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[pensnest]

LJ-induced rage! I managed to click on a 'mystyle' entry at some point in my browsing this morning, and for reasons I don't understand this transformed my LJ layout to Generator in dark blues, black and white. Deep frustration! Mercifully I had kept a list of the colours I chose for this set-up, but argh!

Thinks: I wonder if it is time to make another pathetic attempt to make a pretty layout? Can I bear the pain?

Also, it is time to prune my userpics. Woe.

Comments

[hsw.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember a known issue showing up somewhere that LJs are randomly going back to Generator for no visible reason.

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[pensnest]

Yes, I think you're right. It was doubly frustrating in that my chosen colours were showing when I looked at the customize page, but not when I looked at my journal! Ah well, all better now.

[ginabeth.livejournal.com]

Good luck on the pretty layout. I've spent hours upon hours trying to do it, to no avail. I give up and then see everyone elses and being the lemming that I am, I want a pretty one too, so more hours and hours, and then I give up again. I can't figure it out. I've resigned to the fact that I'm just not smart enough. HA

[pensnest]

I know just how you feel... it's infuriating, isn't it, feeling that you really *ought* to be able to figure this out. Gah.

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

I am becoming at least a little knowledgeable about the Flexible Squares code and now that I've finished tweaking my own recent layout I think I have both the time and the interest to try and make a layout for you if you want. Just tell me what you would like and I'll try to come up with something.

PS None of your posts after the Victorian icon one is showing up on my flist for some reason. Have you maybe made a post dated on another date than the day you made it without checking the little tickybox "Entry backdated" (or whatever it says exactly)? Despite the silly wording you have to check that even when you date something in the future, if you don't none of the posts you make after that will show up on your friends' flists until that date has passed. I don't really know why, but that's the way it's set up according to the FAQ.

[pensnest]

Ooh, squeak, I would be delighted to have a layout made by you!

As you can see I have done some redecorating of my own, but it would be wonderful to have a header and possibly background wallpaper in peachyness with a bit of red and orange, featuring the Adored One, of course. Ooh. Maybe you can teach me how to make use of my sidebar, as I would very much like to be able to put stuff into it - quick links to things like my fanfic100 table, also my tags.

(Meanwhile, must make small adjustment so that names are not invisible. Hmm.)

Ah - you're quite right about the post dated on another day, I had to do a Dragon post so I could sort out the feedback links on the web pages, hadn't realised it would hide my subsequent posts. Not that there was much in those posts of any great moment, fortunately.

Dragons today! Squee! Go read!

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

Very nice colours, warm and cheerful!

First, adding links to the sidebar is very simple, start by reading this FAQ - it has links to the relevant pages too.

Second, what kind of layout appeals to you? A basic one with a banner added (and perhaps a background too) like this one, the "floating boxes" style like this and this, or the way my journal looks now?

Third, I think it's idiotic that they call that feature "backdating". It makes people think that you should only use it when dating something in the past.

Fourth, now I'm going to read dragon stories!!!!!

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

Forgot one example :-) A mix between the basic style and the "floating boxes" one is the layout I did for sparklydarkboys.

[pensnest]

Coo... The sparklydarkboys layout is particularly stunning, I love the colours in the moonlit picture and the way you've used the black to make it all really striking. (I'm mentioning that because as sparklydarkboys isn't my thing, I haven't seen that before, whereas I have seen your other layouts.) I also liked the way the outlines were visible in that one, surrounding everything - I prefer that to the completely floating boxes.

I loved the abstract background you did with the Kevin layout, more than the tiling of pictures in the bluesy one. At the moment I'm quite taken with these new colours (though the red may well change to something a little darker in a day or so) and I have Lance-and-peaches in my head (have you found that ficlet?), so if that inspires you, it'd probably make me a very happy bunny!

I will also investigate that link about the sidebar. I'm sure it's a mental block rather than total inability to do this stuff that's prevented me having a go...

And thank you for the happy birthday wishes. It's been a good one.

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

Now I've read the peaches story, yummy!

So, an abstract-y background, a banner of the Adored One, and the colour scheme something like the one you're using now. Check. And your tags in the sidebar. Check. Do you want to keep your navigational links in the header, or move them to the sidebar and just keep the journal title there like in sparklydarkboys? (Thank you for the praise for that one! I'm rather proud of it because I got exactly the effect I intended, which is always cause for celebrating :-) Oh yes, and do you want the quickreply box function that I have in my journal now or keep the one you have (where you get a new page when you reply)?

[pensnest]

Yes, that turned out rather well, I thought. Not bad for an idle half-hour.

Well. *squeak!* I think, links in the sidebar and just the journal title up top. And, having just left a comment in your LJ, I do rather like the quickreply box function, so yes please!

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!!!!