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Last updated: July 12, 2006
 
 
13 May 2008 @ 04:13 pm
comment box
Since livejournal decided to surprise us with their automatic comment thing on comments' pages, there's this black border around the whole thing when you post a comment on anyone's journal (most likely a paid account or plus, not basic) and I'd like to get rid of that border or AT LEAST change its color if it's not much trouble. :D

If you don't get what I'm describing I will provide a screencap if it's needed. Thanks in advance!

ALSO! I'd like to get my hands on the codes to make the comments, edit, add comment, add to memories links replaced by images (not the skiplinks ones, the ones from the comments part of all entries).
 
 
Tags: comments
 
 
13 May 2008 @ 04:40 pm
subject
I have a problem with my subject. I want them both with my date to float on the left of my entries. It's working fine with my date but my subject is going all weird. Along with the first line of my entry.
screencap+code )
 
 
Tags: misc
 
 
12 May 2008 @ 05:06 pm
Userpic, Footer, Security Icon
I changed layouts today using a custom theme layer, but I'm having a few minor issues I can't seem to correct. Any help is appreciated. I'm sure it's something simple.

1) Userpics on my friends page are the full length of an entry. I want them to appear on the right, exactly how they are on my main page. Also, the username text below the icon, I want it separate and not within the lighter colored background of the icon, as it's messing up the padding. Solved

2) There is a gap of space between the footer and the last entry that should not be there. Solved

3) My custom security lock image is not showing up. It stopped appearing a couple weeks ago for no reason. I've tried changing the image, but still only the default lock will show. - Solved.

ETA: Removed links to theme layer.
 
 
 
 
12 May 2008 @ 04:18 pm
Is there a way to make the back and forward skiplink text different depending on the page a person is viewing? Like Recent Page (I have "remember who I used to be" for back and "look forward to who I become" for forward) vs. Friends Page (I want "remember who they used to be" for back and "look forward to who they become" for forward on this page) vs. Entry Page (where I don't want that line appearing at all). Note I want this in my header section and I kept trying to put var string range = "most recent entries";
var string sep;
if ($.nav.skip > 0)
{
$range = "$.nav.skip entries back";
}
in the Page::print function and having viewing $range instead of viewing entries in the div id called last.

Theme layer
 
 
 
 
12 May 2008 @ 10:24 am
Using Tiny Icons for Journal Linkbar
Account: Plus


I was wondering if it is possible to use tiny icons for the linkbar (Adding a comment, Edit Entry, Tags etc.). If it is possible, how do I go about doing it.


Thank you if you can help me.
 
 
 
 
09 May 2008 @ 02:18 pm
Problems With Entries And Entry Text
Account: Permanent
Layer: #10317219

Something is really wrong with my entries. For some reason, the text is not wrapping around under the icon and earlier today I briefly added various CSS/stylesheets to the theme (one at a time, of course) to test it and, when I did, the entry text was still like that, only the entries were also only taking up about half as much space as they should, like they were being extremely smooshed (i.e. when the layout width was 770px wide and the sidebar was 170px wide, the entries were probably only 200px wide.) I've tried really hard to find an explanation, but I just can't figure out why it does that.

example image )

Edit: And I just noticed that the links to edit, add to memories, and such on the entries are missing... WTF?
 
 
Current Mood: frustrated
Tags: entries
 
 
09 May 2008 @ 02:35 pm
Aligning Sidebar
Is there any way I can have a 2-sidebar layout with both sidebars on the one side?

Like so )

Journal: [info]iristigerlily
Level: Paid (but if you can do it on free, that would be great, too)
 
 
Tags: sidebar
 
 
08 May 2008 @ 06:09 pm
SOLVED! - Merging Two Print_Sidebar Functions?
My Layer ID: #10317219

Can someone please tell me how to merge the two function print_sidebar() functions in my theme layer? I feel so dumb, I've been trying to merge them for over an hour now and I'm giving up for now because I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. It looks so simple, but-!!@#$#% Thanks so very much in advance.
 
 
Current Mood: stressed
 
 
08 May 2008 @ 11:53 pm
entry userpic alttext
I'd like to start using the userpic keywords as alttext on entry userpics as well... they should be available as of release 29. I know it works on the uncustomized comment pages. just how do we access them?

using $e.userpic.alttext results in a list of ALL keywords I have on my userpics.
using (as on the comments) $e.metadata{"picture_keyword"} does not display anything, as I guess the entry metadata doesn't include that particular key.

any ideas?
 
 
 
 
08 May 2008 @ 12:20 am
custom date/subject tiny icons no longer working?
Is anyone else having problems with custom icons? I'd set new private/protected icons, and they've suddenly stopped appearing and have been replaced by the default lock - . My host shows that the images are still loading properly, I haven't changed any code recently, and it's always worked in the past. I've been away for a bit until yesterday, so I don't know exactly when this started.

I'm wondering if livejournal has changed anything and if there's some updated tweak I need to restore custom icons? Thanks.
 
 
Current Mood: confused
Tags: solved
 
 
07 May 2008 @ 12:18 pm
Blue background on user pic
Hi there, I just redid my layout in my icon journal [info]phlourish_icons and I'm having a small problem.

On the comments page of my entries the background to my user pic is a light blue color and I can't figure out how to get rid of it and make it white.

As usual, I'm sure it's something simple and staring me in the face. I just can't see it. Here's my layerinfo link.

http://www.livejournal.com/customize/advanced/layerbrowse.bml?id=11540059

Thanks in advance for any help given.
 
 
 
 
07 May 2008 @ 09:24 am
space between header and first entry?
I'm using a layout from [info]introject, and I was able to put spaces between the entries themselves, but for some reason, no matter what I do, I just can't get a space to go between the header and the first entry.

Is there any code or something I can put in that will work?

Thanks! (:
 
 
Tags: solved
 
 
05 May 2008 @ 02:14 pm
Comments: Quickreply box
Journal name: [info]nomoreprinces
Account type: Permanent
Problem: I'm curious as to if there's a way to change the size of the "quick reply" box in the comments. I've tried adding a width to the comment box portions of my css to no avail. The box itself looks to be a javascript call and doesn't seem to use any attributes to give it a size unless I'm just blind and not seeing it.

It's breaking out of layout and causing me to have a horizontal scroll at the bottom. Help is muchly appreciated.

SOLVED MYSELF
 
 
 
 
09 May 2008 @ 08:33 pm
Tiny icons and some other questions
SOLVED!
I had to set seperate padding in the CSS for the tiny icons to work :) .

Journal: [info]poptard
Level: Paid
CSS by [info]exitclosed
Theme Layer: it's empty by the way!

Alright. I'm trying to get some custom tiny icons to appear. I want them to replace basically... everything (userinfo, private, locked, etc etc). I've tried a number of CSS codes to get them to show but none of them work. I also read about LJ's recent code change and fixes for it, but they didn't work either. Some CSS codes managed to make the icons disappear, but that was not what I wanted obviously :P .

If there's an easy way of getting it done, I have a few further tweaking questions:

1) Is there a way I can add the userinfo.gif icon to the subject line? Preferrably next to the subject (left of it, next to where the protected icon would be on friends only entries).

2) Can I rotate the userinfo.gif and icon_protected.gif? They'd be the two ones that appear more often than any other. Is there a code for some kind of rotation? I took a look at a code about rotating user icons but I didn't quite know what I was doing to tweak it for the tiny icons instead. I thought about using an image rotation script hosted somewhere else, and I managed to find a hosted one as I don't have a domain at the moment, but it would be easier if you could do it inside a theme layer right?

And just another question, related to the CSS I'd imagine, how can I make the navigation bar justified and remove the gap from the links to the first entry? I tweaked some of the CSS but it didn't fix it.

Thanks for any help! :)
 
 
 
 
04 May 2008 @ 03:53 pm
The T on comment 'sticking out'
Hello all. I'm in the process of changing my layout [info]starcrossed

Where it says 'leave a comment' the 't' is sticking out and it's driving me nuts! I've tried everything to fix it, fiddling about with paddings, margins, etc.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks


SOLVED!
 
 
 
 
04 May 2008 @ 08:01 am
changing the currents on a plus account
I've looked through the memories, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I'm using a Flexible Squares layout and I'd like to get my currents looking like [info]jaune with the mood icon on the left and the everything else on the right. I thought it might only be able to be done with a paid account, but this particular user has a Plus account like I do. How can I get my currents like that?
 
 
Tags: metadata
 
 
03 May 2008 @ 10:16 pm
calendar
I'm wondering how I can make the lock image () be replaced with a pretty image in the subjects in the calendar (when you go to the calendar and then click in the view subjects link). Thanks so much!
 
 
Tags: misc, solved
 
 
04 May 2008 @ 06:30 am
Header formatting so that entry subject on a separate line
Is it possible to have the header formatted so that on the Entry page (and maybe other pages, like the calendar pages) the subject doesn't appear next to the journal title?

I'd like to either remove it completely or have a separate line for the extra text.

I have a paid journal but haven't created any layers - all my customisations are in LJ's 'Custom CSS' box.
 
 
 
 
04 May 2008 @ 12:14 am
Width.. or Alignment?
hello, it's me agn xDD
probs here )
 
 
 
 
02 May 2008 @ 09:56 am
width issue
CSS

How can I get the width of my entries to line up with my header? Does that make sense? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!