Redesign in progress

[eternalmaiden]

I'm about to go graphics hunting for a new FO banner (which will be a header this time) and a layout-matched default icon.

I wish my desktop was accesible... 90% of the stuff I'm about to hunt for is already on there.

Comments

[pstscrpt]

"FO banner"?

How often do you expect anyone to see your layout? Personally, I always use the friends view.

[eternalmaiden]

"Friends Only"

Anyone *else*? Rarely. I, however, see it all the time. I mention it only because if someone does click through for whatever reason, they're likely to se some weirdness until I'm done.

[pstscrpt]

What's a Friends Only Banner?

Is your journal style the one you see for your friends list?

[eternalmaiden]

Just a graphic to show that my journal is friends only. If you click through you can see my old one. I needed something to placehold while I coded the room for a header image, so I used that.

I look at everything I can through my style. Friends page and individual entries.

[pstscrpt]

I'm not really clear what's customizable in LJ. The only thing I've ever changed is my background color, and to undo about half of the UI changes they make (and there are always explicit instructions for that).

[eternalmaiden]

Just about anything you can do to a website anywhere else, you can do to a Livejournal layout. It's a little more complicated to start with, there are a lot of hoops to jump through, but once you get started it gets a lot easier. Most options (at least using the s2 system) are set through the GUI, but you can also define an external style sheet or add bits of css directly.

Customization Console