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HOW TO:
— Select any Brittle layout. Pick 2 Columns (Sidebar on Left).
— Under the Presentation tab, select text-only for entry management links. It should look like this.
— Under the Modules tab, make sure all the modules you'd like to use fall under the Main Module Section. Order as you see fit; here's an example.
— Go to the Custom CSS tab and uncheck the Use Layout's Stylesheet(s) box.
— !!! IMPORTANT! Copy this whole thing if your screen resolution is higher than 1280 x 768.
— !!! If your screen resolution is 1280 x 768 or lower, use this version.
— Paste the code, hit save, and you're done.
— Tested on FF and Chrome, comment pages are fuctional but gross, leave a comment for trouble-shooting!
— Feel free to edit, but do not take out the credit line from the layout code.

!!!CHANGING THE HEADER BACKGROUND/IMAGE:
— look for this section:

#header {
display: inline-block;
width: 700px;
height: 240px;
background: #444 url(pretend this is a link);
color: #fff;
margin-left: 20%;
margin-right: 15%;
margin-bottom: 20px;

Blue font is where the 6-digit color hex code goes, red font is where the image URL goes. Header image must be at least 700px by 240px.