you shouldn't be! dw gave free users advanced customization back a few weeks ago. the place where you get the codes for the layer gives you step-by-step instructions, so it's not that hard to do, either.
http://xiahtic.livejournal.com/301550.html i gave the smooth sailing link, too, but you can't use it b/c you have to choose page set-up with ss, and dw doesn't have that yet. but the flex squares works just fine! :D and if you have any troubles, you can scope the comments or just ask me :))
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