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getting_started2010-09-08 02:55 pm
blackmare) wrote in getting_started2010-09-08 02:55 pm
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Layout help for the utterly clueless?
I know there are plenty of custom layouts available for DW, but it's like pressing my nose against the candy shop window and knowing I can't have any, while the other kids are in there getting toffee and chocolates.
You see, none of the instructions I have found even make sense to me. I'm not literate with coding and I don't even know what most of the references are to layers, etc., so I seem to be stuck. I need someone to actually walk me through this. I tried once on my own and the results were awful.
Please, is there a Guide for The First-Timer? Preferably with visuals, so that "Enter X code in Y layer" translates to "Type this code into this field right here on this page, see?"
If there is, it'll help drive a lot more users here, IMO. The two biggest obstacles I'm seeing at LJ are "none of my friends are moving" and "I would move but I hate DW's styles."
For what it's worth, I've already moved, and paid, because my privacy is more important than my layout, but I feel the frustration all the same.
You see, none of the instructions I have found even make sense to me. I'm not literate with coding and I don't even know what most of the references are to layers, etc., so I seem to be stuck. I need someone to actually walk me through this. I tried once on my own and the results were awful.
Please, is there a Guide for The First-Timer? Preferably with visuals, so that "Enter X code in Y layer" translates to "Type this code into this field right here on this page, see?"
If there is, it'll help drive a lot more users here, IMO. The two biggest obstacles I'm seeing at LJ are "none of my friends are moving" and "I would move but I hate DW's styles."
For what it's worth, I've already moved, and paid, because my privacy is more important than my layout, but I feel the frustration all the same.
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Just in case you didn't know, Dreamwidth has a white-on-black skin. You can select it at http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/settings/?cat=display / Site Skin.
Would you mind explaining what type of style you'd like to have on DW? It would help designers if they knew what some users need, especially if it's simply a matter of color schemes as these are very easy to do. I find LJ selection extremely limited myself as compared to what DW offers considering it's such a 'young' site so I'm always surprised to hear this particular critique and would like to understand what it means exactly.
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So as far as site skin, I'm very happy and I like DW's a lot better than LJ's rather stark mostly-white (and combined with their current Graveyard Butterflies header, double ick).
I'll do some linking and/or screencaps for you soon, because it's so hard to convey what I mean without visuals. I appreciate your response and will do my best to be helpful instead of just griping.