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Using "Is This It?" by ~tessisamess on DW {customized}
Since I've decided to use this lovely layout by
tessisamess as my default RP journal theme on dreamwidth, I've made myself a little guide to installing the version I customized. This is for my personal use, but left unlocked so that I can refer to it while logged into new journals and such.
Installing Complete Style from IJ
Display
Presentation
Text: Navigation
Text: Entry
Text: Options
Sticky Note
Custom Sidebar Module
Second Custom Sidebar Module
Credit Link
Sidebars & Links List
Custom CSS
If Using on IJ
Instructions from Original Version
![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-userinfo.gif)
Installing Complete Style from IJ
- Go to Your Layers.
- Under create top-level layer, select type: layout and version: 1 then choose create.
- Click Edit next to the newly-created layer.
- Delete what appears in the editor and replace it with the following (Complete Style from insanejournal, fixed to support reading pages):
- Click Save & Compile, at the very top.
- Wait a moment for it to finish, then click Back to layers list beside it.
- Go to Customize and choose Your Custom Layers. Select Apply Theme under the one labelled Complete Style
- Go to Customize Your Theme and fill out according to the guide below.
Display
- Mood Theme: one of the bunnies usually looks nice; use on reading page
- Navigation Strip: irrelevant, as this theme disables it
Presentation
- choose 10 entries per page for both
- Two Column (Sidebar on Left)
Text: Navigation
- Entries
- Archive
- Reading
- Profile
Text: Entry
- Comment
- 1 // #
- Comment
- 1 // #
Text: Options
- Edit
- Tag
- +
- Track
- Untrack
- No Subject
Sticky Note
- Make the sticky note's title the blog title desired.
- Edit the following as relevant to the muse.
Custom Sidebar Module
- This is the sidebar image and translucent text; edit appropriately.
Second Custom Sidebar Module
- This is the blurb at the sidebar's bottom; edit appropriately.
Credit Link
- Person to credit if you have an individually created layout
- URL to link the credit to
Sidebars & Links List
- STOP! Do not touch. Walk away. Leave as default. Do not even pass go!
Custom CSS
- For Custom external stylesheet URL , put the following. It installs the fonts for this layout.
- For Custom Stylesheet, copy and paste the following.
If Using on IJ
- Since I like this layout enough, I might use it for insanejournal as well.
- Should I do so, the last bit of coding, /* ICON REPLACEMENTS */, needs to be swapped out with the following
- And userpics need to be enabled by finding and changing:
Instructions from Original Version
→#000 to change the sidebar background.
→#111 to change the page background.
→#222 to change link colors.
→#555 to change entry/sticky header titles.
→#666 to change sidebar font color.
→#777 to change page font color.
→#999 to change entry date color.
→#ccc to change image and entry link borders.
→#eee to change entries background.
→#fbfbfb to change entry link background.
→#fff to change font color on gif overlay and userpic border.
→0, 0, 0 to change DARK border fade color.
→255, 255, 255 to change LIGHT border fade color.
→Biryani to change the sidebar title font.
→Oswald to change the entry title font.
→HELVETICA,SANS-SERIF to change the bulk font.
→http://i.imgur.com/aEzXOrg.png to change the background pattern.