Oh, the pain! (Or irony) AKA HELP!
If you don't care about Queer as Folk (or icons) and/or don't know anything about journal layouts, you might want to skip this entry.
How great is it when best made plans fall through because of a technicality? For weeks now I've been working on tagging (and cleaning) every entry on LiveJournal's qaficons (for those who don't know, LiveJournal chose me to maintain that community when people complained about the lack of adminitration over there), and although I've still got 300 or so entries to tag, I'm so sick of it by now that I decided to take a break from that and start working on the community layout. I found exactly what I was looking for - a layout with a sidebar where I could write the rules of the community and display the community tags to make it easier for people (especially newcommers) to find what they want. Everything worked fine on LJ (your're welcome to check it out), and although I'm planning to make the design more qaf related, the layout is as it's supposed to be.
The real PROBLEM is on InsaneJournal, where I maintain a simmilar community. I had this idea of using the same layout over there as well (and perhaps try to back up all the entries made prior to the creation of that community, although I don't know if it's possible to do that), and to encourage people to visit and use both communities (I'm kind of tired of the old LJ vs IJ division) and to bring about even more icon love. BUT (and here's where I need you help) the layout I chose for the LiveJournal community is made with Flexible Squares. As you might know, InsaneJournal doesn't offer Flexible Squares as a style. The only way that I know of that allows users to have a Flexible Squares layout is by using layers, which requires a paid account. Is there any way to make it work with a basic account? Any way at all? I'll try anything once, even if it's voodoo or dark magic.
I'm more or less resigned to having to choose from IJ's limited layout styles, but I still have a tiny bit of hope that someone will come up with a great magic potion. It's Queer as Folk. And icons. Miracles do happen, right?
ETA: Thanks to the generous and fantastic not_yet_defined,
qaf_icons is now a paid (or self-committed) acount! Isn't that great?? Go over there and see the prettiness!
How great is it when best made plans fall through because of a technicality? For weeks now I've been working on tagging (and cleaning) every entry on LiveJournal's qaficons (for those who don't know, LiveJournal chose me to maintain that community when people complained about the lack of adminitration over there), and although I've still got 300 or so entries to tag, I'm so sick of it by now that I decided to take a break from that and start working on the community layout. I found exactly what I was looking for - a layout with a sidebar where I could write the rules of the community and display the community tags to make it easier for people (especially newcommers) to find what they want. Everything worked fine on LJ (your're welcome to check it out), and although I'm planning to make the design more qaf related, the layout is as it's supposed to be.
The real PROBLEM is on InsaneJournal, where I maintain a simmilar community. I had this idea of using the same layout over there as well (and perhaps try to back up all the entries made prior to the creation of that community, although I don't know if it's possible to do that), and to encourage people to visit and use both communities (I'm kind of tired of the old LJ vs IJ division) and to bring about even more icon love. BUT (and here's where I need you help) the layout I chose for the LiveJournal community is made with Flexible Squares. As you might know, InsaneJournal doesn't offer Flexible Squares as a style. The only way that I know of that allows users to have a Flexible Squares layout is by using layers, which requires a paid account. Is there any way to make it work with a basic account? Any way at all? I'll try anything once, even if it's voodoo or dark magic.
I'm more or less resigned to having to choose from IJ's limited layout styles, but I still have a tiny bit of hope that someone will come up with a great magic potion. It's Queer as Folk. And icons. Miracles do happen, right?
ETA: Thanks to the generous and fantastic not_yet_defined,
qaf_icons is now a paid (or self-committed) acount! Isn't that great?? Go over there and see the prettiness!