Brainstorming Post!

[brat_inslayage]

Picture me flailing in futile and exaggeratedly comic rage if it makes this whole comment redesign thing just an infinitesimal amount better.

You know how this works, right? Make with the storming of the braininess.

[[just wait for the OH GOD HOW IS THIS EVEN GOING TO WORK I DON'T KNOW AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL FROM MY INBOX ocd, such as it is, is there. *weeps* oh, hell. get your redesign rage on in the ooc sorta-thread. DO IT.]]

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[nookiepowered]

I've switched plotterywheel over to a style that actually shows subject headings -- AND THE DROP-DOWN ICON LIST -- if you... want to delete all the comments and do the OCD over.

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Ohgod yeah, not bothering this time, I think. :/ This is basically how I feel about LJ right now.

[angelo_wings]

Is it you that just changed to whatever the current style is, like, five minutes ago? If so, what is it?

[nookiepowered]

Yep, that's me! I just finished changing over all the FH comms. I'll make a post in OOC about it as soon as I get everything together, but here's the quick and dirty version:

* You have to have a plus or paid account to make it work
* Minimalism style
* Georgia theme
* 2 column, sidebar on left (there is no sidebar, but you have to choose this layout to make the design work)

Then Customize, Custom CSS, and in the Custom Stylesheet box, paste:

body { font-size:10px; } .sidebar { display:none; } small {font-size:11px !important;} big {font-size:110%;} .content-inner { margin-left:20px !important; overflow:visible; } .content .entry { width:80% overflow:visible; font-family:Verdana, Georgia, serif; } .username {max-width:120px;} h3 { margin-top:0px !important; } .entrymenu a {padding-top:20px !important; }

That's from stoppedhiding's design with tweaks for full-width by articletwelve, here.

(There's a version with a sidebar there too, but that reduces the space for comments.)

The only thing it doesn't quite fix is that screened comments aren't grayed-out (if it's your journal and you can see the screened comments). You have to look at the eye icon, and if it doesn't have the slash across it, it's screened.

The thing it utterly screws up is your journal layout, though, since the style carries over to journal view and friends view, so you lose all your pretty customizations.