Try "N A R R O W" (the browser window, that is).
While I think all the creative efforts going into Active Rain blog customization are great, in my information-overloaded-world, filled with too-much-sound, too-much-stuff, too-much-to-do, and too-much-in-general, I was finding all the different brightly colored AR blog backgrounds were just simply adding to that feeling of way-too-much.
Simple solution?
Just move your cursor over to the edge of your browser's window and drag it inward, making the window narrower. As the window narrows, the blog background is no longer visible.
Ah, that's better. Feels like turning down the sound on a TV that is too loud.
Sorry, Jeff, this isn't meant to pick on you, but here's an illustration:
Cheryl,
A voice of reason. Thank you.
I prefer the "AR Classic" skin, and expect to retain it for some time to come.
Thanks for the suggestion Cheryl. I'm new to Active Rain and just starting to figure things out.
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I enjoy looking at the different backgrounds but some can use your method. Thanks for the heads up.
Hi Cheryl...OK I'll go back and take another "objective" look at mine. Hope I haven't made anyone dizzy or giwen them visual overload.
I got so excited I actually wrote a post listing a number of people that had customized.
Anyway, I love AR no matter what we've done to it!
Kathleen