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mistojen (mistojen) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2011-05-25 14:09:00

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question: layouts

Hey guys,

I'm new to posting here as normally I can follow tutorials really easily. I've just recently changed the layout for my character journal total_milf. I used the coding from this and tweaked only colors and made the background a fixed image rather than a repeating tile.

When I tried to get my journal to show a navigation bar by going into my settings and selecting both of the options listed for #3 in the Navigation Bar section and then saved, my banner dropped down a chunk of pixels worth to allow the space for a navigation bar, but the bar itself doesn't show up. (ETA: this is what it looked like before I turned on the nav bar options)

Does anyone know why that is or how I can correct the issue?

Another problem I seem to be having is that I can't have any more than five entries per page showing otherwise I lose my "previous 5 entries" link at the bottom. Is there a reason for that that I'm missing in the CSS coding?

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forsythia
2011-05-26 12:32 am UTC (link)

To make the navstrip display, try deleting this bit in the CSS:

#lj_controlstrip {
	display: none !important;
	}

Also, I snagged the CSS and tested it in one of my character journals. From what I can tell, you can have any amount of entries you like appear on the page but the previous/next links will not appear until you've actually filled the first page. Once you meet or exceed that limit, they'll appear. The reason it's 'breaking' when you make the limit higher is just that you don't have that many entries.

Hope that helps!

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mistojen
2011-05-26 01:06 am UTC (link)

Thank you so much, that totally worked!

As for the other...I knew I didn't have enough on my own journal to cause it to need the previous/next link, but I was looking at my friends page and it wasn't working even though I'm friends with a mod journal, two comms, and a bunch of character journals.

What I did not take into account, until I just now tried going back to the "previous 5" as far as I could go...was that maybe the other entries in the mod journal and comms were old enough that they dropped off the regular friends list like sometimes happens. Did not even occur to me at all. So thank you, I appreciate that :) You made it 'click' so to speak.

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	forsythia 2011-05-26 03:04 am UTC (link)
	I'm glad it worked! :) I didn't even think of the friend page; I'm an email notification person. xD But for what it's worth, I think the expiration over at LJ is 2 weeks. That may be the same age when they drop off the friend page here, too. (Or not. I've never paid much attention to dates. I just know they disappear when they're old.) Btw? Icon love! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mistojen 2011-05-26 01:53 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I usually am, too but when I'm new to a game or wanna read other people's threads, I gots to keep up with the fp ;) I think you might be right. I checked the dates and they were from early May, so totally two weeks ago. Thanks! That icon of the TARDIS is so pretty! (Reply to this) (Parent)