Help!

[raphaha]

Hello all!

I had some disturbing things going on on my LJ and because of that I would love to lock my LJ and make it friends only from now on.
As you all know by now, I'm a total idiot when it comes to such things so could someone please explain to me how to do that?

And it would be really lovely if one of you talented Ladies could create a

Comments

[chaosmanor]

Do you have a paid lj? Paid lj users can change the security settings of all the entries in their lj with one command.

If you've got a free lj, then you have to manually change each entry.

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=120&q=security&lang=

[raphaha]

Yes, I have a paid lj. So I can change it with only one command? Wow, I had NO idea it is that easy. Even I should be able to do that!
Thank you for your help!

[tularia]

To make your journal friends only from now on, go here: http://www.livejournal.com/manage/profile/ , click on Comment Settings, and enable comments to Friends Only.
After you do that, go to the Admin Console and copy/paste or type in this phrase: set newpost_minsecurity friends
Click OK or save (don't remember which one it is), and all future entries will be friends-only, and only your friends can comment on your posts.

[raphaha]

That sound so easy that even I should be able to do it!
thank you so much for your help!!

[eenoogje]

I haven't really made my journal friends only. I've thought about it, but I like to make public posts with pictures sometimes too.
So, I've gone back to entries that I wanted to make friends only and hit the edit button.
Still, if you have lots of people on your friendslist that you don't know well, it can still be a bit weird to make very private posts. So I've also created a filter with my close friends in it. Took me a while to figure that out too ;-)

[raphaha]

But you figured out how to do that at last! *big sigh* I (again) have NO idea what so ever how to filter my close friends. I didn't even know that this is possible. See: idiot me!!
Awww, I think we have to do a retreat again so that someone can explain to me the deep and hidden secrets of LJ!

[eenoogje]

Well, you could come over to Eindhoven for a day ;-)

[raphaha]

Ahhh, that would be nice!

[illiadri]

God. I wish I'd known there was a single command.. I went and hand locked every single entry *head desk*

I use custom groups a lot too. Because sometimes there are things you want your bestest friends on your f-list to know but not everyone.

Sorry you've been having trouble.. Why isn't life just nice and polite and pleasant?! *ggrrrrrr*

[raphaha]

Pssst, Catherine, the one single command doesn't work. I think I'm hopeless!

Yeah, a nice, polite and pleasant life would be so great! *grrrs with you*

[oceansecrets2]

It will work, I have my LJ set up that way. What it does is default every post to friends only, but you can make individual posts public after you post them by editing them and just changing the "Show this entry to" drop-box at the bottom of the screen from "Friends" to "Everyone (Public)".

Like tularia said, the way to set the default to friends only is to go to the Admin Console page, type or copy&paste the command set newpost_minsecurity friends and click the "execute" button. There's more info in the FAQs under "How do I make all my journal entries Friends-Only, Private, or Public?"

[raphaha]

Thank you! I will try it that way.

[raphaha]

Oohhh yes please!
What about Lord of the rings? Something with Aragorn, Boromir and Legolas?
What about the picture where the three of them standing near each other with swords and bow waiting for the cave troll to attack in Moria.
Oder was ähnliches. Du hast doch Phantasie, mein Elfling, ich vertraue da ganz auf dich. *taetschel*