Comments | lj_stylecontest: Wide Lines

cmshaw in lj_stylecontest

Wide Lines

Apr 12, 2005 02:57

Wide LinesThis style is built out of lines, not boxes: it uses the entire screen to display entries. The effect can be clean and efficient or sprawling and relaxed -- there are many options for customization available through the standard wizard interface, and even more open to users with a minimum of layer use. Focus is taken by the content of ( Read more... )

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cmshaw April 12 2005, 20:24:40 UTC

Adding another screenshot to show what can be done with the wizard customizations (and MS Paint):

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Additional preview links cmshaw April 14 2005, 16:49:45 UTC

Future features cmshaw April 14 2005, 17:00:08 UTC

Features not yet included in this style, but which could easily be added:

Different backgrounds for the recent entries, friends, and entry pages (and other pages as well, if wished)
Support for imagemap backgrounds and corresponding suppression of navigation links
Background image/color selector for LiveJournal's palimg feature
Cursor selection

Other work:

Sort properties into more clearly described propgroups

pbristow April 15 2005, 07:51:31 UTC

Wow! What I like about this is that I can shrink the width of my browser to a tiny column, and still see everything perfectly. Great if you just want to keep half an eye on LJ while you're doing other things. =:o}

cmshaw April 18 2005, 20:39:18 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who likes to resize my windows sometimes....

livredor April 15 2005, 15:29:30 UTC

I really like this style. What most sold me on it was the option to view comments chronologically; that's a feature that S2 desperately needs, IMO. Would it be possible to adapt your code to other S2 layouts, do you think?

cmshaw April 15 2005, 16:00:09 UTC

Would it be possible to adapt your code to other S2 layouts, do you think?

Yes, it should be relatively easy for layouts that are largely core-based for the comment placement. I've talked about it a little bit before this, but I should probably do a full write-up in lj_style now that this contest has drummed up a bit of interest!

livredor April 17 2005, 22:53:15 UTC

That would be cool, if you could explain a bit how your chronological comment thing works. I'm completely in love with the concept ( ... )

Extra features cmshaw April 18 2005, 16:08:42 UTC

Firstly, you haven't set your style to public; is that intentional?

No, that was a complete oversight -- thank you for pointing it out.

The first is the ability to choose whether you want custom comments or not.

Again, that must have been an oversight on my part; I'll add that in. (Fortunately, that's quite simple!)

The other one is the ability to change the font face and size.

This would be a good feature to add in, I agree.

Also, how would you feel about my playing around with your code to make it more CSS-able? Because people are always going to come up with customizations you haven't thought of in the wizard. There are a couple of places I've spotted where more named classes would be a real help with flexibility.I'm assuming that if this style is accepted for public use, there will be a period in which it is cleaned up before it is made available. I would greatly appreciate your assistance! (And if it isn't, well, people still might want it as a custom style, in which case they'll be likely to want those customizable ( ... )

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