New ScrapBook FAQ- Customizing galleries

[magic_beans]

My first go at writing an FAQ from scratch. I think I caught all my britishisms. Might want to take a deep breath before reading though, it got a bit long.

It was also harder than I expected to write, so please do point out anywhere I've gone off the rails or need something adding etc.

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[fyre]

That looks pretty good. I did make a few changes, mostly in the top few paragraphs, and a couple of sentence structure and British=>American grammatical edits. This is a great start, and it looks like it won't need much editing. I'm just... strange in what I think sounds 'right.'

Below is my suggested edit:

TITLE: How do I customize the appearance of my ScrapBook gallery?

LiveJournal provides a variety of pre-made layouts for your ScrapBook galleries. You can edit these layouts to your liking, or create new layouts from scratch.

By default, all of your gallieries display in the 'Portfoloroid' layout. You may change the default layout for all of your galleries, or you may set individual galleries to have different layouts.

ScrapBook is based on a style system, much like LiveJournal. Styles contain the basic display information, and layouts are created within style to control how a page is displayed. It is possible to have and create multiple styles, each containing different layouts. Each style may be applied to a seperate gallery, or you may apply one style overall.

CHANGING THE DEFAULT LAYOUT FOR YOUR GALLERIES

Customization of your galleries can be made from the ScrapBook Manage Styles page (http://pics.livejournal.com/manage/styles/).

When customizing ScrapBook, it is important to note that you cannot simply choose a layout for your galleries. You must first choose a style, and then choose a layout from within the style.

When you first access the Manage Styles page, you will already have one style in the 'Current Styles' box. This style's name will match your username. To change the layout for your galleries you will need to click on the [Edit] link for that style. This will take you to the Edit Style page where you can pick a language and a layout for your style. Some layouts also have colour themes that you can choose from. If you pick a layout that has colour themes you may have to press the 'Save Style' button before the themes appear.

If you would then like to customize the layout, you can click the 'Customize' button in the Customize Further box. This will take you to the Edit Layer page where you can edit and set various options for the layout. The options available depend on which layout you have chosen, but some possible customization options include setting a background image, a different font, a page title, different colors, thumbnail options and the number of pictures to show per gallery.

Please note that if you choose to specify a background image the image will need to be uploaded to a site that allows remote loading to LiveJournal. Information on remote loading can be found here: http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=130&view=full.

Once you have finished customizing the layout you will need to click the 'Save Settings' button at the bottom of the page. You will then be sent back to the Edit Style page. If you have finished editing your style, you can then go back to the Manage Styles page (http://pics.livejournal.com/manage/styles/) to set your style as the default layout for your galleries. You can set a style as your default layout by clicking its radio button. The page will automatically save the style as the new default layout when you do so.

CREATING A NEW STYLE USING AN EXISTING LAYOUT

You can create a new style from the Manage Styles page (http://pics.livejournal.com/manage/styles/).

Using the 'Create a new style' box you will need to choose a name for your style and then press 'Create Style'. The page will then reload and your new style will appear in the 'Current Styles' box. To choose the base layout for your style, you will need to click the [Edit] link for your new style. On the 'Edit Style' page, you may choose the default language, and layout for your style.

Please note that you must click the 'Save Style' button before layout themes will appear.

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