Tips on Moodtheme Making
I thought I would put some tips on how to put in a moodtheme in case someone needed it.
Instructions available for download in html format:
You can go here if you have sendspace to see a page of instructions an experienced moodtheme maker wrote on how to put it into the admin console yourself with the moodtheme.txt file (I will also provide for download with my moodthemes in case any of you need it for the first time.)
Click OK after choosing Open With... (and whatever browser you use, e.g., Mozilla or IE). This HTML file will always be on my sendspace account, so you can always come back to it by bookmarking the sendspace link. I always use it when uploading a new moodtheme (haven't quite gotten it down yet).
Two variances from her instructions:
~ Instead of "friends" in both quotations, put the name you want for your moodtheme (i.e., if you want the moodtheme name to be "Turtles", you would type moodtheme_create "Turtles" "Turtles".) That might be really obvious, but explaining prevents mistakes. ^^
~To replace the URL, do the ctrl+H thing and replace "http://www.YOURLINK.com" with well, your link.
Side note: Since I never asked for her permission to use it and her username sarcastic_muse is deleted.. I can't ask permission to use this html file that comes with her moodtheme ZIP files... oh, well. >.>;;
Note about moodtheme.txt:
One thing about the moodtheme text file is that if you need to change the numbers at the end of each line to fit the measurements of the images in the moodtheme (the one I provided is for 50x50 (by pixel) images, if you do the 'ctrl+H' thing to replace the numbers with your measurements, you'll replace the same number that's before one of the picture links. So, what I do is replace whichever number before the links that is the same as the number I'll be changing with the number's name in capitals (FIFTY or whatever). Then, I proceed to 'ctrl+H' the numbers out to fit the measurements. After that, I go back and change the all-caps words back to their original numbers.
One thing I forget to do a lot is change "*.jpg" to "*.gif" or vice versa, lol so don't forget! :)
Also, within the moodtheme text file, the percent sign (%) next to the number 20 means a space so if the file name for the pissed off picture doesn't have a space and looks like "pissedoff.gif" or ".jpg", delete the percent sign and the 20 in the pissed off picture line.
After all your work to put it into Admin Console or the Custom Mood Theme Editor, you can/should go to this page, in the tab 'Look and Feel' at the bottom of the page, you can select any one of the moods you've put together/created in a drop-down menu. Does anyone know how to get to the page where you can select whatever moodtheme you've made? LJ changed how to access it from what I did before.
Instructions available for download in html format:
You can go here if you have sendspace to see a page of instructions an experienced moodtheme maker wrote on how to put it into the admin console yourself with the moodtheme.txt file (I will also provide for download with my moodthemes in case any of you need it for the first time.)
Click OK after choosing Open With... (and whatever browser you use, e.g., Mozilla or IE). This HTML file will always be on my sendspace account, so you can always come back to it by bookmarking the sendspace link. I always use it when uploading a new moodtheme (haven't quite gotten it down yet).
Two variances from her instructions:
~ Instead of "friends" in both quotations, put the name you want for your moodtheme (i.e., if you want the moodtheme name to be "Turtles", you would type moodtheme_create "Turtles" "Turtles".) That might be really obvious, but explaining prevents mistakes. ^^
~To replace the URL, do the ctrl+H thing and replace "http://www.YOURLINK.com" with well, your link.
Side note: Since I never asked for her permission to use it and her username sarcastic_muse is deleted.. I can't ask permission to use this html file that comes with her moodtheme ZIP files... oh, well. >.>;;
Note about moodtheme.txt:
One thing about the moodtheme text file is that if you need to change the numbers at the end of each line to fit the measurements of the images in the moodtheme (the one I provided is for 50x50 (by pixel) images, if you do the 'ctrl+H' thing to replace the numbers with your measurements, you'll replace the same number that's before one of the picture links. So, what I do is replace whichever number before the links that is the same as the number I'll be changing with the number's name in capitals (FIFTY or whatever). Then, I proceed to 'ctrl+H' the numbers out to fit the measurements. After that, I go back and change the all-caps words back to their original numbers.
One thing I forget to do a lot is change "*.jpg" to "*.gif" or vice versa, lol so don't forget! :)
Also, within the moodtheme text file, the percent sign (%) next to the number 20 means a space so if the file name for the pissed off picture doesn't have a space and looks like "pissedoff.gif" or ".jpg", delete the percent sign and the 20 in the pissed off picture line.
After all your work to put it into Admin Console or the Custom Mood Theme Editor, you can/should go to this page, in the tab 'Look and Feel' at the bottom of the page, you can select any one of the moods you've put together/created in a drop-down menu. Does anyone know how to get to the page where you can select whatever moodtheme you've made? LJ changed how to access it from what I did before.