The Farmstead

So, here's the thing. I don't actually think the new comments page looks that bad. I think the border around the 'post new comment' box is too thick, but otherwise it looks to me like a fairly new-webby updated version of the old page, which I don't overly mind. [ETA: Although, the margins are soooo buggered. What is with that?? I thought new-webby design remembered that people tend to have widescreen laptops these days and margins are important! *sigh* ]

HOWEVER

Trying to use it for the first time, I've discovered that with my NoScript add-on enabled, I cannot actually use the post button unless I allow all the page to work - even though the only site I have unticked to disallow is facebook.net. (This isn't a particular problem with Facebook, but everything's unticked by default and I've never had a need to let facebook.net run, so I don't see why I should let it.) Even though it's only really because of the general paranoia brought on by using NoScript in the first place, I find it makes me twitchy that I can't see what site/script I'm allowing to run.

Also, I cannot get the stupid icon browser to work at all, even with allowing all the scripts on the page to run.

Generally, the whole thing is being a massive pain in the arse, so I'm going to try out only allowing comments on DW for a bit. I never thought I would, because I would far rather be dual platform for everyone's convenience and don't really care about having all conversations less than a click away from each other, but since my style and basic account mean I'm stuck with that stupid page on LJ, I would really rather avoid it as much as possible.

Yours grumpily, quinara (add me!! ;) ).

Had a pretty good day today - didn't do much of anything and then went out for tea with my family to a place with tasty food and raspberry mojito aperitifs. Presents were a bit slim pickings because I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted, but that was sort of as expected. (My dad of course took this as a cue to fill in the gap between a couple of books, a Vogue as something to unwrap and my brother's mostly-a-joke tenner with a phenomenally inappropriate and most definitely unsolicited ring - o hai, I don't even like jewellery, do you even know me at all? - which can hopefully either be returned or given over to my mum's custody. Mum and I are going on holiday for a few days next week, which is basically my present, but I'll probably be able to call in a few bits and bobs as they turn up...) Thanks everyone for the well wishes!

However! I also have actual content! I finally got round to making a DW crosspost footer (ta daa, she says, hoping it appears) and I'm struck by the rather fanatical belief that it should be possible to produce one that appears on DW as well about LJ - or at least provides a link to the LJ version of the post. There's clearly a connection made somewhere between the posts on the two platforms, because otherwise how would DW route edits after posts have been posted? But I have no idea where that information would be stored, how to access it and how to print it. I assume you could do something in the S2 customisation to the print_entry function, but it's been years since I messed around with S2 and I don't even have a paid account anywhere, so it may well have to be a pipe dream. Just thought I'd mention it because it was in my head, and in case anyone with a far higher proficiency in all things DW knows a dead simple way of doing it.

It was the product of very naughty procrastination, but I can't help but be happy that DW feels a bit more like home now. And who would have thought the sheep would come back! Those bastards are always one step ahead...

Apologies for the ugly and the lack of content. It's been time for a new layout anyway over at LJ, but I'm too anal to risk trying to slap something together now (and then emerging six hours later wondering where my day went when I was working out hex codes for colours). I'm also thinking of maybe starting afresh as far as content goes, though I'll probably bring fic over (especially the bits I'm fond of, but are too silly to post at AoOO. The plan at the moment is to keep my access list fairly restricted and my subscription list fairly extensive, to divorce them from the whole "friend" idea - I fully intend to have more friends than people who can access me (should I post anything flocked), basically, and read people who've never even heard of me.

Anyway, *waves*