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2019-01-08 07:26 pm
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About Private Access

I'm still relatively nervous about allowing people private access. Fandom imploded on me one too many times and I'm wary now. As a result I'm more likely to subscribe, get to know people, and then slowly add access when I've got comfy.

This is just a note to say that, because a lot of people have added me to their access lists and it does seem to be a relative norm here, but until I'm more used to DW and have got my bearings, I'm gonna hold out on that. Thanks for your patience!
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2019-01-07 02:04 pm

"Reblogs"

Something a lot of the ex-Tumblr community misses is the ability to reblog: I.E. show your users a topic and/or add on to a topic. There's a great discussion/summary of sharing/discussing content in similar ways here on [personal profile] potofsoup 's blog.  

I'm still not thrilled with the <dt>/<dd> tags, just because they're not very accessible to say, screen-readers for the blind. But the discussion is a great way to start coming up with ways to make dreamwidth more shareable; while I like being able to control my content, I do miss feeling like I could see glimpses of what others are interested in on blogs outside my sphere. 
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2018-12-21 12:51 am
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Some Fic Rec Coding - A Copy-Paste Resource

Edit: And as usual, DW messed with the code in THIS post. Give me a moment to fix it. XD
Edit 2: I've got it! Finally. 


So as you all know, I've recently been working on some fic rec pages, and the formatting has been... a Journey. However, I think I finally came up with a basic format that works with DW's HTML and CSS styles on most journals, so I thought I'd share it for others' use. The posts look like this:

Preview of Fic Rec

To use the code, copy/paste the code here into the HTML editor of your DW post.

Now to edit. 

The <h1> tags are your headings: in my case they separate the Completed fics and the Incompleted fics. If you have more than one heading, go ahead and copy/paste this line multiple times. In the code above, there are two headings, and the first doesn't have any fics beneath. Replace the entire bracketed text (including the brackets) with your title.

The <h2> tag is for your pairings/subheadings. These will nest under the h1 headings, and be less prominent. There's a cut under each h2 heading, so if you want to add more, make sure to copy from <h2> all the way through the next </raw-code> (this is why that first <h2> is empty in the source code above: if you add things between the two lines, they'll be under the cut). 

Here's where you have two options: you can either link to an Ao3 fic, or a fic hosted elsewhere.

For Ao3 fic:

Go to the fic you want to rec and hit the share button at the top:
Direction toward "share" button

A box with code will come up. You can now delete everything between the tags that say <!--THIS IS WHERE YOUR FIC REC BEGINS.--> and <!--THIS IS WHERE YOUR FIC REC ENDS.--> Just paste your code between, then add your comment in place of the [PERSONAL COMMENTS] bracket.

To add more fics, copy and paste the code -- the comments in-code show you where to start and stop.

For non-Ao3 fic:

Every portion of the fic is in brackets. Go ahead and fill in what information you wish. If you don't want a line or a link, you can delete it!

If you have any questions, please let me know. I'll do my best to answer what I can! This setup isn't perfect but I tried to make the code as simplistic and organised as I know how to without going into some CSS/more complex do-dahs. Good luck reccing!
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2018-12-18 05:37 pm

Navigation/Masterposts

 One of my 2019 goals is to keep better track of the fics I read, and rec them more often. So I'm going to sticky a few links here to the masterpost placeholders I've put up! They'll fill as I read things. 


BBC Sherlock Masterpost
Holmes Canon Masterpost
Venom Masterpost

Additionally, here's a guide to the coding I did for these fic recs! Feel free to use, and if you have questions let me know!