Okay, I was opening a Social Network site, and decided to use ELGG. Its open source and a lot of people are using it for production. So I thought why not use it.

Here are good reasons not to use the default installation:

• The CSS and Layout is disgusting to say the least.
• The code barely validates.
• You have this odd tool bar on top of everything.
• All the links are on-top of each other.

Here is what I had to do to make my site look New and Improved!

• I created a layout

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