LJ news preview for English speakers
So, as most people know, LiveJournal seems intent to concentrate on Russian-speakers as their main audience and release all relevant information only in Russian. To balance it out I've decided to translate all relevant information into English when I see it.
In addition to that I'm going to try to give to people who do not speak Russian a chance to see all changes as they appear on Beta servers. Please note that I'll be posting the translations under the friend-lock so you'll have to comment here so I could add you. But I'll probably be able to translate the comments on those entries if you'll need that :)
To switch to the beta-server you have to:
UPDATE:
For English-language updates you will need to request an invite to lj_releases community! (I was unable to get there for some reason, but perhaps others will be able to)
1. join http://lj-ru-beta.livejournal.com/profile?mode=full (click Join, not Watch);
2. wait until your request is proceeded (takes an hour or so);
3. switch to beta-server on http://www.livejournal.com/betatest.bml (click big blue Go To button). If you're not a member of lj-ru-beta, this page will only display “You are not eligible to enter the test server.“ warning.
If you've switched successfully, the page will reload and will have BETA BETA BETA written at the top.
If after you've switched you still don't see the new comments, open http://www.livejournal.com/customize/options.bml and switch Disable customized comment pages for your journal option to Yes and Save changes.
To go back simply switch back on http://www.livejournal.com/betatest.bml . Supposedly flushing your cookies should work, but better be sure.
Check out Friends Times. It'ss a relatively new feature currently available to members of friendstimes. After you join the comm, you'll be able to see entries your friends have commented on on URL http://YOURUSERNAME.livejournal.com/friendstimes (replace YOURUSERNAME with your actual username). I might add translations for this if I have time.
[new Scrapbook is ready to roll]There's also new Scrapbook in the works. Preview available in http://lj-pics-beta.livejournal.com/. All Plus, Paid and Permanent accounts will have access to the new version after joining this community or http://lj-ru-beta.livejournal.com/.
In addition to that I'm going to try to give to people who do not speak Russian a chance to see all changes as they appear on Beta servers. Please note that I'll be posting the translations under the friend-lock so you'll have to comment here so I could add you. But I'll probably be able to translate the comments on those entries if you'll need that :)
To switch to the beta-server you have to:
UPDATE:
For English-language updates you will need to request an invite to lj_releases community! (I was unable to get there for some reason, but perhaps others will be able to)
1. join http://lj-ru-beta.livejournal.com/profile?mode=full (click Join, not Watch);
2. wait until your request is proceeded (takes an hour or so);
3. switch to beta-server on http://www.livejournal.com/betatest.bml (click big blue Go To button). If you're not a member of lj-ru-beta, this page will only display “You are not eligible to enter the test server.“ warning.
If you've switched successfully, the page will reload and will have BETA BETA BETA written at the top.
If after you've switched you still don't see the new comments, open http://www.livejournal.com/customize/options.bml and switch Disable customized comment pages for your journal option to Yes and Save changes.
To go back simply switch back on http://www.livejournal.com/betatest.bml . Supposedly flushing your cookies should work, but better be sure.
Check out Friends Times. It'ss a relatively new feature currently available to members of friendstimes. After you join the comm, you'll be able to see entries your friends have commented on on URL http://YOURUSERNAME.livejournal.com/friendstimes (replace YOURUSERNAME with your actual username). I might add translations for this if I have time.
[new Scrapbook is ready to roll]There's also new Scrapbook in the works. Preview available in http://lj-pics-beta.livejournal.com/. All Plus, Paid and Permanent accounts will have access to the new version after joining this community or http://lj-ru-beta.livejournal.com/.