style_system | Entries tagged with layout:importing or imported from

I'm brand new to DW, I used to be around LJ a lot, but after their latest attempt at trying to "fix" things that did not need to be fixed, I felt like it was the very last drop and decided to jump ship-- As I'm sure many more will, after all, why are we paying people to only make our life more difficult with their "updates", right?

But here is the thing: I don't know anything (and I truly mean anything) about CSS or HTML.

Yes, I was able to find a tutorial made by a very, very kind soul, explaining how to pass the Flexible Squares layout over here-- Something that I have accomplished! Same with the custom CSS I used to have, back then.

Problem is, for some reason, in the navigation bar at the header, besides the usual "Recent Posts", "Friends", "Archive" and "Profile" that we can change the texts for, I now also have a "Tags" and "Memories" on the bar.

I thought I could possibly figure out how to make them disappear on my own, but, well, turns out I can't.

The case in question is not on this account, which I will be "prettifying", later today, but if someone could give me some lights as to how to make those two options disappear from the navigation bar (or, at least, how to change the text for them) I would appreciate tons!

Thanks a lot in advance!

Tags:

boundbooks

I think I got the terminology right in the title, but I'm unsure. My tricky problem is as follows:

I haven't dabbled much at all into CSS, but I'm part of a mod-team which wants to mirror a community on LJ and DW. Over on LJ we have a very pretty layout:

dhr_advent which was made by a volunteer (who does not have a DW account). I would like to use this same layout over on DW.

I used

parapsychic's Importing Flexible Squares journal style to Dreamwidth, and was able to get the visuals to work: See

dhr_advent

However, all the little things that make Dreamwidth enjoyable are horribly busted. I assume that this is because that's all built into the DW S2 stuff, and not LJ's flexible squares. Right now, I can't manage tags, I can't click headers to open entries, the tag module isn't appearing on the front page, and who knows what else.

What's my best bet to mimic as closely as possible the LJ lay-out, but in DW? I'm aware of two resources:

Conversion Guide: Flexible Squares
http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Conversion_Guide:_Flexible_Squares

S2 CSS
http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/S2_CSS

( Custom CSS written for LJ )

Are these my best resources for doing a conversion? Is there another resource or write-up I should know? Any tips for a beginner CSS person? Am I completely missing something that I should know? :)

Tags:

dee_groovy

Hello,

I'm using Flexible Squares, and when I view my friends page, the name of the user/community doesn't show up underneath the userpic. Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks!

Tags:

rosefox

I have a custom style I ported over from LJ. I'd like to update it to show crosspost links. Is there a crosspost link equivalent to $.metadata{"mood"} in the below code? Or is there somewhere else I should be looking for it?

if ($.metadata{"mood"}!="") { """<li>$*text_meta_mood:"""; print $.metadata{"mood"}+$.mood_icon; """</li> """; }

Many thanks for any assistance!

EDIT: Found it: "xpost". Now hacking away at my style.

Current Mood: hopeful

Tags:

magnolia

Is it possible to import layouts from Dreamwidth to LiveJournal? I still use LJ for some stuff, but the layouts are just too hard for me to see. I've imported an LJ layout to DW before so I kinda know how it works, but I was wondering if it would even work.

Also, how do I find out which layouts are available to import? Do I contact the person who made it, or do is this information on the site somewhere and I just keep overlooking it?

Any info would be appreciated. :) Thanks!

Tags:

layout:importing or imported from

annalytica

Hi,
I have recently imported my journal from LJ. A couple of weird things happened - my user pics got stretched widthways so they look really odd, and all the letters in the titles of my posts became lower case. This happens both in imported entries and in entries I post in Dreamwidth - though posts which are cross-posted from here to LJ come out as normal. Any ideas on how I can correct this? (I'm afraid I know nothing about CSS so idiot's guide style responses would be very much appreciated!)
Thanks!

Tags:

darth_azura

I am trying to use the layout disjointed for a custom layout for a dw journal. I had success with flexible squares with another journal.

I compile and save, and get this error, the same error with several tries:


Compile error: line 261, column 5: Can't declare usage of non-existent property
  S2::NodeProperty, S2/NodeProperty.pm, 90
  S2::NodePropGroup, S2/NodePropGroup.pm, 77
  S2::Checker, S2/Checker.pm, 374
  S2::Compiler, S2/Compiler.pm, 34

Context


257:     property use text_edit_entry;
258:     property use text_edit_tags;
259:     property use text_mem_add;
260:     property use text_tell_friend;
261:     property use text_flag;
262:     property use text_permalink;
263:     property string free_text {
264:         des = "Free text";
265:         rows = 10;




I am assuming it has to do with "flag" but I do not know what to replace it with.

Tags:

pixiesandpotions

I imported Flexible Squares from LiveJournal and I'm using a theme by

refuted called Autumn. I'd really like the Navigation Strip at the top to show up, but I think there's something in the CSS hiding it. Anyone have a better idea than me why it might not be showing up?

Edit: Fixed! Now I just need to go back and mess with margins, since the fix messed them up.

Tags:

shadowsong

Before I try to duplicate Classic as a custom layout on Dreamwidth, I figured I should check to see if it had already been done. The style search turns up nothing - is it here under another name?

If I do need to create it myself, are this tutorial and addendum all I need to accomplish that task?

Tags:

biodamped

Hi all,

I'm one of those people who's a little too attached to her lj style, and have done some importing so i can use it here. All the compiling has worked fine, and the layout customisations are wonderful, but i seem to have no usernames for the entries on my reading page. At the moment i can recognise the user by icon, but i'd really like to find the source of the problem. ~~If anyone can help, or knows of a work around, that'd be fabulous. The style i'm currently using is LJ's Mixit, but Flexible Squares does the same thing. Thanks again!~~

Problem solved, thank you!

Tags:

toker

is there a way to use s1 generator styles from livejournal over here?

Tags:

adrenaline

hello! i have imported an s2 smooth sailing layout & for some reason the subject won't show up when you click either the permalink or the read comments link. i've tried putting "font-size: 25pt !important;" to the entryheadersubject line in my layer but it's not working. anyone have a clue why it's not showing up? thanks :D

Tags:

rosefox

I have a heavily modded LJ style that I've been trying to port over to DW. I've pretty much been successful, except for the menubar. Here's the code in the LJ style:

    foreach var string v ($.views_order) {
        if (lang_viewname($v)!="") {
            print "<li><a href=\""+$.view_url{$v}+"\">"+lang_viewname($v)+"";
        }
    }

On LJ, this outputs links to /, /calendar, /friends, and /profile.

On DW, the views seem to have been updated to include a link to /tag and /memories. This is great, except that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change the text of the link from "Tags" to something else. All the names are set earlier in the style:

    set text_view_memories = "pressed flowers";
    set text_view_friends = "other gardeners";
    set text_view_archive = "growing cycle";
    set text_view_recent = "fresh cuttings";
    set text_view_userinfo = "genus";

but no matter how I set text_view_tags and text_view_tag, the /tag link still shows up as "Tags".

Any idea what the name of that variable would be, so I can set it? It's a little cosmetic thing, but it really annoys me.

Thanks for the help!

Current Mood: hopeful

Tags:

owca

Is it possible to import Component style layouts to Dreamwidth? If so, how? I've been reading a series of tutorials on how to import lj layouts here, but Component was never included. I've also tried on my own, with no luck, sadly.

Tags:

layout:importing or imported from

dantean

Good day, all! :)

I installed one of the layouts from thefulcrum, following the instructions to port the MixIt layout over to dreamwidth. (This layout.) The layout shows up (presumably) as it's supposed to but I want to know how and if I can make a few modifications:

1) The footer links are... well, too numerous: I only want the "post comments", "view comments", "edit entry", "edit tags", and the permalink to the entry. The others I want gone. Tried to delete them from the custom layer but it... didn't seem to work.

2) The usernames and community names don't seem to show up properly. On my Reading page, only usernames show up in posts to communities, and in individual posts there is no username showing. I want to be able to see the username (and community name, if applicable) underneath the icon (if there is one).

3) Date/time! I want 24 hour time and the full month -- so, basically, "posted at 14:43 on 3 May 2009". I attempted to do this but apparently the dates on dreamwidth are formatted differently than on lj, and I couldn't find documentation on the dreamwidth site to fix it.

Suggestions on how to proceed or even places I could ask about it are appreciated (as the layout maker won't provide help on further modifications to the layout). If this were on lj, I'd go to the everything_lj comm, but I doubt that they'd appreciate questions on a different journaling site. ;)

Thanks!

eta: I think I'll .. give up on the customisation for now, as dreamwidth doesn't appear to allow free accounts access to creating/editing custom layers anymore. :\ I just got a message when I tried to use the fix in comments that my account type doesn't permit that feature. I was just using it an hour ago, too!

Tags:

Profile

Dreamwidth style system discussion

April 2025

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

Syndicate

Page Summary

Style Credit

Style: Radiant Aqua for Venture by onlyembers

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Page generated May. 30th, 2025 12:13 am

Dreamwidth style system discussion

Entries tagged with layout:importing or imported from

Hey everyone!

Converting a Flexible Squares Layout Into S2

Friends User Pics in Flexible Squares

[SOLVED] Updating old LJ-sourced custom styles with the crosspost link

Importing Dreamwidth layouts to LiveJournal?

Capital letters and stretched user pics in Blanket

Disjointed as a layout

Question about a Flexible Squares layout

LJ "Classic" Layout

Core1 query

(no subject)

imported layout - subject not showing

Menubar weirdness

Question about importing a (livejournal) Component layout.

Can I be the first person to post a plea for help? :)

Profile

April 2025

Links

Syndicate

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags