Paid to Basic: How to recover some of my old layout
Hello all,
I've had a journal in the Flexible Squares layout for a long time. At some point last year, I let my paid account expire so I downgraded to Basic. So of course some of my background/header images in Scrapbook stopped working, I lost a lot of userpics, etc., and I can no longer access my custom layer. I'd like to try to restore some of my modifications using custom CSS, but I don't know how to start converting my LJ-hosted CSS (backed up locally) to the CSS you can paste into the box on the customization page, and what I can and cannot do as a Basic user.
Also, and this may be a philosophical or political issue, but would upgrading to Plus (temporarily or permanently) give me access to more customization features? I could probably find alternate web hosting instead of relying on Scrapbook, although having Scrapbook as a bonus would make things easier. I don't necessarily mind ads.
I looked at a few of the tutorials and I didn't see this kind of scenario covered. Maybe I should find a free layout community and then adapt one of those layouts instead. Has anyone else been in this situation? Thanks in advance!
I've had a journal in the Flexible Squares layout for a long time. At some point last year, I let my paid account expire so I downgraded to Basic. So of course some of my background/header images in Scrapbook stopped working, I lost a lot of userpics, etc., and I can no longer access my custom layer. I'd like to try to restore some of my modifications using custom CSS, but I don't know how to start converting my LJ-hosted CSS (backed up locally) to the CSS you can paste into the box on the customization page, and what I can and cannot do as a Basic user.
Also, and this may be a philosophical or political issue, but would upgrading to Plus (temporarily or permanently) give me access to more customization features? I could probably find alternate web hosting instead of relying on Scrapbook, although having Scrapbook as a bonus would make things easier. I don't necessarily mind ads.
I looked at a few of the tutorials and I didn't see this kind of scenario covered. Maybe I should find a free layout community and then adapt one of those layouts instead. Has anyone else been in this situation? Thanks in advance!