that house made out of tofu

Hey team, long time no post! This is all because it got WILDLY BUSY in my life and then I forgot how to code (wait).

Anyway, with the latest code push (30 April 2019, or my 1 May 2019), custom styles no longer strip the viewport meta tag, meaning that it's possible to code mobile responsive layouts without need to check the box "Use layout's stylesheet(s)" in custom CSS.

However, any custom layout prior to 30 April 2019 that has the box unchecked still is not mobile responsive if they haven't already coded media CSS into the stylesheets. But! This means that moving forward, everyone can, or those layouts can have code added to them to ensure that they are mobile responsive without need of a full rehaul.

What does this mean for my current layouts, because I use the checkbox hack to get them mobile responsive? At the moment nothing, because I have to do a full rehaul if anything. However, I'll look into a few things to see what I can do, but currently no promises only because of time.

I will be updating Basic Layout Coding Notes to reflect the updates in due time, because I want to mess around with testing the code first.

Meanwhile, some helpful links:
- Mobile responsive base project by solarbird: found here, lend them a hand, it's good.
- Communities that already have mobile responsive layouts:
--- tofuhouse (heh)
--- myrtillenne
--- plainstyles

Also, hope you all enjoy the extra 50 icons, paid accounts! Cos I know I'm GONNA. 😏

PS: I will fix the Tectonic layouts though because of the new fixes, watch this space. Don't use these two layouts until I say so:
- perfect strangers
- blame it on me
Crisis averted! The bugs have been fixed by the team so layouts are usable again.

This actually came around because a while back, a friend had trouble with Google and it's like WHAT WE WILL DO!! Well, there's a few options out there! This list compiles the one I have used and really like.

Note that these don't talk about Yahoo or Bing or etc, because we already know those.

( DuckDuckGo )

( Ecosia )

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This will be subject to more updates! There are other search engines out there that other people will also like and prefer, I just don't know them all either, so recommend any you like!

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UPDATE: If you're coming here because you saw that the layout broke, don't worry, I'm looking into it. It is because of Dreamwidth's 2019/04/30 code push to fix Tectonic.

UPDATE 2: Actually, the default Tectonic layout has some weird floating occurring. I'm asking the team about this before I update codes, so watch this space.

UPDATE 3: Dreamwidth have fixed the bugs! The layout is usable again.

( When I dance alone, and the sun's beating down )

[53] Touken Ranbu (2015-08-28: Nitroplus Kenran Zuroku | Official Artbook)
--- PART 2: Tachi, Oodachi, Yari, Naginata | part 1 (tantou, wakizashi, uchigatana)

( Characters and Icons below! )

A few of my friends have recently gotten into Dreamwidth, but without having been in blogging sites before. Dreamwidth itself is a pretty special kind of blogging platform that is different to the likes of Wordpress, in that it has a way better subscription service and community tool than Wordpress. It's more focused on building communities around blogging. If you've used Livejournal before (or still are), you're pretty good to go. If you've only been on microblogs, then this is for You. I'm just gonna go through really basic stuff. It gets easier in the finer details after. It's way easy to get into this site, and way convenient!

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I'm compiling a list of things I went through, tips, etc for getting started on coding a layout in Dreamwidth. It seems daunting at first, but actually it's not half bad. In fact, it's much easier for me to pick up on than it was while I was back at Livejournal. Whoa! (I was really bad at livejournal layouts, so this is actually saying something.)

This will also help with editing pre-existing custom codes already available for your use (should the original creator allow it) so that the layout will be tailored to you! This also answers one question: why the heck do I always overlap on another stylesheet instead of making one from scratch?

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"OH MY JULIET! 正面カメラver / 鶴+燭+倶" (Watch on YouTube)

Only the best video ever for the best song ever?! But really, a list of crap we can embed into dreamwidth, whether it's super simple (mostly super simple, thankfully). LIIIKE:

YOUTUBE
instructions here

GOOGLE CALENDAR
here (thanks pixle for the link!)
--- NOTE: If there's no "Embed This Calendar", click the button that says "HTML", it should give you an embedding link. (What I did to test it out)
--- NOTE2: There's a bug with Google Calendar and Dreamwidth right now, but support has a workaround for now:
1. Copy/Paste the embed code.
2. Change the beginning of the url: From "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/rest_of_url_here..." to "https://www.google.com/calendar/rest_of_url_here..."
This should work most of the time until they fix the bugs.

GOOGLE DOCS/SHEETS/SLIDES/ETC
Instructions here in Wordpress's FAQ (wait what). Yes it's practically exactly the same. I tested it with Google Docs, I haven't tested it on Sheets or Slides or whatever else is available yet.

PLURK WIDGET
Go to "Customize Profile" or "Profile Settings", and then Widget (or use that link). After that, choose your options and then copy/paste the code into a post.
--- NOTE: It's useless if your timeline is on private cos the plurks won't show up, just a note saying that your settings are on private. I tested it with a public and private account and they both work (aside from private being switched off).
--- NOTE2: It uses div codes, BUT you can actually put the widget onto your profile. Somehow it still works and I ain't complaining.

MUZICONS
Go here, customise, copy/paste code into post/profile. Works for both, you can see it in action on this comm's profile.

VINE
Go to Vine, pick the Vine you want to embed, click "Embed", choose your size options and etc, and just copypaste the code into a post. To embed, see the vertical line of dots for the menu, it's got the option there, or from something that looks like < >.
--- It also works on profiles.

8TRACKS
After you pick an 8tracks you like, click any variation of "Share", and then over to find "Embed Player" (could look like < > ). Choose your options, copy/paste the code, slap it into a post or profile, it works in both.

DAILYMOTION
Click "Export" and there's an embed code. Choose options and then just copy and paste here in a post or profile.

VIMEO
Click on Share (which could also look like that paper airplane thing on the video) and then copy the embed code before pasting into a post or profile!

SOURCE OF SPARKLE TEXT
because a friend asked and I stumbled across them again. Here?!?!?!

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NOTE: Two things at the moment! Since end of November 2015:
- If you use Beta posting, the site embed code will vanish even if the code is working. You can hit edit and save, and the code will still work even if it vanished. Yes strange.
- Google Calendar isn't working for new embeds (it does for old ones?) It looks like no one knows why so support tickets will have to be sent in this case. UPDATE: Look at Google Calendar embed method up there for the workaround provided by Dreamwidth support while the bugs are being fixed.

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ALWAYS SUBJECT TO UPDATING AS MORE IS DISCOVERED. Tell me your findings. I know there's a lot more I missed and/or having put in yet cos I haven't mucked around with them, like Soundcloud and Spotify (which work)