Quick & dirty fix for the display of deleted usernames

[gnatkip]

LJ has recently delinkified and unstruckthrough the user tags for deleted and suspended users. Like many of you, I am unhappy with that. Amongst other things.

I'd like to find a way to get the link back, but that's probably beyond me, if it's possible at all. But here's a little CSS that will at least make the usernames more noticeable.
span.ljuser

Comments

[tunxeh]

There are a couple of sites for generating the html for LJ usernames here and here. Probably by using tags in the right places you can convert it to the proper strikethrough appearance:

[gnatkip]

Ah yes, that's excellent, thank you! I had some idea that that kind of thing existed, a while back, but I'd forgotten all about it.

But I'm most interested in having the names style themselves automagically, as they turn up in my browser, without having to be hand-coded. The old style like in your example would be ideal, but I couldn't swing that, so I just went for a color change. I'm hoping somebody else will be able to work it.

Re: here via friendsfriends

[gnatkip]

That's a good point, and one I didn't even think of, thanks! I've just tried it, and it works with basic accounts as well.

[ileliberte]

span.ljuser { color: #CC0000 !important; text-decoration:line-through; font-weight:bold} would give a strikethrough and make it bold

[gnatkip]

Thank you! I can't make the strikethrough work only for the deleted names, though. The color change works because the regular text is styled differently from links, and the deleted names aren't links anymore. But when I try the strikethrough, every username gets struck. Do you have an idea about how to fix it? *hopeful* :)

[tunxeh]

I'm guessing adding something like

span.ljuser > a { text-decoration:none; }

after the previous line, to undecorate the ljusers that are actually linked somewhere.

But I'm no CSS expert...

[gnatkip]

That ought to work! I tried it earlier today (I should have mentioned), and I just tried it again, and it does not work. I can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong, or if I'm misunderstanding the rules of CSS. And I'm no expert either.

Thank you for the idea, though!

[ratcreature]

What annoys me most is that previously you could see with a mouseover whether a journal was suspended by LJ or just voluntarily deleted, without even the need to click the link, now both are just bold (and not even linked anymore so you can't click to easily check either of course).

[gnatkip]

Very frustrating. Oh, lj. I love it so much, and I am disappointed.

[la_fono]

Nice one! >:D

What I really don't get is LJ's choice of using bold. One uses bolding to call attention to something, no? *headscratch*

techycoder!RAWR

[gnatkip]

Maybe they're slipping it all in gradually, and are planning on doing away with the bold on the next code update...

Did you get an email I hope?

[la_fono]

Pfft, at present nothing would surprise me. I don't trust them as far as I can throw them...

I did. And I'm saying as;dlkjalsf♥ again ;) Goodnight! *kiss*

[gnatkip]

Nevermind.

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