Hey, community owners!

[foxmonkey]

I was playing around with changing one of my community journals to the new component style, but it doesn't seem to be an option.

Am I missing something, or is that style truly not an option for communities?

Comments

[between-names.livejournal.com]

I think the funkified layouts are only available for paid accounts, and most communities aren't paid. Could that be the problem?

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

I think the funkified layouts are only available for paid accounts, and most communities aren't paid. Could that be the problem?

Ahhhh, thank you. I'd forgotten that bit of information. I bow to your superior brain! I swear, I've got the memory of a fruit fly. ;-)

[between-names.livejournal.com]

Psh. More like filled-with-trivial-crap brain ;) But you're welcome :D

[glitterdemon.livejournal.com]

The paid account thing may not be the problem. See, most journals at this point are on the old style system, and Component is only available on the new one. You're going to want to go to http://www.livejournal.com/customize and change it (in the first drop-down menu) to New System (S2). Click on Change, and from there click on Edit Customizations... to set your colors and such. By the way, just as a tip, I've found while fiddling with Component that it can be a little touchy, and some wrong moves my find you inadvertently at the default layout after you've gone to all the trouble of making it exactly how you want it. To make this more stable, go to http://www.livejournal.com/customize/advanced and click on Your Layers. Under Create layout-specific layer, in the first drop-down (Type) choose "Theme", in the second drop-down (Layout) choose "Component", then click on Create. You need to choose to edit this theme (you can do this from the same page where you created the theme, though it may take you directly there after you create it; I don't remember), and, in the big empty box type

layerinfo "type" = "theme";
layerinfo "name" = "hotfudge";

...except hotfudge is the name of my theme, and you can give it whatever name makes you happy. Then click on Compile, and from then on, on the regular Customize screen, you can choose "hotfudge" under Theme in the last drop-down box and any customizations you do will be saved.

FYI, there are a lot of other things you can do in Advanced Customization, like add extra components and such (see my journal), which I'm much less knowledgeable about and is frankly sorta pissing me off. But, if you can figure that stuff out and want to fiddle with it, that's where you go.

I believe you can do everything I've mentioned without purchasing a paid account.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

The paid account thing may not be the problem.

See, this is weirdness. When I did the drop-down thing with my own (paid) account, the Component style was listed. When I did the drop-down thing for my tpl_watch journal, that style wasn't even listed as one of the options.

I'll go through your instructions step by step and see what happens. Thanks! :-)

[glitterdemon.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see, you already have Component for your journal. Hm. Well, I actually have seen a few non-paid account journals with the new layout, so it just doesn't make sense that that would be the issue, unless it's not offered specifically for communities, which... still wouldn't make sense. Hm. Let me know what happens. :)