Dreamwidth style system discussion

DW -> IJ Conversion

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:30:57 GMT

Posted by: parnassian

Hi guys! So there's a guide to convert IJ styles to DW, but I'm looking around and there doesn't seem to be any guide for converting the other way. I've made some progress but when I go in to compile my custom layer I'm getting a ton of errors. The current one is "can't declare usage of non-existent property" (property use layout_type; is the italicized line). I'm picking at it slowly but I thought I'd reach out to see if anyone has any experience with converting from DW to IJ and any finicky things I need to change in the raw code.

If it helps, I'm trying to convert Basic Boxes. Thanks in advance!

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SOLVED - saving custom re-colouring of existing theme

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:33:00 GMT

Posted by: lacrimula_falsa

Hi there.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but here goes:

I have recoloured EVERYTHING on my current journal theme (plus I added a background image). I don't want to lose all that work when I switch themes. Is there a way to save my custom colours in a reusable way in case I later switch back to my current theme?

Thanks in advance for any help
-LF

EDIT: Thank you all for the help. I've now found a method that works for me. (Saving the contents of the wizard layer.) :)

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Correcting some linkage

Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:30:07 GMT

Posted by: redcinematics

Hi there! I'm currently using a ported version of Smooth Sailing and, since DW's retired the .bml aspect of links, I'm having trouble fixing my style to go to my userpics. It's been ages since .bml was retired, and this was one of my back-burner projects, but now that I'm fiddling with it I can't seem to figure out what values to stick in there!

My problem can be accurately summed by visiting my journal and clicking on my default userpic. I'm able to find the instances of allpics.bml in the ported sheet (three) but fixing it, well.. no luck so far! Any tips will imputed for test ASAP. =)

Solved! See comment! =)

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Journal style advice

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:42:31 GMT

Posted by: ari_linn

Hello people, I'm in the process of migrating to dreamwidth from livejournal and want to make my new blog look like the old one (I use Smooth Sailing theme with custom CSS there and have never waded into "creating new layers", "advanced customization" or whatever you call it). Can someone point me to a DW theme that has these two things:

1) a decent header with Title, Subtitle, Navigation bar and Current page title. I saw many themes with this kind of header but they all seem to have Navbar under Current page title. Are there any themes where Navbar is shown at the top of Current page title?
2) an ability to create multiple custom menu blocks (title + static html content, no more) without having to mess with advanced customization. I want to have a counter and an informer in my blog and don't want to place them in a sticky post or something.

If someone knows such theme please tell me its name. I know it's just waiting for me to use it on my journal.

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Font embedding feature

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:42:23 GMT

Posted by: jana

Since the latest code push it's possible to embed web fonts in your stylesheet via the style wizard. What is the corresponding property if you want to set it in a theme layer? I'm working on a layout but don't use it as my journal style (which means I can't use the wizard).

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Sidebar cuts off on .lj-view-entry,.lj-view-archive and.lj-view-month using Flexible Squares on DW

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:29:48 GMT

Posted by: marahmarie

ETA: SOLVED. With this layout, deleting display:none from .clearfoot fixes things right up (yes, the design seems to be inadvertently coded so that it cuts off the sidebar in the three views mentioned in my post title).

Like in this example. Another user in this community had the same problem months ago (not with this style, actually a Core 2 style) and I was one of the ones who helped them, though I wasn't of much help because nothing I tried or suggested at the time really worked. Can't help myself now, either. Any suggestions?

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Header image issues

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:14:11 GMT

Posted by: sharpiefan

I've just switched a community journal that I run to the new Librarian's Dream layout (which looks great), and added a header banner in using the CSS code below:

#canvas {
margin-top: 10px;
background-image: url(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c139/Sharpiefan/AnythingAoSbanner2.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: top center;
padding-top: 250px;
}

Unfortunately, this leads to a slight issue with the sidebar overlapping the banner a little, as shown in the screencap below (click to enlarge):

Is there any way to centre the banner above the entries? (I can alter the image itself to do, but it will be a case of trial and error, and will not look right on monitors that don't have the same resolution as my own, so it's not the ideal solution.)

Help!

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A question about Styles

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:42:22 GMT

Posted by: baggyeyes

Hey,
I have a premium paid account, and just tried to make an additional style. I was given a helpful (?) error that said I had used up my limit of Styles. What I'd like to know is, how many styles and layers do account holders have at each level?

Thanks for all the fish!

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I'm missing something fundamental about column layout

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:18:17 GMT

Posted by: zvi

I got the css I wanted to work correctly on Tabula Rasa. see the style live and view user layer source

Now, I'm trying to convert it to a layer and a theme (view style live

If I want the Tabula Rasa stylesheet, do I need to copy and paste that directly into the stylesheet in the layout layer? I used function print_stylesheet () { to include the stylesheet because I thought that would call the Tabula Rasa stylesheet, but it doesn't seem to be working.

Help?

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Beginner's guide to making your journal look pretty

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:56:22 GMT

Posted by: cesy

I've done a very draft beginner's guide to styles-y things at http://cesy.dreamwidth.org/235706.html - partially prompted by some comments in princessofgeeks' journal.

Any comments or feedback on how to improve it would be much appreciated.

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set custom_css

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:58:54 GMT

Posted by: zvi

If I set the custom_css in a theme layer, will it be used when I create a style with the theme layer?

Will I be able to alter the css in the theme via the wizard?

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