New Layout
Oct. 14th, 2005 11:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beandelphikiOkay, finally decided to bite the bullet and change my layout. I was putting it off because I customized the old one back when I was paid, and I knew I'd be loosing some features, but eh...I'm now so sick of what I had that I could scream, and my "About This User" sidebar was way out of date.
So! I'm using "Flexible Squares" for now. I'm still waffling on that. I'm not completely sure about:
-Colors. I don't want to spend hours futzing with them like I used to every time I changed my layout, but I also am one of those twits who wants all the colors to look good, AND coordinate with his icons. Impossible, since my icons are different colors, so maybe I'll take out the feature to show icons with every post, but that sure is a neat feature, but on the other hand, I only have three icons, so it'll get repetitive... *wafflewaffle*
-I can't change the text on the comment links?? WTF? Even the lowliest free account on the first system could do that if they had the brains to figure it out. I actually don't care, really, what the comment links say anymore, but I'm almost offended on general principle.
Pluses!
-I just checked my friends page, and each entry is in a separate table. No more sideways scrolling! Ooooh.
-I still have the blurb, and a link list - schweet. I had to give up about 10 links on my list to change it, but that's really okay, because I never used the old link list. I mean, it was all about having this long-ass link list just to prove I had a paid account, and had the POW-A, etc. I'm not above claiming it's bigger... But hey, I never used it. Maybe I'll use it now, since those are sites I actually go to.
"Smooth Sailing" is about 50x more customizable (maybe that's why I see it so much?) but it's kinda ugly (aesthetics!) and I don't like the links-to-the-past-few-entries sidebar (scroll, bitches!) or the links list being centered (bad visual design - left justify, dammit!).
Lalala. I should really be doing homework. *pretends to go off and start one of the stories he needs to write*
So! I'm using "Flexible Squares" for now. I'm still waffling on that. I'm not completely sure about:
-Colors. I don't want to spend hours futzing with them like I used to every time I changed my layout, but I also am one of those twits who wants all the colors to look good, AND coordinate with his icons. Impossible, since my icons are different colors, so maybe I'll take out the feature to show icons with every post, but that sure is a neat feature, but on the other hand, I only have three icons, so it'll get repetitive... *wafflewaffle*
-I can't change the text on the comment links?? WTF? Even the lowliest free account on the first system could do that if they had the brains to figure it out. I actually don't care, really, what the comment links say anymore, but I'm almost offended on general principle.
Pluses!
-I just checked my friends page, and each entry is in a separate table. No more sideways scrolling! Ooooh.
-I still have the blurb, and a link list - schweet. I had to give up about 10 links on my list to change it, but that's really okay, because I never used the old link list. I mean, it was all about having this long-ass link list just to prove I had a paid account, and had the POW-A, etc. I'm not above claiming it's bigger... But hey, I never used it. Maybe I'll use it now, since those are sites I actually go to.
"Smooth Sailing" is about 50x more customizable (maybe that's why I see it so much?) but it's kinda ugly (aesthetics!) and I don't like the links-to-the-past-few-entries sidebar (scroll, bitches!) or the links list being centered (bad visual design - left justify, dammit!).
Lalala. I should really be doing homework. *pretends to go off and start one of the stories he needs to write*
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Date: 2005-10-16 04:39 pm (UTC)...
all the waffling, though... is making me look around for some good maple syrup. ;)
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Date: 2005-10-17 05:50 pm (UTC)It's really growing on me. I just take a while to adjust to changes...it's like my entire friends list is different somehow, and I'm having trouble recognizing people under a new layout. So I need to adjust...
Maybe I'm just weird...