Confessional Two - Sixty Effing Cents

Ok, so Mission 2.1 blew over our faces. So much for clicking "Next Blog" endlessly... I really liked the challenge and I thought it was pretty much doable. I know I screwed up a few times but I didn't think that it was THAT easy to sabotage the whole thing...! I mean, one mistake?! C'mon... I thought Travis was going to be nicer than that! I don't think that we were judged fair in that mission. I think that eventhough Mitch screwed up, we should take into account all the other valid posts and if those good posts somehow count up to 100, then we should get our three dollars!

Kyle is the sexiest Mole alive.

Anyway, some of you are wondering how I made that floating thumbprint! Kinda neat, eh? Well it's pretty easy! By using the magical powers of CSS, we will make your blog prettier! If you want to add a blog wallpaper and you do not want it following you around as you scroll, then follow these steps!

1. 1. Upload your image to Imageshack. Take note of the URL of the wallpaper. (If you have a direct link to your wallpaper, then that can work fine too!)
   
2. 2. Go to your Blogger Dashboard.
3. 3. Click the Layout link.
4. 4. Click the Edit HTML tab.
5. 5. [EXTRA STEP] For safety purposes, backup your current template. To do this, click the Download Full Template link. Save the XML file in a safe place.
   
6. 6. Find the following text in the Edit Template section. Press CTRL+F to make your life easier! (Don't worry if it is not exactly like this, just find something similar in that huge chunk of text!)
   
   body {
   background-color: $bgcolor;
   margin: 0px;
   padding: 0px;
   font: $bodyfont;
   color: $textcolor;
   }
   
   
7. 7. Once you find that chunk of text, replace it with these:
   body {
   background-color: $bgcolor;
   background-image: url(http://URLTOTHEWALLPEPER.jpg);
   background-attachment: fixed;
   background-position: center center;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
   margin: 0px;
   padding: 0px;
   font: $bodyfont;
   color: $textcolor;
   }

Don't forget to change the http://URLTOTHEWALLPAPER.jpg to the URL that you took note of in Step 1!


8. 8. Click the pretty orange Save Template Button to see the effects!
9. 9. [EXTRA STEP] Don't forget, if you screw up at any time, you have a backup of your old template!

Enjoy your prettier blog!