PSA: Fixing Livejournal

[mdlbear]

Here, in two easy pieces, is how to fix Livejournal's recent problems.

Fixing the comment page.

1. First, if you're still using an S1 (ancient) style, switch to S2.
2. Go to your profile.
3. Go to Journal > Journal Style, and in the box headed <yourID>'s Current Theme click on "Customize your theme" (or just follow the link)
4. Under "Basic Options", find the line labeled "Disable customized comment pages for your journal". Select "No". (As in "no, don't fsck up my comments".)
5. Go to Profile > Settings > Display(tab) (or just follow this link.)
6. Under "Comment Pages", check the box for "View comment pages from my Friends page in my own style"

Fixing DDOS attacks, Rich Text Editor failures, and a host of other problems.

1. Go to dreamwidth.org and create an account. For the rest of this year you can create a free account without an invite code, but a paid account is well worth the price.
2. From your profile, go to Organize > Manage Account > Other Sites (tab), or follow this link.
3. Add your LJ account under "Crossposting", and check the boxes under "Crosspost by Default" and "Display Crosspost Link". Now anything you post on your shiny new DW account will be crossposted to LJ.
4. Go to Organize > Import Content (or follow the link to Import Journal). Import your old LJ contents. Do this every month or so to import the accumulated comments.

Now, sit back and watch the ongoing decline of LJ with a certain air of amused detachment.

Comments

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

I am using S2, I believe -- at least, it gives me an option to revert to S1 (which I haven't clicked) so I take that as evidence.

It doesn't seem to matter how I get to a journal; even attempting to comment on a post of my own gets me the new comment form.

For me, it's not a big deal from a practical point of view. The software developer/debugger in me just gets curious when something that's supposed to work doesn't. :)

[kyrielle]

Do you have it set to use custom comment pages, as described in the post above, fixing comments #4? If so, maybe your style doesn't have comment styling.... :|