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LJ for Dummies Handbook 
7th-Apr-2005 10:08 pm
CLOUD → hero.
UPDATE; JULY 2008:
Since... three years ago I've been using S2 more often and strongly suggest you guys use it as well. :)

If you have any questions regarding html or anything like that, I'll be more than glad to help out.

Livejournal basics




How do I put a LJ-cut in my entry? How about with customized text?


It's a very simple tag; that if you use it long enough; you can remember how to do it. And you won't be feeling like a retard asking how to do a lj-cut after using lj for 3 years. XP

Without text


With text





How do I make a hypertext link? How about with a picture?

This one sorta gives me the wtfs at times too. relatively simple, though.



Hypertexted with a picture






How do I make a [info]ljusernametag?

Nyah. You can make up people too. Of course if you clicked on the link it wouldn't lead anywhere..





How do I insert an image by itself into my userinfo/entry/etc?

Keep in mind you DO need to have an online surver to upload your images. I highly suggest photobucket. It's free; and it's, uh, awesome.






How do you make those little symbols? ( ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ )

Now THESE are pretty hard to memorize. I've grown accustomed to using them, as time passes though. :).

Heart Symbol

Diamond Symbol

Clubs Symbol

Spades Symbol



I spaced them out; so you need to close the spaces for these to work. Or just copy/paste the symbol from here. :).



How do I change the size of my font? Face? Color?

I abuse this tag WAY too much. ^_^..

font size

You can change the size all the way from 1 to 10. :). 10 KILLS friend's pages, though.

Font color

You can choose from any color in the rainbow; or get specific and use the #00000 method of color-picking.

font face

You can use any font you'd like to, basically, like verdana; or arial for instance. :D.

All three aspects combined into one tag

You can't do individual font tags without closing one and adding another; because that'll confuse mr.lj and make it implode. so if you want to change the color and size; you'd need to use it all in one tag like up above.






How do I create a textarea/i-frame in my entry?


Very simple! :).





Working with S1 Layouts




! NOTE ! If you have overrides in your lj already; make sure you COMBINE them together. More help on this can be found here!



How do I put a background on my LJ?

It isn't as hard as you think. If you use the S1 style like I prefer to do when making layouts (because S2 is fucking RETARDED by my standards. Easier my ass.) Make sure you put this in your OVERRIDES box found at the customize page.





1) background-image : Your image URL.

2) background-attackment : You can change this to either scroll or fixed. Fixed will keep the image in place; scroll will move the image.

3) background-color : Color you want your background to be. Dur.

4) background-position : Where you want your picture to be placed on your layout. You can use: center left right bottom. You can also combine two, like bottom-left. Or use percentages, like %50 %0. It goes horizantal% x vertical%. .. did that make sense?

5) background-repeat : If you're using a pattern; make sure it says repeat. If you only want the image to appear once, put no-repeat. You can also just make the image repeat in one direction, like repeat-y or repeat-x.

6) margin-top : If you're using a header/banner for your journal, add the number of pixels of how tall your image is + 10 extra. i.e. My current layout's header is 700 x 300 px. I would put down 310 for the margin-top then.




How do I put background music in my livejournal?



www.example.com = web address of your webhosting site
useraccount = name of your account (not applicable to everyone)
soundfile.mid = name of the soundfile (can also be wavs and mp3s files)
loop = n-times/infinite, n-times = play n times before stopping, infinite = continuous

You'll need a host for the song; AND a paid account. Make sure you put this style inbetween the < body > < / body > part of your style.





How do I change the wording on my comments?


This all depends on the style you're using.
For: Default LiveJournal, Punquin Elegant w/Sidebar, Notepad, Refried Paper, Clean and Simple, Magazine styles



For: generator style




Now. When this is pasted into your overrides box, we can start changing the text.

Within the code, look for the words Comment Here. That will be the part where people can comment. Durr. Change this to whatever you want.

Within the code, look for the word Comment. This will be where the comments are tallied up by how many you have. Change this to what you want.
Now; if your word requires a change when there's more than one comment, like if it's Life. Then
there would need to be a %%mc-plural-s%%; which there already. If your comment doesnt require a pluralization; then remove this.






How do I put a border around my entries?


I get this question SO much it isn't even funny... well, yeah okay; it is.

For the style clean and simple


For the style default


For the style disjointed


For the styles generator and tabular indent


For the style punquin


Whew! Now that these are in your override box, it's time to customize.

2px : How thick/big the border will be.

dotted : The style of the borders can be dotted; dashed; solid, or double

#FFFFFF : The color of the borders. Look here for a nice color hex reference. :).





How do I change my layout's font?

For the style Generator


For the style Tabular Indent


For the style Refried Paper



For the style Webley

Comments 
8th-Apr-2005 07:10 am (UTC)
wow this is great thanks - I'll add it to my memories - I had most of those except the text size ones =)
8th-Apr-2005 07:13 am (UTC)
Yay! :). ♥

XDD I love your icon too! HARVEY!
8th-Apr-2005 07:11 am (UTC)
This is great! Putting it in my memories right away!
8th-Apr-2005 07:14 am (UTC)
:D Thank you!! ♥
8th-Apr-2005 07:34 am (UTC)
Added this to my design memories.. handy stuff to know.. and I always forget! lol

Actually.. how did you manage i-frames within lj? I can figure it out. Its probably embaressingly easy o__O
8th-Apr-2005 07:41 am (UTC)
eh? i-frames?
8th-Apr-2005 07:39 am (UTC)
Great idea =) adding this to my memories. Thanks for posting it..
8th-Apr-2005 07:40 am (UTC)
You're very welcome! :). ♥.
8th-Apr-2005 08:17 am (UTC)
heh. XD its good someone FINALLY did a post like this XD i've been meaning to for ages (coz i get sick to death of being asked stupid questions...) :P

this is going in my memories under "lj help for dummies!" XD

^^; and then when ppl ask me shit i can give them the link. heh.
<3
8th-Apr-2005 08:23 am (UTC)
Yay! I'm useful! :D ♥
8th-Apr-2005 08:36 am (UTC)
*O* how awesome~ This is good for people like me! *favorites this entry for later use* I've been trying to find out the BG music thing for ages now XD Ill try using it later!! thanks~~ *glomp*
8th-Apr-2005 08:40 am (UTC)
Heehee you're very welcome m'dear! :DD *glomp!* ♥
8th-Apr-2005 09:17 am (UTC)
♥ I knew most of these, but not all, and ocasionally I still need reminding! *adds to memories*

Very helpful thanks!
8th-Apr-2005 09:39 am (UTC)
Thank you! :DD
8th-Apr-2005 09:19 am (UTC)
Woot.. This is great. Memorised :). Thanks!
8th-Apr-2005 09:39 am (UTC)
You're very welcome! :))
8th-Apr-2005 09:28 am (UTC)
Had most of those but border some other stuff are pretty cool! *tries a heart* ♥
8th-Apr-2005 09:28 am (UTC)
GO MEE!!!!
8th-Apr-2005 09:45 am (UTC)
Really helpful! Some of this stuff I will be using later. Thanks alot. Adding this to memories.
8th-Apr-2005 09:57 am (UTC)
:D I'm glad it's of use to you! ♥ Thank you!
8th-Apr-2005 11:04 am (UTC)
v. helpful. good idea
xx =D
8th-Apr-2005 11:07 am (UTC)
Thank you! :DD <3
8th-Apr-2005 12:04 pm (UTC)
I actually knew most of these, but some (like the background on your LJ and how to make it fixed or how to change the wording on your comments) I had no idea about. I'm going to add this to my memories. Thanks.
8th-Apr-2005 10:31 pm (UTC)
Im glad you fond it useful! ♥
8th-Apr-2005 12:35 pm (UTC)
I definitely found this useful; the LJ html is different from other html so it trips me up at times. I'll definitely be referring back to this. Thanks!
8th-Apr-2005 10:32 pm (UTC)
Yay! :D! Im glad you found it useful! <3
8th-Apr-2005 12:51 pm (UTC)
this is great. it still amazes me that there are people who don't know how to do this stuff, but the truth is, quite a lot of users don't. let's hope this makes the rounds and reaches the eyes of the unenlightened masses. ;)
8th-Apr-2005 10:34 pm (UTC)
Yeah;.. it's really easy to adapt to. But; yes; I do hope it can enlighten the un-aware ones. :D.
<3
8th-Apr-2005 02:17 pm (UTC)
*wow* this is really going to be so helpful!! *shyly pokes* ahem...how's my Goo layout coming along? *smiles innocently, then runs away*

ooo you should make an icon tutorial!!

♥Renegade
8th-Apr-2005 10:30 pm (UTC)
^___^ It's almost done! I have the header and everything finished! Just need to do the coding. :D. You're gonna LOVE it. ♥

Oh; on my iJournal I've done several icon tutorials. ^_^.
8th-Apr-2005 02:36 pm (UTC)
this is gonna be so very useful.
Thank you very much.
N

*goes straight into memories*
8th-Apr-2005 10:34 pm (UTC)
:DD <3
8th-Apr-2005 02:53 pm (UTC)
omg....you are the fountain of knoledge......hmmm.....im bookmarking this so don't delete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



<333 Sara
8th-Apr-2005 10:35 pm (UTC)
XDDD <33
8th-Apr-2005 03:03 pm (UTC)
uh......hahaha......do you know how to direct link pictures?i just want my pictures to LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Sara
8th-Apr-2005 03:06 pm (UTC)
wait.....never mind....i think....ugh...crud....lol is the hypertext link thing what takes pictures and makes them links?i dunno...i figure it out...lol
8th-Apr-2005 03:07 pm (UTC)
Wow, this is really cool! Hehe. Wish this was here when I first started LJ... but I'm sure it'll help loads of ppl in the future! Adding to memories, thanks! ^^
8th-Apr-2005 10:38 pm (UTC)
:DD You're very welcome! ♥
8th-Apr-2005 03:18 pm (UTC)
Thank you for this, especially the last layout parts. I really appreciate it!

Also, if it's not too much trouble, could you possibly do a code to change the font of a journal? I am sick of Verdana and I can't figure out how to change it.

Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
9th-Apr-2005 04:54 am (UTC)
:D I just edited into this post the overrides to change your layout's post into this post! ♥! I hope that helps you!
8th-Apr-2005 03:26 pm (UTC)
these are great :) I'm admittedly stupid when it comes to LJ stuff so this will help me alot :) thanks
8th-Apr-2005 10:40 pm (UTC)
Im glad! :). ♥
8th-Apr-2005 03:58 pm (UTC)
I really appreciate the latter part of your post. I've been racking my brain about the ♥ especially :) Definitely adding to memories.
8th-Apr-2005 10:39 pm (UTC)
Heehee! Yay! I'm glad it helped! ♥
8th-Apr-2005 04:25 pm (UTC)
Really helpful - I have just made some changes to my LJ using this guidance. Thank you!
8th-Apr-2005 10:33 pm (UTC)
:)) You're very welcome!! ♥
8th-Apr-2005 04:28 pm (UTC)
I'm putting this in memories so I can refer to in in the future (not just for me though, but for anyone else who asks). Is that OK?
8th-Apr-2005 10:33 pm (UTC)
Of course it's perfectly fine with me! :)) ♥
8th-Apr-2005 04:39 pm (UTC)
i'm linking to this from my graphics journal [info]nobodysgraphics :)
8th-Apr-2005 10:32 pm (UTC)
Awesome! :). <33
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