Help Desk (Common Issues) [2nd Edition]

Jul. 18th, 2022 12:34 pm
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Easy Fixes You Might Not Know About

No worries. We'll find the answer.
So not everyone is a LiveJournal expert (I swear I'm not either). And, of course, there are those out there that are learning this all for the first time. So here are a few things that have come up that I hope will help beginners and people who just hadn't figured it out yet. And yes, this is the second such post. The first just had a ton of comments and I wanted to clean things up.

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Making A Layout: Comment Area

Jun. 17th, 2015 11:31 am
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Theme: Flexible Squares
Actions: Creating Your Own Layout: Custom Comments Area
Links: Code Index

Don't mind the icon. I don't get paid for this at all. I enjoy it and there are many of you who are always telling me they think they can figure it out but sometimes they get stumped and I'm hoping these explanations of the coding are helping you. If not, let me know what is confusing you.

There are some of you out there that like the default Live Journal view of their posts and comments area. That is totally fine and your comments area is going to look like the below image and not need any of this coding...
( Disable Comment Formatting )
But there are those of you who are like me and love their entire journal decked out the way they want it to look. This is how my comments on my personal journal look:
If this you want your comments to be customized like your journal then here is the coding.... you will want to change the above option to No or leave it on No... which ever.

Look it is Rollo from Vikings. Major distraction there... moving on.
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Making A Layout: Currents/Tags/Comment Links

Jun. 9th, 2015 05:44 pm
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Theme: Flexible Squares
Actions: Creating Your Own Layout: Customizing Your Currents, Tags and Comment Links.
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Something I always forget about it the currents which are your location, music, mood and custom friends groups. The only one of these I ever really use are the custom friends groups and mood. So I tend to turn off the location & music. So I think I shoudl teach you a think or two about this area of the coding and while we are at it we will just do the entire bottom section of a post which includes ljtags and comments. This also includes Tiny Icons for the currents, users, community, and posts.

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Comment Bar Problems...

Apr. 4th, 2015 12:02 am
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Theme: Flexible Squares
Actions: Full Size Comments Bar Appearing In Custom Posts.
So in my support request about this problem, LJ informed me they fixed the problem and yet this issue didn't go away. So I went to [livejournal.com profile] s2flexisquares because I wasn't sure the fix I thought I found would work entirely. Thank goodness because [livejournal.com profile] fueschgast seriously helped me out but teaching me a new trick. Always good to keep learning even when it seems hard.

There are a few pieces of the coding we need to change the openers to so it goes back to working properly.
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Also, I have a feeling this is a problem a lot of people are experiencing so I would appreciate it if you spread the word but clicking the repost below.
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LJ Update Creates Comment Problems....

Mar. 18th, 2015 01:39 pm
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Account Status: All
Theme: Flexible Squares and Nebula
Actions: Full Size Comments Bar Appearing In Custom Posts.

It is quite possible if you have a layout that was created from scratch you are seeing a comments error on your journal. Here is an example:

Suddenly there is a "footer" bar or hovering comment links at the bottom of your page when you are in a post with comments.

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Help Deck & Easy Fixes You Might Not Know About

Oct. 11th, 2012 12:45 pm
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No worries. We'll find the answer.
So not everyone is a LiveJournal expert (I swear I'm not either). And, of course, there are those out there that are learning this all for the first time. So here are a few things that have come up that I hope will help beginners and people who just hadn't figured it out yet.

My Journal

  1. How can I change the amount of Journal entries on my journal or friends page?

  2. How do I change my Tiny Icons?

  3. There is a strange block of color behind my layout. What is going on?

  4. Why can't I get the Title and Subtitle to show up on my journal?

  5. Is it possible to remove the Page Title from the Journal Title when I'm in my posts?

Header Section

  1. How do I change the names of the links on my navbar?

  2. My header image is multiplying itself. How do I stop it?

  3. There is a large gap under my header image. How do I remove it?

Entries

  1. Why isn't my userpic moving from Left to Right (or visa versa)?

  2. How do I post a future post without it being added to my Scheduled Entries?

  3. How do I remane the comment links at the bottom of my entry?

  4. Why doesn't my subject text look the same as your Layout image. How do I get the font?

  5. I don't want my to see my layout when I click into posts or comments. How do I make my posts theme-less?

  6. Why aren't the currents music and location coming up in my journal posts?

Comments Page

  1. I don't want my comments page to be customized. / I want to use the customizations my layout offers for my comments pages.

  2. My userpics are fine but my comments aren't showing the threads. They are all the same width and are not indenting under each other.

Sidebar

  1. How do I change the title of my sidebar sections?

  2. How do I add a calendar to my sidebar?

  3. I have the Calendar set to shwo up on my sidebar but it isn't working with your layout?

  4. I have made multiple tags and want to change them. How do I edit my tags?

  5. How do I add linked images to my sidebar?

  6. I noticed you have two links sections. How did you do that?

  7. How do I get rid of the sidebar all together and just have my entries?

  8. I have my default userpic on my sidebar but how do I center and customize it?

Friends Page

  1. I'm seeing a gap above my header image (between it at the account banner) on my Friends Page but not on my Journal's homepage. How can I get rid of the gap?


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FYI: LJ's New Comment Page

Dec. 22nd, 2011 01:19 pm
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Hate it or not, here is a heads up. If you previously had customized comment pages that has been turned off.

You will need to go to Customize Options Display and change Disable customized comment pages for your journal from Yes to No.
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Not getting community comments...

Apr. 20th, 2010 10:52 am
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I don't know if you've been having this issue but I have. I just discovered the problem after a little investigation.

Go to your Notifications. (Account >> Notifications)

Under the My Account section there are some notifications that have been unchecked in my account. I don't know if LJ added these or somehow they got turned off but now I should get the emails about these comments.

Make sure all yours are turned on to make sure your receive comments and replies from communities.

Spread the word... feel free to copy and paste this message!
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About

Welcome to the Lounge. Our tutorials are saved here. These are currently all for LJ and Flexible Squares. Should you have general questions about us check out our FAQ. I do NOT customize layouts for individuals.


    Layout Change Quick Guide
If you like Flexible Squares, I have tons of layouts for you, and still create them.

I've been creating Layouts for DW's Bannering. Here's how to use them:
1. Go to Transmogrified Layouts.
2. Choose Basic.
3. Go to Custom CSS.
4. Make sure all boxes are unchecked
5. Copy Coding to Stylesheet Box.
6. Make sure to update with your own images/image urls. Imgur images are okay to be used.
7.Click Save.


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