Expressive for Scrapbook

[tinyjo]

OK, the Expressive for Scrapbook layer is now in a state where is is useable, I believe. Under the cut is instructions on how to use it. Any and all comments, requests for features, bug reports or, well, anything related to the style, comment here. If LJ wants to nick this for the site, feel free :) You can find the layer code at http://pics.livejournal.com/manage/styles/advanced/layerbrowse?id=66432. S2 people, do you think this would be suitable for general S2 communities as there don't seem to be any Scrapbook specific ones?

1. Go to http://pics.livejournal.com/manage/styles/advanced/ and, in the Create Style text box, enter a name and click Create
2. On the resulting page, ignore the box for Language. In the box for Layout, select [other]. In the text box which should now appear, enter 66432. Click save changes.
3. Now go to http://pics.livejournal.com/manage/styles/. You should see your newly created style. Click on the Edit link
4. On this page, DO NOT touch anything in the style settings bit, even though you'll see the wrong layer name here. It's a bug. As long as you don't save style settings you'll be fine. Instead, click the Customize (or Edit if you already have customizations) button in the Customize section
5. You're now in the customization wizard. Customize to your hearts content, including choosing your theme (much easier for me to do that this way rather than in theme layers).
6. To actually use the thing on your Scrapbook, go to http://pics.livejournal.com/manage/styles/ and click the radio button next to the name of the style you created

Using this method, you should get any updates I make to the layer automatically, which'll be nice :)

Comments

Re: Loading for some and not for others

[clooneyproject.livejournal.com]

That's right they can't see any at all. Does it make a difference if they could see them before I switched to Expressive. I'll let them know to look into the firewall and note the Monitor size on the other.

Thanks for looking into the titles for me :)

Re: Loading for some and not for others

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

That's right they can't see any at all. Does it make a difference if they could see them before I switched to Expressive.

Yes, that would be interesting to know and also if they can see pictures on other people's Scrapbooks. If they're having problems with all Scrapbooks, probably the best thing for them to do would be to open a support request.

Re: Loading for some and not for others

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Not a perfect solution, but try

.asset-inner { overflow: visible !important; }
.asset-name, .asset-meta-comments { overflow: visible !important;
height: auto !important;
min-height: 2.8em !important;
white-space: normal !important; }

in the custom css box.

Re: Loading for some and not for others

[clooneyproject.livejournal.com]

Thank You! It works. Throws the thumbnails a little out of wack but I can do minor adjustements to the titles to fix that. Also the first issue with the person not being able to see the pics is fixed as well. :-)

I have two more questions (sorry to bother you but I'm really ignorant when it comes to this) but I would like to change the font size on the "also appears in this gallery" title/text can you tell me what to paste in CSS box and this probably is not possible but is there a way to have a thumbnail on the index page link to a seperate scrapbook? I have two scrapbooks that I would like to link together. I can place a link in the sidebar but would also like to show a thumbnail for it.

Thanks again for all your help!