Customization

[av8rmike]

Expressive: Urban Sunset sure is pretty. That must be why all the cool people I know are using it for their layout/theme. But man, is it a pain in the ass to customize. There are at least five separate and layered style sheets to control the positioning and appearance, and the class naming scheme doesn't make any sense at first. It took me several hours to figure out what to change and where, but I changed the time and date stamps to something unusual, and made an entry footer that matches the ones in the sidebar.

Since I know everyone noticed. =P

Comments

[javamaven1.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was using that one for a while! I switched over to Expressive: Fleur Brown since I tend to switch layouts every few months.

I've noticed that LJ has become easier and easier to customize over the past few years. I remember when you had to actually CODE to change things!

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

I noticed. That's actually one reason I switched (besides accidentally deleting my customizations for Opal): javamaven switched to something else! ;)
That's interesting about the "ease of use"; some of the layouts have dozens of wizard-type customizations. Not Expressive, though. Besides some basics, I think one isn't supposed to mess too much with Expressive. Why else would they have 70+ themes to choose from?

[jessity.livejournal.com]

So now I'm going around looking at journals, evidently. I love yours!

[violaman.livejournal.com]

This new layout sure is fancy. It looks like a real blog now! :)

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

What did it look like before?