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okay, today is crazy enough that i'm making a blanket info post: anyone who says they want a dreamwidth invite, i'll keep a list. in the meantime - i strongly suggest you head over there, log in with your openid, and validate the email address attached to it - that will enter you in a lottery for an invite. it also means that if you have not acquired an invite when open beta hits (april 30), you will get an invite then.
and another piece of advice, since i managed to figure this out, but i pieced it together from a number of sources - if you get in during closed beta, and want to import your lj:
- go to http://www.dreamwidth.org/misc/beta.bml and upgrade your account to premium paid or seed. this will open icon spaces. it will revert to basic when open beta hits, but that doesn't matter right now.
- then go to http://www.dreamwidth.org/misc/import.bml to import. the icons and tags will import fast; entries may churn along for a little while; comments took hours. but it worked really well for me.
- your best bet is to *not* upload icons before you import. import your lj icons, then add more. it seems like it might cause odd behavior.
- themes: there are only two right now, as the system isn't finished. you *can* import an lj style (legitimately if it's open source - the lj style i use is proprietary) if you like. there's a whole fidgety process. i decided it wasn't worth importing one and messing with it, and am going to wait for the new system to roll out. but i *did* modify the colors of the default theme, which was easy - instructions are here.
- twincy
- mordicai
- wuweibaby
- hezziwig
- bixie
- ngaio
- mckays_girl
- sunflower_pixie
- ekaterinverse
- sarabellum
- artemii
and another piece of advice, since i managed to figure this out, but i pieced it together from a number of sources - if you get in during closed beta, and want to import your lj:
- go to http://www.dreamwidth.org/misc/beta.bml and upgrade your account to premium paid or seed. this will open icon spaces. it will revert to basic when open beta hits, but that doesn't matter right now.
- then go to http://www.dreamwidth.org/misc/import.bml to import. the icons and tags will import fast; entries may churn along for a little while; comments took hours. but it worked really well for me.
- your best bet is to *not* upload icons before you import. import your lj icons, then add more. it seems like it might cause odd behavior.
- themes: there are only two right now, as the system isn't finished. you *can* import an lj style (legitimately if it's open source - the lj style i use is proprietary) if you like. there's a whole fidgety process. i decided it wasn't worth importing one and messing with it, and am going to wait for the new system to roll out. but i *did* modify the colors of the default theme, which was easy - instructions are here.
- twincy
- mordicai
- wuweibaby
- hezziwig
- bixie
- ngaio
- mckays_girl
- sunflower_pixie
- ekaterinverse
- sarabellum
- artemii