Page Feature for Plus/Permanent Accounts

[nomadmatan]

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Page Feature for Plus/Permanent Accounts

Short, concise description of the ideaMany other blogging platforms (such as wordpress) allow users to create a blog page which becomes a static page that the user can name (e.g. http://user.livejournal.com/whatevernametheywant) as well as

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[av8rmike]

Paid/Permanent accounts can already do this with custom layers, which requires quite a bit of S2 hackery.

[nomadmatan]

...I don't even know what custom layers means...I think if this were implemented it might be slightly easier for those of us who are less...adroit at computers/programming :o)

[bridgetester]

Seconded. I know the feature is there, but that doesn't mean I want to learn S2 solely to create the arguments.

[afuna]

It's possible to do something similar with custom layers, but the URL would be in the form http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/?.arg=pagename or http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/?.pagename=1, which, IMO, presents enough of a barrier for it to not be practical or easy to remember.

[mordyn4]

+1

[nomadmatan]

Thanks :o)

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[halo_of_thorns]

I think this would be great.

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[nomadmatan]

Thanks :o)

[trascendenza]

+1

I'd definitely use this feature.

[nomadmatan]

Thanks :o)

[jewelianna]

I've seen people accomplish similar things with a future-dated entry that always sits at the top of their journal, or in the free-text box that many styles have.

[nomadmatan]

Right, but the free-text box doesn't give you the ability to have the same size of content or quality of content (images, links, etc) that a page would and not everyone wants a future-dated entry at the top of their page. Some of us would like our viewers to see our entries first and then with the side links, be able to go onto other pages that we create as part of our blog. The other deficit of the free text box (other than what I've mentioned) is that it doesn't let you have more than one (e.g. places I've been, favorite videos, etc.).

:o)

- Matan

[jewelianna]

Some layouts will let you have multiple free text boxes. I'm not exactly against the idea, I just see it as a very "MySpace" kind of thing- and that's very much what I don't want to see here at LiveJournal.

[nomadmatan]

Well, with all due respect, the thing is that MySpace doesn't allow you to do this. However, professional blogging platforms (such as wordpress) do. The multiple free text boxes is much more akin to MySpace where you can customize your profile to the n-th degree. By allowing users to create pages (such as one for your Resume and one for your Travel Schedule and another for Current Research ideas) would, in all likelihood, attract a higher level (or different level) of user.

:o)

- Matan