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lj_refugees2017-04-06 08:02 am
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How to Move to Dreamwidth and Like It
Hello all,
When LJ moved their servers to Russia, I wrote a post called How to Move to Dreamwidth and Like It with my accumulated advice and resources on making the switch and a heavy dollop of pep-talk and getting in the right frame of mind. Now with the Terms of Service debacle, it occurred to me that I should share it a little more widely than my circle.
When I wrote the post, I was operating under the assumption that most people would and should move in small stages, so the post is structured to support that. Now, I will admit that my basic advice has shifted to 'abandon ship as soon as possible,' but hopefully people still find it useful : )
As I imagine most of the people who really need this are not (yet) part of this comm, please feel free to share with anyone who you think could benefit.
When LJ moved their servers to Russia, I wrote a post called How to Move to Dreamwidth and Like It with my accumulated advice and resources on making the switch and a heavy dollop of pep-talk and getting in the right frame of mind. Now with the Terms of Service debacle, it occurred to me that I should share it a little more widely than my circle.
When I wrote the post, I was operating under the assumption that most people would and should move in small stages, so the post is structured to support that. Now, I will admit that my basic advice has shifted to 'abandon ship as soon as possible,' but hopefully people still find it useful : )
As I imagine most of the people who really need this are not (yet) part of this comm, please feel free to share with anyone who you think could benefit.
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But it may just be that I am home from a very long day and tired and not braining well. :-) There's that, too. I appreciate having the resource, either way, because you brought up some stuff that I hadn't heard about (claiming OpenID comments? Whuh?).
As for not liking the default site skin (I haaaaaaate it), my #1 recommendation about that is picking Celerity instead. Sweet relief.
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I do have a post on the beginners set-up basics stuff here (importing, setting up cross-posting, etc.). Though plenty of people have written similar. ETA: also pretty old. Has some outdated information.
(claiming OpenID comments? Whuh?)
I highly recommend. Makes all your imported pages look so much nicer. And if your DW icons have the same names as your LJ ones, it will apply the correct icon to your comment!
As for not liking the default site skin (I haaaaaaate it), my #1 recommendation about that is picking Celerity instead. Sweet relief.
Lol! I found it a bit jarring at first, but now I actually prefer it. I like red generally, though.