Code for layout (with banner):

<img src="http://tinypic.com/ddgjh2.jpg"> <!-- Blink Boxes : Provided by Blogring.net --> <script language=JavaScript> <!-- //blink boxes - xanga.com/add_ons //by sean f http://www.xanga.com/seanmeister //fixed to work with new security measures by //hotaru_01 http://www.xanga.com/hotaru_01 // customize by changing the values below // these are the various colors, in quotes, seperated by commas var blinkColors = new Array("#000000","#CC0000","#990000"); // the border color var blinkBorderColor = "#CC0000" // the border width, in pixels var blinkBorderWidth = 1; // the # of rows var blinkRows = 2; // the # of columns var blinkCols = 15; // the width of the entire box, in pixels or % var blinkWidth = 550; // the height of each row, in pixels var blinkRowHeight = 5; // speed of blinking, in milliseconds var blinkRate = 2; // do not edit below this line st=setTimeout; document.write("<table id='blinkbox' width='" + blinkWidth +"' border = 0 cellspacing='" + blinkBorderWidth + "' cellpadding=0 bgcolor='" + blinkBorderColor +"'>"); for (r = 0; r < blinkRows; r++){ document.write("<TR>"); for (c = 0; c < blinkCols; c++){ document.write("<TD height='" + blinkRowHeight + "'></TD>"); } document.write("</TR>"); } document.write("</table>"); // ... and this makes it blink function blinkIt() { changecell = Math.floor(Math.random() * (blinkCols * blinkRows)); changecolor = Math.floor(Math.random() * blinkColors.length); bb = document.getElementById("blinkbox"); bbtd = bb.getElementsByTagName("td"); bbtd[changecell].style.backgroundColor = blinkColors[changecolor]; st('blinkIt()', blinkRate); } blinkIt(); //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: #000000; background-image: url (IMAGE URL HERE); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: bottom right; background-color: #000000; scrollbar-arrow-color: #990000; scrollbar-track-color: #000000; scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000; scrollbar-face-color: #000000; scrollbar-highlight-color: #990000; scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#000000; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #990000; } .left, .blogbody, table.footer, .standard, .leftmodulefontcolor, td, p { /* edits main text */ font:normal 11px tahoma; line-height:10px; color: #CC0000; letter-spacing:0px; text-align:justify; } table.footer TD { /* this makes the footer at the bottom centered */ /* leave it alone unless you know what to do*/ text-align: center; } div.blogheader, .caption { /* edits the dates */ font-family: tahoma; text-transform: Capitalize; font-size:16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: #CC0000; background-color: #000000; text-align: left; border: 1px dashed #CC0000; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px; padding-left: 5px; } a:link, .footernav.link, a.footernav:link, a.footernav:active { /* edits all links */ color: #CC0000; font:normal 11px tahoma;line-height:10px; text-decoration: none; } a:visited, a.footernav:visited, { /* edits the links that the user has visited */ color: #CC0000; font:normal 11px tahoma; line-height:10px; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { /* edits when user mouseovers the links */ color: #CC0000; font:normal 11px tahoma; line-height:10px; text-decoration: none; } input, select, textarea, .textfield, .button { /* this edits the buttons, dropdowns, etc. */ border: 1px solid #CC0000; font:normal 11px tahoma; background-color: #000000; letter-spacing:0px; color: #COLOR CODE HERE; filter: alpha(style=0,opacity=50); } table.left { /* this edits the menu module */ border: 1px dashed #CC0000; width:160px; background-color: #000000; } table.blogbody { /* this edits the other the place where the blog is */ background-image: url; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: top left; background-color: #000000; width:400px; border: 1px dashed #CC0000; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 1px; } table.left th { /* on your menu module, this edits the title part of it */ /* like BLOGRINGS, POSTING CALENDAR, etc */ background-color: #000000; font: bold 11px tahoma; color: #CC0000; border: none; text-align: center; } table.left TD { /* on your menu module, this edits the body part of it */ background-color: #000000; border: none; text-align: center; border-top: 1px dashed #CC0000; } table.search TD, table.search, table.announcements { /* border of search bar (if you have it) */ background-color: #000000; border: 1px dashed #CC0000; } table.search TD, table.announcements TH { /* this should be left alone */ /* unless you know what to do */ border: 0px solid #CC0000; } table.navigation, table.main, table.footer { /* the width of your blog with modules */ width: 500px; } hr { /* horizontal divider */ border: 1px dashed #CC0000; } </style> <!-- End Script by Blogring.net --> <BODY style="border-bottom: #990000 23t double; border-top: #990000 23t double; border-left: #CC0000 23t double; border-right: #CC0000 23t double"></TBODY> <a href="http://xanga.com/rebel_layouts" target="_blank">xRebeLxLayoutSx</a><br /> <style type="text/css"> .blogbody i, .standard i, p i, em { font-weight: italic; color: #CC0000;} </style> <style type="text/css"> .blogbody b, .standard b, p b, strong { /* edits bolded text in your entry */ font-weight: bold; color: #CC0000; } </style> <style> u{ border-bottom: 1px dashed #CC0000; color:#CC0000; } </style> <!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --> <style type="text/css"> /* Blurred Hyperlinks - xanga.com/add_ons - use only 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315, or 360 for DIRECTION - STRENGTH means the blur power - do not change or remove HEIGHT:0 and add="0" */ a:hover { filter:blur(add="0",direction="90",strength="7"); height:0; } </style> <!-- end code provided by createblog.com --> <!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --> <style> a:hover { border: 1px solid #CC0000; } </style> <!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->  

"one bathtub at a time sign"

http://tinypic.com/ddjed2.jpg 

make sure you pic that URL in the "background" for "look and feel". also make sure everything looks EXACTLY how it looks below.

Background (?)

Color:   edit - transparent Pic:  (?)  test pic - clear   top left top center top right center left centered center right bottom left bottom center bottom right   repeat in all directions repeat horizontally repeat vertically don't repeat   scroll with page keep it fixed