I've been cropping sections of code and found this

In line 7 of my skin

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo $io_charset; ?>" />

it seems with it in, the error is generated, without, it my layout is killed and any images along.

This is likely just something I plain need to view this crap properly....but its all I got to go on.

Any help is Appreciated!

Unfortunately the guide you followed is for 1.10.x and you running 2.4.x a lot changed between those two versions.

If I was you I'd start again, pick a skin that's *approximately* the shape you want, slap in an extra container for your left bar ( most are 2 col with sidebar on right ) and then just tart up the css/images/widgets to suit your current layout

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So if I did start anew and picked a skin, for example Miami Blue, could I just take my template (without any php code) and slap most of the skin's code in the middle?

Or rather than modify my custom template (again), I'd have to just modify Miami?

If the latter is the only option, to customize the skin and add my left menu, I suppose I couldn't just merge CSS files and copy my html code into the skin, could I....

I assume Miami blue would be a good one seeing as how its Ver. 2.4.5.
Thnx for the Reply though!

As I said, if it was me I'd pick a two column skin and add a new container for the third column. Then I'd meander into admin and use blog widgets to create all the stuff I needed for my header/sidebars.

Once I'd got all the various bits of html where I wanted them then I'd work on matching the css/images up top recreate my site.

I'd actually use b2evo to power the whole of your site, but that's a smidge further than you need to be right now ;)

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Some good news and some bad news....

I've definitely made some progress in my three columned custom asevo skin.

But I didn't follow most of your directions.... :roll:
Mostly cause of my inexperience in CSS I suppose.

But I have assembled (basically pasted) my left column menu and am now facing the center and right one.

Basically, what I want to do is merge the two (so they share the same background) with an image of a small line separating them...or, if possible, simply crop out the entire right column and leave just a few widgets hanging below the left menu.

I've tried putting them in one big <div>...didn't really work.

Also, cause I'm new b2evo....how would a/which widget would work to make up for menus and layouts? Is it one I'd have to install?

Thnx 4 the Help throughout the Holidays Bimbo!

ok, you're mixing evo stuff with basic css.

You don't need to put any html in your skin ( or rarely )

what you need to do with evo is build the basic structure of the page ( that'd be all the containers ), then you need to put them all in the right place ( that'd be basic css ) at this point I just put borders on stuff so I can see where it is, and *then* you need to think about what evo can put where.

For most of your stuff you'll probably just gonna want the free html widget ( instead of pasting your website html into your skin ;) ), for the rest there's probably an evo widget that does it already.

The rest is just css ;)

The good news is, it's only daunting the first time :D

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Thank you for the much clearer explanation on containers.
I actually discovered the Free HTML widget just before reading your reply, and it does make a lot of sense.

I now have 6 containers, the ones that matter:

-Top
-Left Sidebar
-Center
-Right Sidebar

One layout problem I'm facing is the Top container seems to shift everything towards the right, causing center and right bar to appear below everything...

that'd be the Basic CSS part huh...

Also just curious, is there any difference between HTML table sizes and CSS?
-example "width=780" >> "width: 114ex"

And a final question, I want the Blog title appearing in top banner like this skin....

[url="http://woldu.com/posts/blogs/blog2.php"]http://woldu.com/posts/blogs/blog2.php[/url]

How would that work? I tried putting the widget in a div with a background of the banner, but it would always size it incorrectly (repeating the picture).

I'm sure I'll be done soon now that I'm on what appears to be the right track.
Then these annoying questions will cease!

http://woldu.com/posts/blogs/blog1.php