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rigel_7 in fandom_grammar

Feature: Presentation and readability for LJ and beyond

May 10, 2008 16:45

formatting:html, author:rigel_7, !feature, writing tips

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laurie_ky May 10 2008, 12:30:16 UTC

Wow! I haven't even read it yet and I'm impressed. I could have really used this when I started my journal a year ago. Believe I'll be putting this post in my memories.
Thanks for the hard work.
Laurie

rigel_7 May 10 2008, 17:03:11 UTC

I love LJ as a fic publishing platform - because it's free! And even with a free layout, you can still create something visually striking as well as reader friendly, and what with tags and communities...

:D

wanted_a_pony May 10 2008, 14:11:38 UTC

Zowie! Concentrated cool for the (formerly) clueless!

Thanks so much for distilling & organizing all this.

rigel_7 May 10 2008, 17:00:43 UTC

Thanks!

I think the hardest part was culling it down to a readable length - believe me, I could have kept going on and on...

avidrosette May 10 2008, 14:47:54 UTC

Wonderful post! Thank you!

rigel_7 May 10 2008, 16:59:49 UTC

Thank you!

I had fun writing it, just so I could semi rant about my pet peeves :D

aurora_novarum May 10 2008, 15:26:52 UTC

Oh this is AWESOME, rigel! And I'm starting to think about reformatting my lj too. I love this comm anyway, but this entry I will bookmark!

Although...I kinda like the hr lines. It would be nicer if they were shorter, but I find they look "neat". (You're little swirly thing is very pretty too). :-)

Poor maligned hr line. Nobody loves you. ;-)

rigel_7 May 10 2008, 16:59:17 UTC

Hehehe! Poor hr line indeed :D

I think my aversion stems from reading a really great fic that had a hr line thrown in every 6 paragraphs or so. It was painful... :P

But I don't mind them so much if they're shortened.

(and if you need any layout help, give me a hoy)

aurora_novarum May 10 2008, 19:36:02 UTC

Will do! :-D

And for the record, I do know the difference between you're and your, even if my comment above doesn't reflect that fact. Heh.

starwatcher307 May 10 2008, 15:57:00 UTC

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Wow! Thank you so much. This will really help when I set up a webpage in that mythical someday.

But also -- ?style=mine
Presents the content in your own layout, or for a reader, in their own layout.

I've been wondering if style=mine showed people my style (since I had coded it from my page), or their style. Thanks for clearing that up.
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rigel_7 May 10 2008, 16:56:13 UTC

:D

That's okay!

The day I discovered style=mine, was a happy day for me! No more attempting to read fic in horrible layouts :P

starwatcher307 May 10 2008, 17:50:43 UTC

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I've seen that suggestion, but I don't want to enter a URL in my addy bar for a story that I'll only read once. If it's really grotesque, I copy/paste to a Word document.

I could make a private post with the style=mine addy, click on it, then delete later. But do you know of an easier way?
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rigel_7 May 11 2008, 15:49:48 UTC

I'm not quite sure what you mean.

If I'm interpreting correctly, when you come across a fic on LJ on a layout that makes it hard to read then just add ?style=mine to the existing URL in the address bar.

So for this post here:

http://community.livejournal.com/fandom_grammar/9516.html

just type ?style=mine right at the end:

http://community.livejournal.com/fandom_grammar/9516.html?style=mine

and hit enter. The page will refresh into your own layout.

Was that what you meant?

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