-JavaScript code attached for compatibility reasons, like the counter from sitemeter.com. To use it on Multiply simply copy the code between the noscript tags. For example, if they give you this code:

<!-- Site Meter -->
<script type="text/javascript" src=">http://s24.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=YourUsername">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://s24.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=YourUsername" target="_top">
<img src="http://s24.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=YourUsername" alt="Site Meter" border="0"/></a>
</noscript>
<!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->


Copy this part and use it in your site:

<a href="http://s24.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=YourUsername" target="_top">
<img src="http://s24.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=YourUsername" alt="Site Meter" border="0"/></a>


PS: JavaScript isn't the same as Java. Java widgets should work too, as they usually use the EMBED/OBJECT tag.


As a side note, sometimes when you try to copy and paste excerpts from other web pages to yours, usually blog entries, you may get the message that 'JavaScrit/CSS isn't allowed', and you can save your post. It happens because some of the page code was also copied and also pasted with the text. To avoid this, first paste the excerpt in a plain-text editor, like Notepad on Win or Smultron on a Mac, and then copy it again and paste on your page. You will get only the text and should be able to save your entry.

After recent updates you do most of the page editing and change the settings directly on your main page. You just have to click on the Customize My Site link at the the rail, below the headshot, or go to settings -> My Site. There is no other way to change some settings. The only exceptions are the Page Layout and the Welcome Message box, that can be edited using this link: http://multiply.com/setup/pages/content

But sometimes you enter the wrong HTML code and you can't change the settings anymore (or you might have some broken code before the update and now you can't edit your main page at all). So follow these simple tips:

- Download and install the latest Firefox if you haven't done yet. It's a free web browser, more secure and stable than IE (Internet Explorer) and it's more compatible with Multiply too;

- Lately it seems that most problems are due to graphics added by to the Guestbook. If you think it's the problem, please follow the tips in this tutorial to hide the graphics or delete the offending entry:
http://multiplydesign.multiply.com/journal/item/41/Guestbook_FAQ

- Backup your Custom CSS (when you choose another theme you may lose the code);

- Chose another base theme and try to edit the section that has the broken code. You may have to change themes a couple of times if it does not work at the first time.

- If it still does not work, go to the pages below and remove any HTML code, leaving just plain text:
http://multiply.com/setup/pages/content (Welcome Message and boxes titles)
http://Your_Username.multiply.com/edit/title (Page Title - replace Your_Username with your actual Multiply username)

• Large pictures may make the column where the Guestbook is in your main page too wide. Either remove the entry or ask the poster to remove the code. Also, you can add this code to your Custom CSS to display a scrollbar when it happens:

          #home_guestbook .replybody { overflow:auto; }

          or, if you don't want it to display any image at all:

          #home_guestbook .replybody img { display: none; }

• How to remove/delete messages from your Guestbook:

            At your main page, you won't see the links to delete comments or edit your own replies in your Guestbook. To do this, you have to go to the Guestbook page. You can get there using one of these ways:
            - at your main page, click on the link below your Guestbook "View All NNN Comments"
            - use this link: http://Your_Username.multiply.com/guestbook (replace Your User_Name with your actual Multiply username)

            If you cannot find the delete link for the offending graphic, you can try this: use the delete link from another comment and try to modify it to delete what you want, like this: get the delete link from the previous or next entry (right-click on the link and use 'Copy Link Location' on Firefox or the analogous command in your browser), copy it to your browser's location bar (the one where you type the http://...) and modify it to reflect the entry you want to delete.

For instance, the delete link to my 250th entry in my guestbook is something like this:
javascript:confirmLink("Are you sure you want to delete this reply?", "/item/delete-reply/lfom:guestbook:1+250?xurl=http%3A%2F%2Flfom.multiply.com%2F&usertoken=manylettershere")

So, if I want to delete the next entry, I simply copy it to the my browser's location bar, replace 250 with 251 like this:
javascript:confirmLink("Are you sure you want to delete this reply?", "/item/delete-reply/lfom:guestbook:1+251?xurl=http%3A%2F%2Flfom.multiply.com%2F&usertoken=manylettershere")

and press the ENTER (or RETURN) key. A confirmation dialog should appear, then click on OK.

• Also, you can edit the number of comments displayed at your main page and the access (privacy) level if you click on Customize My Site and then on the Edit link found in the Guestbook box (see the image below).

• You can now completely disable HTML in your Guestbook replies, just edit it in your main page (see the picture below).

• If you are still experiencing problems about deleting stuff in your Guesbook and your are using Firefox, you can go to its menu and select: View -> Page Style -> No Style (look to a similar option in your browser if you're using another program) to disable CSS in your page so you can use the delete links to remove any offending material. Then you can enable it again.

• If you can't see your Guestbook and you didn't hide it using the Hide link while your main page is in 'Customization Mode', probably you've set your Homepage to 'Linear View'. Return it to 'Boxes View' to see your Guestbook again:

            http://multiply.com/setup/pages/home

• If you try to add HTML code in a comment at someone else's Guestbook that isn't your contact, the HTML will be removed. Of course, the same happens in your Guestbook for people that aren't in your contact list. (DEPRECATED: does not work this way anymore, if you don't want HTML in your Guestbook, disable it completely as explained above)

If you have any questions about this or other topics, please title accordingly and post >>> HERE

THANKS ! Your assistance is greatly appreciated! :)

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