Newbie bumbling along...

[redcirce]

Hello, I'm one of the many making the mass exodus due to the issues over at LJ currently. I did have some questions, though, that hopefully someone might know the answers to?

1. Firstly, (and this might answer the rest of my questions, honestly) I saw a page a few days ago that clearly laid out the differences between LJ and DW (i.e. which features were where). It definitely was NOT the official one in the DW FAQ (much more detailed). Has anyone else seen this, or something similar?

2. Is there anything on DW similar to the "notes" features on LJ? I find it really helpful in keeping track of people, but I'm not seeing anything in "Settings". I may be looking in the wrong place.

3. AT LJ I can modify subscriptions to my friends/comms and keep certain tags I have no interest in in showing up on my flist. So, opt out of tags, not opt in. Is there a way to do that here? (maybe in the "filters" section?) I looked in the "Mange your Circle" section, but I'm not seeing anything.

4. (This may be a really stupid question, JSYK) I won a charity auction a while back and had someone write me a layout for LJ that I like very much. I was thinking of trying to learn the code and modify it for here. However, a big part of the layout is a wide top banner image typical of LJ (that randomly rotates between a group of images). I've noticed that I haven't seen any wide top banners here at DW- is that not possible with the style set up here? I'd be nice to know if I'm doomed to failure before I try to modify the code.

5. Is there any option to get a tag selector on entries? I use that a lot, especially for comms.

(I use Firefox, btw, in case there are any neat scripts that solve any of this.)



Sorry if these are all questions that have been asked a bazillion times. I am working through the FAQ but it's taking a while...

Comments

[deird1]

As regards #2, it's not available at the moment - but they're planning to release it sometime soon.

[redcirce]

Good to know, thanks!

[yvi]

Yep, I am working on it. Give me a few more weeks. *hopes RL will calm down soon*

[redcirce]

Yay, good to know!

[noxie]

Re 3.: I know that you can do that because I definitely did, but I'm wondering if this might be a paid feature? It might be a free feature, but having a paid account, I have no way of checking. :)
But when I go to http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/subscriptions/filters, I can click on a user name and then choose between wanting to see the specifically tagged posts only, or no posts with certain tags.

[hlagol]

It's paid only, for the record. :)

[redcirce]

Oh, good! I upgraded after the news post, so I guess I need to poke around and figure it out. I don't currently have any filters, so that might be the issue.

[dancing_serpent]

1) Did you mean the Guide to RP-specific features on LJ vs DW by relle?

3) is possible, but a paid feature

5) that will be part of the new entry page. It's currently in beta, if you want you can turn it on here - scroll down

[redcirce]

1.) It wasn't that one, but that's also a good one, thanks!

3.) Looks like I just need to fiddle with it to figure it out...

5. Oh, that's super useful, thanks!

[arethinn]

5) that will be part of the new entry page.

Yay! One of the few things that annoys me about DW vs LJ.

[dancing_serpent]

*g* I've turned on beta testing for this and it works great for me!

[virkatjol]

here is a link to bring over 4 of the LJ base layouts:

http://starlit.dreamwidth.org/272.html

I'm using the same here as on LJ, flexible Squares, but I had to create my own layer. The CSS for 4 of them that aren't here right now are on there.

[redcirce]

Oooh, my LJ is on flexible squares, so I have high hopes that this will help me bring over the custom CSS. Thanks!

[virkatjol]

no prob! hope it helps. i can't tell my DW from my lj i have to look at the url most of the time. lol

[promethia_tenk]

#1--is this what you're looking for?: http://aphelant.dreamwidth.org/423983.html

Even if not, I'd highly recommend it!

[redcirce]

Ooh, I think that was it, thanks!