snakeling: (tech: Tux)

There's no way to actually move things around, or add/delete links, or whatever, but you can still change the colours.

Note: All of the tools presented on this tutorial are third-party products, and as such are not supported by InsaneJournal, or myself, for that matter.

How to modify the stylesheet )
How to choose colours )
Basic CSS: how to find your way in the stylesheet )

Have fun with the styles!

snakeling: (tech: Tux)

I've seen quite a few people complaining that IJ's stylescheme is eye-searing, so here's a tutorial on how to change that:

First, there are different styleschemes available on the Browse Preferences pages, which might satisfy some of the users.

If none of those options suit you, there are other, browser-dependant solutions. I'm afraid that they won't be working in Internet Explorer, but Firefox/Epiphany/Opera users are in luck :)

Note: GreaseMonkey and Stylish are third-party products, and as such are not supported by InsaneJournal, or myself, for that matter.

Tutorial for Firefox )
Tutorial for Epiphany )
Tutorial for Opera )

I think it can be used in Safari, too. Anyone mind trying it and writing a tutorial?


ETA 2007-08-10 11:33 GMT+02: The IJ Skins Class Adder script has been updated to correct a bug.

snakeling: Statue of the Minoan Snake Goddess (Default)

Epiphany users

  1. Enable GreaseMonkey by going to Tools/Extensions.
  2. Install the GM LJ Skins script: Go to the page of the script and right click on the button "Install this script". Choose "Install a user script".
  3. Go to the Userstyles.org page of the style you want to install. Click on "Load as user script" and copy the address of the page that opens; it should end in .user.js.
  4. Create a simple link pointing to this page, for example by using the preview function of the LJ updating interface:
    <a href="http://userstyles.org/styles/userjs/userstyle_id/userstyle_name.user.js">
  5. Right-click on this link, and choose "Install a user script".
  6. Reload the LiveJournal page.

There might be errors due to escaped characters in the CSS-generated content. In that case:

  1. Locate the Epiphany GM folder. On Ubuntu, this is under ~/.gnome2/epiphany/extensions/data/greasemonkey.
  2. Open the userscript in your favourite text editor.
  3. Look for escaped characters:
    content: \"\00bb\00a0\"
  4. Replace them by the unescaped characters:
    content: \"» \"
    Make sure not to delete the backslash before the last quotation mark!
  5. Save.

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