Can anyone recommend a good LJ layout?

[red_satin_doll]

ETA 11/18/12 :  I've decided to go with Blue Woodcut for now, although it doesn't use Ariel-style font (or have tags in a column.  I can deal.)  It's actually quite similar to the Weston series template gabrielleabelle used but is not completely identical, and rarely seen (at least in this corner of the Buffy-fandom sandbox I play around in.)  And: pretty.  Easy on the eyes counts for a lot. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. 

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Exactly what the title says: I chose this particular template because it had: black print on white ground (hey, I'm getting older, kids - readability?  It's an issue - and if it is for me, then....); color around the edges to catch the eye; fairly clean and simple graphic layout; and, the tags were visible.  (The template I originally chose was nice, but tags were not visible, so why even bother?)

But - now it's starting to irk me. It feels as though the text is squeezed in too narrowly, and thus my icon becomes more prominent right at the top of each post (or maybe I need to downsize my icons), which distracts my eyes visually when I put a photo at the top of the post.

So, if anyone can recommend another layout - and, oh yeah, it has to be one of the free ones. 

I'm not "fussy" - I prefer "particular", thanks muchly.

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[snowpuppies (from livejournal.com)]

As for OpenID, I'd go here: https://www.dreamwidth.org/openid/
Follow the instructions (i.e. type in "red_satin_doll.livejournal.com") and hit the Login button. After you do this, you should be taken to an LJ page that asks for your permission for LJ to share info with DW (this will basically just link to your journal/profile). I think there will be two options: just this once, or all the time. I'd pick the second. I think that any time you're on DW from then on, you should remain "logged in" with your OpenID from LJ. You can comment and subscribe to journals using that.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Ok I click "unsuspect comment" I think I know why it did that, it's happened to me before. There have been replies/comments I've written that included a link and for some reason it would only go through correctly until I removed the link. But that hasn't happened in some time now. Maybe there's something wrong with your link here, but it showed up fine in my inbox. Weird.

Anyhow, I went to the link from my inbox, and I don't get the page you describe when I hit the Login button. It take me to another DW page asking for my DW account or create a new one. I don't see the options you describe anywhere.

[snowpuppies (from livejournal.com)]

Did you fill in the box in the middle of the page (not the top!)?

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I didn't see another section but I'll give it another look. (If it'd been a snake, as my mom used to say to me.)

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I actually just went to your DW page and found an Open ID link at the top of it (your new template is very pretty btw) so I think I got it right. The number of DW templates blew my mind.

http://ext-1375912.dreamwidth.org/read

[snowpuppies (from livejournal.com)]

Woo! You should be able to comment at DW with your openid now, and people will be able to follow that back to your LJ.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Coolness! Thanks for your help, because I've been dying to comment on your stories specifically.

And keeping in mind what you said about LJ vs DW, it's not out of the question that I'd eventually end up switching too.