http://singularitymods.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] singularitymods.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] singularityooc2011-12-21 02:42 am
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MOD ANNOUNCEMENT -- OH, LJ

Bonjour, Carolyn ici.

As you may have noticed, either by your plurk timeline exploding, or by, I don't know, attempting to use the site, LJ has put their foot in it again. One hopes they'll roll back the changes, but until then, if we switch to the Minimalism style with custom comments on for the comms, we can get halfway-usable comment pages back. (Example Paradisa thread.)

But we don't want to spring this on anyone, so discuss in comments. Good idea? Glaring flaws? Just not too much discussion, or the threads will collapse and then we'll be in trouble.

ETA: Okay, there we go. Hope this helps at least somewhat.

ETA2: With the help of [livejournal.com profile] stoppedhiding and our own Larissa, we've got a style in place that maximizes use of screen real estate and doesn't hurt to look at. It should work for both Paid and Plus accounts.

[identity profile] rustigedraak.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for switching it over! I've got a paid for Ladon that allows me to use custom comments, but I was afraid I'd have to brave that crapfest with Dana.

Honestly if the comment page is the only majorly broken part of LJ, there's bound to be some fixes from outside sources. Though considering how much more buggy and bandwidth-eating the new style is, no doubt there will be other repercussions involving server overload and downtime that aren't so easy to work around.

I recommend the layouts on [livejournal.com profile] fruitstyle in terms of functional S2 styles that don't squish the hell out of comments. Let me know if you guys need help with tweaking the CSS. I'm kind of rusty but I can poke at things until they look nice.
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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2011-12-21 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the offer. <3 We're not gonna worry about it too much yet, since LJ has a habit of going "HAHA JUST KIDDING please believe us" when they pull stuff like this. We'll see.

[identity profile] rustigedraak.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Here's to hoping!