minimalism: new york

People wanted a Minimalism layout with a sidebar, so here you go. Named for my lovely state of birth. :) The layout will stretch to fit larger monitors.

EDIT: Added code for customized contextual pop-ups.

"Wait, who the hell is ~daemon and what happened to ~thrashmetal?!"

layout notes
account types	Basic, Paid
compatible browsers	Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome Margin/padding issues in IE, as usual. Otherwise ok.
minimum resolution	1024x768
comment pages	Yes
navstrip	Optional
disabled	N/A
css stylesheet
stylesheet	/*--------------------------------------------------- STYLESHEET CREATOR: daemon.livejournal.com STYLESHEET NAME: New York S2 STYLE: Minimalism DOWNLOAD: spire.livejournal.com ****Please remember to credit!**** -----------------------------------------------------*/ body { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF; color:#444444; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height:20px; } textarea, input, select { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #DDDDDD; color:#444444; font-size:12px; max-width:450px; } a, a:visited { color:#000000; text-decoration:none; } a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } blockquote { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #DDDDDD; padding:14px; } .header { width:200px; } #page { padding-bottom:20px; position:absolute; top:70px; width:100%; } .content .header .userpic { display:inline; float:left; overflow:hidden; } .header .userpic-in, hr, .header h3, .header-sec h1 { display:none; } .header-sec h1 { display:none; font-size:12px; margin-top:-80px; position:absolute; text-align:right; width:60%; } .header h2 { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #000000; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:22px; letter-spacing:-1px; padding:16px; position:absolute; top:24px; } ul.nav { font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:-1px; line-height:31px; list-style-type:none; margin:0; padding:0; text-transform:lowercase; } ul.nav li { border-bottom:1px solid #DDDDDD; padding:2px 0; } ul.nav li a { color:#000000; } ul.nav li a:hover { color:#666666; text-decoration:none; } ul.nav-sub { display:none; } .layout { border-top:7px solid #DDDDDD; margin:121px auto; min-width:800px; padding-top:12px; width:60%; } .content { float:left; margin-right:-100%; width:100%; } .content-inner { margin-left:244px; margin-right:15px; margin-top:-176px; } .content .entry { margin:3.5em 0 0; overflow:hidden; position:relative; width:100%; } .content dd.entry-text { margin:0 auto; min-height:164px; } .metadata { line-height:16px; margin-left:22px; padding:11px 0; } .metadata dl { margin:0; padding:0; } .metadata dt, .metadata dd { display:inline; margin:2px; } dd.meta-music-value { background:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/Headphones1414.PNG") no-repeat scroll 0 -1px transparent; padding-left:15px; } dd.meta-mood-value { background:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/Contact1414.PNG") no-repeat scroll 0 -1px transparent; padding-left:15px; } dd.meta-location-value { background:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/Earth1414.PNG") no-repeat scroll 0 -1px transparent; padding-left:15px; } dd.meta-groups-value { background:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/MSN1414.PNG") no-repeat scroll 1px 0 transparent; padding-left:15px; } .meta-music-label, .meta-location-label, .meta-mood-label, .meta-groups-label { display:none !important; } .ljtags { margin-left:17px; margin-top:16px; } .ljtags a { color:#111111; } .vcard { text-align:right; } .vcard dd.username .ljuser a b { font-size:14px; } .vcard dt img { border:15px solid #111111; } .vcard .entry-date abbr { border:medium none; } .content .entry .entry-title { color:#000000; font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:-1px; line-height:27px; margin:5px 163px 5px 0; } .content .entry .entry-title a { } .content .entry .entry-linkbar { margin-right:0; padding-bottom:0.5em; text-align:center; } .content .entry .entry-text .author { float:right; margin:-2.6em 0 1.2em 1.2em; } .content .entry .entry-text .author * { margin-left:0; } .content .entry .entry-text .metadata dl { display:block; margin:0; padding:0; } .content .entry .entry-text .metadata dt, .content .entry .entry-text .metadata dd { display:inline; margin-left:0; } .content .entry .entry-text .metadata dt { font-weight:bold; margin-right:0.4em; } .content .entry .entry-text .metadata dd img { vertical-align:top; } .content .entry .entrymenu { margin:10px 0 0; padding:0; } .content .entry .entrymenu ul { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #000000; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0; margin-top:0; min-height:22px; padding:3px 11px; text-align:right; } .content .entry .entrymenu li { display:inline; margin-left:13px; } .content .entry .entrymenu li a { color:#FFFFFF; } li.tell_friend { display:none !important; } .content ul.page-nav { list-style:none outside none; margin:0; padding:29px 0; text-align:right; } .content ul.page-nav li { display:inline; margin:0 5px; } .content .page-nav a { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #000000; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:-1px; padding:8px 13px; } .calendar-wrap table { margin:16px auto; width:400px; } .calendar-wrap td { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #DDDDDD; padding-bottom:24px; padding-left:6px; } .calendar-wrap caption { font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:-1px; } .sidebar { float:left; width:100%; } .sidebar-inner { width:200px; } .sidebar-block dd { margin:0; } dl.sidebar-links a { font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; } dl.sidebar-links dd { background:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/Media-Player1414.PNG") no-repeat scroll 0 3px transparent; padding-left:17px; } .sidebar-block dt, .sidebar-powered { display:none; } .sidebar dd.calendar-wrap table { width:200px; } .sidebar dd.calendar-wrap table td { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #DDDDDD; padding:0 4px 6px; } .sidebar dd.calendar-wrap caption { font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:0; padding:4px 0; text-align:right; } .ljuser a b { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; text-decoration:none !important; } .ljuser a:hover b { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; border-bottom:0 none; text-decoration:none !important; } img[src*="userinfo.gif"], img[src*="userinfo-support.gif"], img[src*="user_ontd.gif"], img[src*="openid-profile.gif"], img[src*="anonymous.gif"] { background:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/Contact1414.PNG") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; height:0; padding:18px 13px 0 0 !important; width:0; } #lj_controlstrip img[src*="userinfo.gif"], #lj_controlstrip img[src*="user_ontd.gif"] { background:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/damniconsmini/user.gif") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; } img[src*="community.gif"], img[src*="partnercomm.gif"] { background-image:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/Home1414.PNG"); background-repeat:no-repeat !important; height:0; padding:17px 13px 0 0 !important; width:0; } img[src*="newsinfo.gif"] { background-image:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/Update1414.PNG") !important; background-repeat:no-repeat !important; height:0; padding:17px 13px 0 0 !important; width:0; } img[src*="syndicated.gif"] { background-image:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2014px/RSS1414.PNG") !important; background-repeat:no-repeat !important; height:0; padding:17px 13px 0 0 !important; width:0; } img[src*="icon_protected.gif"], img[src*="icon_groups.gif"], img[src*="icon_private.gif"] { background-image:url("http://irondevil.org/icon/categories/brsev%20Token%20Dark%2020px/Lock.png") !important; background-position:0 0; background-repeat:no-repeat; height:0; padding:1px 26px 17px 0 !important; width:0; } .comments-links { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #111111; color:#FFFFFF; padding:5px; text-align:center; } .entry-comments-text { } .comment-wrap { margin-bottom:11px; margin-top:24px; } .comment-upic img { border:14px solid #111111; float:left; height:75px; width:75px; } .comment-text { margin:14px 11px 0 114px; min-height:72px; } a.comment-permalink { margin:0 4px; } .comment-menu { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #111111; color:#000000; padding:5px 10px; text-align:right; } .comment-menu a, .comments-links a { color:#FFFFFF; } .comment-head-in { font-size:10px; padding-left:114px; } .comment-head-in p { display:inline; } .comment-head-in .ljuser { font-size:18px; } .comment-head-in img[src*="userinfo.gif"] { background-image:none !important; height:0; padding:0 !important; width:0; } .comment-head-in h3 { color:#AAAAAA; font-size:22px; letter-spacing:-1px; margin-bottom:0; } #qrform table { border:medium none !important; } .content-tags { padding:10px; } #lj_controlstrip { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #111111; color:#FFFFFF; } #lj_controlstrip td { border-bottom:medium none; color:#FFFFFF; } #lj_controlstrip a { color:#FFFFFF; } #lj_controlstrip_user, #lj_controlstrip_actionlinks, #lj_controlstrip_search, #lj_controlstrip_login, #lj_controlstrip_loggedout_userpic { border-right:0 none; } #lj_controlstrip_login td { border-bottom:0 none; } #lj_controlstrip td td { border-bottom:0 none; } #lj_controlstrip_userpic { background-image:url("http://stat.livejournal.com/palimg/controlstrip/ljlogo.gif/ptd4dce8000000"); } #lj_controlstrip_loggedout_userpic { background-image:url("http://stat.livejournal.com/palimg/controlstrip/ljlogo-loggedout.gif/ptd4dce8000000"); } #lj_controlstrip input { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #333333 !important; border:medium none; color:#FFFFFF !important; } #lj_controlstrip_search_input_text, #lj_controlstrip select, #lj_controlstrip input#xc_user, #lj_controlstrip input#xc_password, #lj_controlstrip input#xc_remember { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #333333 !important; border:medium none; color:#FFFFFF !important; } #lj_controlstrip .ljuser a b { background:none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; color:#FFFFFF; letter-spacing:0; text-decoration:none !important; } div.ContextualPopup div.Inner { background:#000 !important; border:1px solid #000; } div.ContextualPopup .Content { color:#ddd; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size:11px; margin:4px 59px 4px 4px; padding:10px; } div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:link, div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:visited { color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal; } div.ContextualPopup div.Inner a:hover { text-decoration:underline !important; } div.ContextualPopup .Relation { font-size:17px; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:-1px; color:#fff; } div.ContextualPopup .Userpic img { margin:7px; }
how to install
select journal style	Type Black Pit into the search box and apply the theme.
custom css	Make sure any drop-down boxes are set to No, paste the code into the box, and click Save Changes.
appendix
credit and comment	• Please credit spire somewhere public. (Profile, Links List, Friends Only post, etc.) • Comments aren't required, but are appreciated!
resources	Tiny icons by brsev.
read the layout faq before asking questions!
commission a custom layout!