LiveJournal User Documentation Community

Who has friended me

2022-01-20T19:50:45Z

How do I see who has listed me as a friend?

Visual editor or Rich text editor?

2016-04-04T09:25:31Z

A question for english-speaking colleagues:

Several FAQs refer to "Rich text editor" as opposed to HTML editor, whereas in the interface it is called "Visual editor". What is the right option, ater all?

#303. What is the Ratings feature?

2016-03-28T09:14:47Z

LiveJournal has tree popularity-based features:

Top Ratings are available to everyone on the [[gmlitem:/statistics/index.bml.title.ratings]] page.

Popular Entries rating

homepage

User rating

main LiveJournal page

Ratings page

«all time»

«today»

Users Rating page

Community Rating

main LiveJournal page

Ratings page

«all time»

«today»

Community Ratings page

Ratings Visibility for an Individual Entry

participate in Ratings feature

posting new entry

FAQ #375. (to en_LJ) How do I customize LiveJournal ratings view?

2016-03-25T15:07:11Z

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/375.html

Every LiveJournal user can customize the popular entries rating, which is displayed on the main page. It can be done on the main page or on the Manage Ratings page.

Managing Ratings on the main page

On the main LiveJournal page in the upper right corner there is a box with ratings view settings. There you can choose:

Hide or show multiple posts from the same account
Hide or show posts from friends
Hide or show read posts and blocked users.

Hovering the cursor over an entry on the main page you can:

Mark entry as read
Hide the entry's author from the rating (this user or community will be added to the blacklist).

Entries which you have marked as read as well as entries from blacklisted journals or communities are hidden from the ratings if &laguo;Hide read posts & blocked users» setting is enabled. If you choose «Show hidden posts», read posts and posts from blacklisted users will be shown in the rating; their heading and text will be coloured grey and there will be frame around such posts. By hovering the cursor over such entry you can mark it as unread or restore its author in the rating (this user or community will be deleted from the blacklist).

«[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.pagetitle]]» page

If you do not want to see at top ratings entries from certain journals or communities, you can add them to blacklist. You can do this on the page «[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.pagetitle]]». To do this, you should in the «[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.subtitle.add]]» field usernames of the users whose entries you do not wish to see in top of Ratings, separating them by commas, then press "Add" and "Save". All those journals, as well as ones you have chosen to hide on the main page, will appear in the «[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.subtitle.remove]]» box. You can add up to 2000 journals in your blacklist.

What if I wish to return hidden journal to top of Ratings?

If you change your mind and decide to restore certain journals to top, you can do this on the «[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.pagetitle]]» page. In the «[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.subtitle.remove]]» box hover the cursor over the author's username, press to the cross and then «[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.save]]». After that, the entries from this journal will appear in top of Ratings once again.

Some hints about adjusting your Ratings view

When you hide a journal from the top: when hiding posts function is enabled, you will not see entries from this journal in the Rating. However, if the journal's owner posts an entry to a community and this entry makes it to the top, you will see it in the Rating as well.
When you hide a community from the top: when hiding posts function is enabled, you will not see entries from this community in the Rating, regardless who have written these entries. If one of the community members post an entry to his/her personal journal or to another community and this entry makes it to the top, you will see it in the Rating as well.
Promo and "must-read" are always displayed. If promo contains an entry from the journal or community you have hidden, you will see it anyway.

FAQ #342 (to en_LJ) Why my journal/community/entry does not participate in LiveJournal Ratings?

2016-03-25T10:55:10Z

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/342.html

I cannot see my journal/community in Ratings feature!

If your journal or community is absent in Ratings, check the following:

Journal/community participates in Ratings.
At the «[[gmlitem:/manage/settings/index.bml.cat.privacy]]» tab on the «[[gmlitem:/manage/settings/index.bml.title.self]]» page the box for [[gmlitem:setting.ratings.option.self]] — is checked.
Journal's content is not marked as inappropriate for minors.
At the «[[gmlitem:/manage/settings/index.bml.cat.display]]» tab on the «[[gmlitem:/manage/settings/index.bml.title.self]]» page for the option «[[gmlitem:setting.adultcontent.label]]» is selected «[[gmlitem:setting.adultcontent.option.select.none]]».
Journal is accessible to readers (not deleted or suspended).

All these conditions must be fulfilled for journal or community to appear in Ratings. When all the settings are adjusted, the journal or community will appear in Ratings only after their annual remeasurement.

Please note that there are restrictions on participants number in every Rating of users and communities. This means a journal can participate in Ratings but be absent in a certain type depending on current values.

Ratings Visibility for an Individual Entry

Even if your journal or community participate in Ratings feature, you can exclude certain entries from the Ratings. To do this, you should check the box "Do not include in ratings" on the posting new entry page. If your journal or community does not participate in Ratings, you will not see this checkbox. This box will also be automatically checked (with no alternatives) if you are posting a private entry, as private entries are not displayed in Ratings.

My journal, community or entry is not displayed in one of the Ratings type

A journal, entry or community can be absent in one type of Ratings only. The scenarios could be as follows:

journal is not displayed in the page views Rating, but is shown in the readers Rating;
an entry is not displayed in page views or visitors Rating, regardless of high Statistic figures.

Most likely, this happened because Protection from driving the numbers up has been activated. This system prevents certain users from artificially driving the numbers up and thus promoting in Ratings. If this system reacts to a certain journal/community/entry, it is automatically excluded from one of the Ratings type. They may appear in Ratings again next time if the system does not count them suspicious.

Moreover, an entry, a journal or a community may be excluded from Ratings by LiveJournal administration if there is a suspicion that you have conciously manipulated Ratings. All mischievous actions aimed at gaining in the ranking (such as artificial audience attraction, using bots and so on) are considered manipulating.

#106: My account has been suspended! How can I get it back?

2016-03-25T08:23:52Z

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/106.html?uselang=en_LJ
http://www.livejournal.com/legal/tos.bml

Suspension is restriction of access to certain entries or to the whole journal. A journal or a community can be suspended if their content is violating Terms of Service. Account suspensions are generally used by the Abuse Prevention Team as a last resort. In most cases, a user will be provided with an opportunity to delete any content that is in violation of the Terms of Service before his or her account is suspended or placed in read-only mode. Immediate suspensions are done for certain reasons, including but not limited to:

Denial of Service attacks,

account break-ins,

violation of a previous Abuse Prevention Team directive,

and journals where all material is a violation of the Terms of Service.

Please note that Abuse Prevention Team is not obliged to send you an email notification on the reason of your journal's suspension.

How do I send a request to Abuse Prevention Team?

For security purposes, the Abuse Prevention Team communicate on journal suspension with the account owner only. You can send a request to Abuse Prevention team by filling the [[gmlitem:/abuse/report.bml.title]] form and selecting the [[gmlitem:/abuse/report.bml.abuse.type.suspend]] option.

What should I do if my account has been suspended?

Log in to your LiveJournal account
If you do not remember your password, consult this FAQ. If you cannot log in to your account because it has been broken into, read this FAQ.
Check the [[username]].livejournal.com page. The suspension reason is stated right next to the message about suspension.
If you do not see the suspension reason or you do not agree with it, you can visit the [[gmlitem:/abuse/report.bml.title]] form and select the option [[gmlitem:/abuse/report.bml.abuse.type.suspend]]. Please include your username, and be sure that you are writing from the email address that is currently validated or has been validated on your LiveJournal account.

When will I receive an answer to my request?

The Abuse Prevention Team will respond as quickly as possible to any inquiries regarding suspension or read-only status; however, in some cases it may take several days, depending on volume. Please do not open multiple requests, as this will not accelerate the procedure.

In most cases, users whose journals have been suspended will be unsuspended and provided with a limited time window in which to correct the violations of the Terms of Service. However, some suspended journals will not be reinstated for certain reasons, which include but are not limited to:

journals created solely for abuse,
journals where all material is a violation of the Terms of Service,
journals belonging to users with an extensive history of abuse,
journals created to circumvent directives of the Abuse Prevention Team,
and journals whose owners have previously received notifications from Abuse Prevention Team but commited repeated violation.

Please be aware that any account that has been suspended for more than 6 months may be purged from the service. If your account has been permanently suspended, please see this FAQ for information on downloading your journal entries. Here you can read more on how to contact Abuse Prevention Team and what a complaint processing procedure is.

#338. What is Spam Protection? How does it work?

2016-03-23T16:02:40Z

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/338.html

The Spam Protection setting can be activated to help automatically identify potential spam comments and messages. Comments marked as spam will be placed in the separate category which cannot be reached by ordinary visitors of your journal or community. Spam messages will be moved to a special folder in your Inbox. Enabling Spam Protection activates this system both for comments in your journal/community and your private messages, indentifying spam and allowing you to take actions. If the Spam Protection setting is enabled, notifications about most suspicious comments and personal messages will not be sent.
There is a variety of criteria that helps to identify a comment as spam, such as suspicious links, journal owner friends' reaction, and other statistical parameters. There are certains cases, however, when a comment is not checked.

If there are suspisious comments left to an entry, you can view them by adding ?mode=showspam to the entry's address. (If there already is a "?" sign in the address, add &mode=showspam instead). Moreover, near the number of comments link another link will appear. This one will lead to the comments page and will show the number of comments left to the entry. The suspicious comments page is available for an entry's author both in personal journals and in community. These comments can also be seen by the community administration — its owner, maintainers и moderators).

Though other users cannot see suspicious comments next to the regular ones, an author of such comment will still be able to see it at the same page with other comments. The suspicious comment's author can delete it, if it was not sent anonymously.

Spam Protection is enabled by default for all journals and communities. If you wish to manage spam yourself, you can disable the Protection in the Account Settings.In this case all comments, regardless of their contents, will be shown on the same page. No matter whether the Protection is enabled or not, you can still mark comments as spam. If you had received suspicious comments before you disabled Spam Protection system, these comments will remain available on the "Suspicious comments" page for you to view and manage them.

What can I do with a suspicious comment?

The "Suspicious comments" page looks almost like the regular comment page, but the difference is that you can take additional actions to suspicious comments. In communities, your ability to take actions regarding suspicious comments depends on your place in the community management. Every action regarding regular and spam comments taken by users makes an impact to Spam Protection system learning, so by managing comments you make a contribution to its development.

Who is able to see all the suspicious comments and manage them:

In personal journal:

an entry's author:

— delete all comments from this user and block him;

— unmark this comment and move it to regular comments;

In community:

an entry's author:

— delete commnent;

— unmark this comment and move it to regular comments;

community's owner or maintainer:

— delete all comments from this user in this community and block him;

— unmark this comment and move it to regular comments;

community's moderator:

— unmark this comment and move it to regular comments.

If the suspicious comment was sent anonymously, only this comment can be deleted (not all the comments from this user). For blocking anonymous participants there is another way.

I have enabled the Protection, but there is still spam in the comments!

Unfortunately, the Spam Protection system is not perfect, but every user can make it better by marking regular comments as spam.If you have noticed a spam comment among the others, please do this. No matter whether the Spam Protection is enabled or not, there is a button "Mark as spam" next to every comment (except for the ones from moderators, maintainers and owners of a community). Below there is a list of who can see this button and what can they do:

In personal journal:

journal's owner:

— mark the comment as spam, block its author and delete all his comments in the entire journal;

In community:

an entry's author:

— mark as spam and delete all this user's comments to this entry;

community's owner or maintainer:

— mark as spam and delete all this user's comments in the entire community.

If the suspicious comment was sent anonymously, only this comment can be deleted (not all the comments from this user). For blocking anonymous participants there is another way.
The same buttons are available at Private messages notification system and can be used for the very same actions.

My comments are mistakenly marked as spam! What should I do?

If your comment is marked as spam while it is not one, and you want other users to see it, you should contact the users who have access to the suspicious comments page and ask them to check your comment. Nobody except them would be able to see your comment and help you.
If there is no reaction to your request, try deleting your comment, editing it and posting again. If there was a link to another website in your comment, try deleting it: chances are the Spam Protection system is reacting to this link.

You might also want to learn under what conditions the comments are not checked and marked as spam.

Under what conditions the Spam Protection system will not check my comment for spam?

The cases in which the Spam Protection system will not check the comments for spam are listed below:

In personal journal, if:

the comment is posted by the journal's owner;

the comment is posted by the journal's owner friend;

In community, if:

the comment is posted by the community member (except for communities with free membership);

the comment is posted by the community's owner ;

the comment is posted by the community's maintainer;

the comment is posted by the community's moderator;

the comment is posted by the Paid or Permanent account owner;

the comment is posted by the member of notaspammer community.

Spam protection for messages

When Spam Protection is activated, private messages from users who have been identified as potential spammers are marked as spam and moved to a special folder in your Inbox. As with comments, you can review these messages at any time to either delete them or mark them as not spam.

FAQ#307 How do I use Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools with my journal?

2016-03-23T16:02:22Z

rewrite of http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/307.html

Please note that verification code approval from the search system can arrive after some time (normally less than a day, mostly just several hours). Your account must be available for search systems indexation, in other case the meta-tags will not be found in the code of your journal's pages and you will not be able to verify your membership in the affiliate program.

Google Analytics

Every LJ user regardless of his or her account type can adjust Google Analytics to his or her journal. If you want to implement Google Analytics in your journal or community, you need to use your Google Analytics account. If you do not have one yet, you can read instructions about how to get it here.
Google Analytics functions by having LiveJournal include a small script on each journal page for which statistics are tracked when the user has enabled this feature. The script appears on all pages under your subdomain (exampleusername.livejournal.com for a user named "exampleusername"). This includes, but is not limited to, your journal, your profile, your friends page, and individual entry pages in your journal (including Friends-only and Private entries). Such personification is enabled by the «web property ID». You can read more about it at Google Support.

LiveJournal automatically implement the tracking code in each page of your journal or community. All you need to do is indicate your web property ID (you get one from Google Analytics) in your Account Settings.

Implementing Google Analytics

Create a new profile for your journal in Google Analytics account settings, indicating its address in «site URL» field: ([[journalurl]]).
Get a «web property ID»:UA-XXXXXXX-YY.
Go to the «[[gmlitem:/manage/settings/index.bml.cat.integration]]» tab of the Account Settings page. If you are implementing Google Analytics for a Paid community, you should firstly switch to the community's account: you should choose this community from the dropdown menu in the «[[gmlitem:web.authas.label]]» field and press «[[gmlitem:web.authas.btn]]».
Enter the web property ID «[[gmlitem:setting.googleanalytics.option]]» and save changes.

You can make sure that the data collection is going on by doing this:

Log in to your Google Analytics account.
Open the "Reports" section.
In the reports list choose "Real time" and then "Browse".
Open any page from your journal in the new tab.
Go back to the Google Analytics reports and make sure your visit was recorded.

Additional information on how to work with Google Analytics may be found at Google Analytics Support.
If you have any questions or troubles while working Google Analytics, visit Google Analytics forum.

Google Webmaster Tools

You might need Google Webmaster Tools if you want to:

Know how your journal are indexated in the seach system and which pages made it to search index.
Improve your journal's presentation in search results.
Learn which search requests bring users to your journal.
Unbloch your journal in search results if it was blocked for some reason.

Additional information on Webmater Tools may be found at Google Support.

Implementing Google Webmaster Tools:

Log in to your Google account.
Press «Add site» and enter your journal's address ([[journalurl]]).
On the next page choose «Alternative tools» tab and then «add meta-tag».
Copy the «content» attribute from the field provided. It should look like this: NpZKSK2ATV3LTYIxsX4t78X0L_AI6bIA5BuhOMy4MCM
Paste the «content» attribute on the Account Settings page on the «[[gmlitem:/manage/settings/index.bml.cat.integration]]» tab in «[[gmlitem:setting.webmastertools_google.label]]» field and save changes. If you are implementing Webmaster Tools for a community you should firstly switch to the community's account: in the «[[gmlitem:web.authas.label]]» field choose this community from the dropdown menu and then press «[[gmlitem:web.authas.btn]]».
Click «Submit» on the Google Webmaster page. If you receive congratulaations from Google and message «submission successful», you can use the service. If you have pasted the «content» attribute in LiveJournal settings and Google wouldn't sumbit your account, try again in the next several hours.

Additional information on implementing the Webmaster Tools may be found at Google Support.

Privacy policy

Information about the visitor, such as browser statistics, browser referer data, and presumed location based on IP address, is gathered by the script and sent directly to Google Analytics.

Information gathered by Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools is governed by Google's privacy policy. All data gathering, data storage, and reports for each journal's Google Analytics are at the Google Analytics website, and are outside of LiveJournal's control.

If you need help locating the Google Analytics Web Property ID or the Google Webmaster Tools meta tag content value, or viewing or interpreting your reports, please see the Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools documentation or technical support.

FAQ #326: Adding a paragraph about death confirmation

2016-03-23T10:21:06Z

Friends of a deceased LiveJournal user can send a support request with subject "%username% acct memorial" specifying the username of the deceased. To prevent false memorial status requests, it is advisable to include additional facts which may be helpful to check the information about the decease such as social networks accounts adresses, links to discussions, news, etc. Members of the LiveJournal Customer Care Team will then place the account in memorial status.

How can I buy a premium theme for my journal? What is the Themes shop?

2016-03-21T10:47:15Z

In the LiveJournal shop there is a "LJ Shop Themes" page, where you can buy a premium theme for your journal or community. Every LJ user regardless of his or her account type can buy any theme available. You can even buy out a whole theme so that it will no longer be available for other users in the LJ shop (though it will still be available for users who have already purchased it).

How do I buy the Theme I like?

Go to the LiveJournal shop page and choose a theme. Click the zoom icon in the upper right corner and check out how the theme you have chosen will appear in your journal. There is a price under each theme as well as the number of users who have already purchased it.

To buy a theme, click on the theme image, then choose the journal to apply the theme to. At this step you can also decide whether you wish to buy a theme for the particular journal/community, or you would rather buy out the whole theme. After that, click on the button.

You can then choose the jounal or community you are buying this theme for from the dropdown menu. You can only choose your own journal or a community you own or maintain. If you wish to apply this theme immediately, check the box ☑ Apply theme after purchase.

You can also buy out the whole theme. This means it will disappear from the shop and nobody else will be able to buy it. Note that for users who have already bought it this theme will still be available.

There are different prices for different themes. There is a discount for Paid and Permanent account owners. Moreover, you get a discount when buying a theme for a community with paid account (even if you have Basic or Plus account).

Any purchased themes will remain available to you for the life of your account. You can always choose it as your current theme on the Select Journal Style page. If you have purchased a theme for one of your communities, do not forget to select it in the "Work as User" field and press "Go".

How do I customize a purchased theme?

After purchasing a theme, you can customize it. To do this, go to the Select Journal Style page and click the "Purchased" tab. Select the theme and press "Customize". You are then redirected to the "Customize Journal Style" page, where you can edit additional parameters. Which parameters you can adjust for a particular theme is specified on the "Buy theme" page.

FAQ 290 Какие существуют приложения LiveJournal? Как я могу установить и запустить приложение?

2016-01-25T22:14:45Z

LiveJournal предлагает мобильные приложения для iPhone/iOS, Android, Windows Phone, и Windows Mobile. Также существует ряд приложений сторонних разработчиков, которые позволяют вам использовать Livejournal без необходимости открытия в веб-браузере.

Мобильные приложения

На странице Мобильный LiveJournal вы сможете выбрать операционную систему вашего мобильного устройства и получить ссылку на последнюю версию официального приложения LiveJournal для вашего устройства.

Ключевые функции текущей версии (2.0.4)

- Отправка записей в свой журнал и в сообщества, в которых вы участвуете;
- Выбор тегов для записи с автодополнением;
- Выбор юзерпика и уровня доступа для записи;
- Значения по умолчанию для всех свойств записи;
- Добавление фотографий из галереи и из камеры;
- Определение местоположения (функция может быть отключена) со ссылкой на Google Maps;
- Вместе с определёнными географическими координатами можно добавить произвольный текст в поле для местоположения;
- Возможность вставки тегов LJ-user, LJ-cut, и выделения текста полужирным, курсивом или зачёркиванием;
- Личные сообщения, сгрупированные по пользователям, как чаты или SMS-переписка;
- Автоматическое сохранение при нажатии на кнопку «Домой» или при принятии звонка.

Приложения для рабочего стола и браузера

Вы также можете пользоваться сервисами Livejournal с помощью дополнительных программ и приложений для вашего веб-браузера. Программы, перечисленные ниже, разработаны сторонними сервисами, поэтому Livejournal не несет гарантий за функциональность и безопасность дынных приложений.

Semagic

Semagic - приложение, разработанное и доступное для загрузки для операционной системы Windows, которое также может использоваться для MacOS и Linux посредством WINE. Semagic позволяет публиковать новые записи и изображения в Livejournal, а также редактировать ваши существующие записи. Semagic может быть загружен со страницы SourceForge . В сообществе ljwin32_sema вы сможете найти информацию и последние обновления о приложении.

Clients category removal & outlined changes

2016-01-18T17:28:16Z

This is an outline of the plans to remove the Clients FAQ category and what to do with the FAQs currently in it. The word "Client" isn't even a term I see in use anymore, and should be phased out in favor of "app" which the world has decided is the only acceptable word to use when referring to any form of software. The entire category (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/cat/clients.html) is a mix of references to desktop apps that exist, how to build your own app, and why the app you built/use is returning errors. Most of the information and apps are extremely outdated. There isn't enough here to warrant having an entire category, so the FAQs will be moved to appropriate categories.

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/158.html - This mainly just references http://www.livejournal.com/download/ which is horribly out of date. This FAQ will be removed, and information will either be added to http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/290.html along with updated information about mobile apps, or if there are more current apps out there than I am aware of, this can have its own FAQ. Other than Semagic, though, I'm not really aware of any up to date and still being used LiveJournal apps. If you know of any, please comment with any information you have about them! All references to the /download page should also be removed from other FAQs and anywhere else on the site links to it appear.

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/27.html - merge with
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/216.html into a single FAQ about troubleshooting app errors. New FAQ category should probably be Troubleshooting.

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/218.html - Re-write into a basic explanation of the various APIs / protocols that exist, but mostly just refer to http://www.livejournal.com/doc/server/ljp.csp.protocol.html and http://www.livejournal.com/doc/server/ljp.api.html. Should move to "Working with other sites" FAQ category.

[DRAFT] FAQ 259 - How do I use LiveJournal with my cell phone, dial-up connection, or screenreader?

2016-01-15T20:55:02Z

[Edit] Changes to draft made based on feedback, and changes are now live on http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/259.html.

Largely rewriting and partially repurposing this FAQ as it contains some outdated or no longer relevant information in several places.

Summary of changes:

Question changed to "How do I simplify the appearance of LiveJournal and minimize bandwidth usage?"

Minor changes to summary

Removed Site Settings section (only 1 site setting is still available)

Removed ?nohtml=1 and ?format=light sections. These only partially work, and require some combination of the old site design, customized comment pages, or old friends page style in order to do anything and aren't worth including with all of the necessary exceptions outlined.

Moved http://m.livejournal.com/ to its own section, made minor wording changes.

Removed all references to Lynx as it requires the old site design; FAQ #186 still has a brief explanation of it.

Styles section:
- Entirely rewrote intro section
- Removed no longer selectable styles: A Sturdy Gesture, Classic, Clean and Simple, Magazine, Variable Flow.
- Minor wording changes in ?style=mine section

Minor wording changes to Filters section

Off-site section - minor wording changes, Removed references to deleted FAQs from off-site section

Note: FAQ #290 is referenced in the Off-Site section even though it isn't currently the correct FAQ to use. FAQ #290 is also going to be re-written soon to be a more general FAQ about LiveJournal mobile apps & downloadable software.

Question:

How do I simplify the appearance of LiveJournal and minimize bandwidth or data usage?

Summary:

If you would like to simplify the appearance of LiveJournal pages, limit the number of images which display, or reduce the bandwidth or data you use, many options exist which can help with this.

Answer:

Image Placeholders

When this feature is enabled, images in your friends feed and in comments to entries will be replaced by a small placeholder image which you can click on to view the posted image. To turn on placeholders for images, select the Image Placeholders option on the display tab of the settings page. You must be logged in to see placeholders instead of images.

Mobile Site

LiveJournal's mobile site can be accessed at http://m.livejournal.com/ and is a simple format with few navigational graphics. While developed for use on mobile devices, it can be used on any device and can help reduce bandwidth or data usage. Not all LiveJournal pages and features are available when using the mobile site.

Styles

LiveJournal offers many different journal styles, as well as the ability to customize your style. Some journal styles are especially simple and are low bandwidth/data friendly, most notably:

Bloggish's Unstyled theme

Expressive's Unstyled theme

Tranquility II's Mobile Theme

View all journals in your style

You can view all journal pages in your style by enabling the 'Other journals' setting on the display tab of the settings page, or by enabling the 'Comment pages' option if you only want to use your style when viewing comment pages. These options add ?style=mine to the end of entry URLs on your Friends page, and you can add ?style=mine to the end of the URL for any journal or entry pages to view them in your own style.

View exampleusername's Friends page in your style: http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/friends?style=mine

Friends Page Filters

LiveJournal allows you to view a filtered version of your Friends page which can allow you to remove known image-heavy journals or communities, or limit it in a variety of ways based on your preferences.

?show= Add ?show=C (communities), ?show=N (news), ?show=P (personal), or ?show=Y (syndicated) to the end of your friends page URL to only show entries in that type of journal.

[[journalurl]]/friends/?show=C: View community entries on your Friends page.

?show=PC or ?show=CY: You can also combine the letters to show multiple types of journals on your Friends page.

Custom Friends Groups: If you create a custom friends group named Mobile View, visiting your Mobile Friends page will display only entries from members of the Mobile View group. If you don't have a Mobile View friends group, the page will show entries from members of your Default View (if any) or all of your friends.

Off-site Options

You can also interact with LiveJournal using a LiveJournal mobile app, downloadable software, email, and by text message (SMS).

LiveJournal apps & downloadable software: LiveJournal apps for mobile platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile are available, and third party software also exists for Windows, Mac, and Linux which can remove the need to use a web browser entirely.

Post by Email/Text Message (Paid/Plus): If you don't want to update on LiveJournal, you can also email or text message your entries.

Receive Text Messages from Others (Paid/Plus): If you have a mobile phone, you might want to enable text messages from other users.

Get Comments and Event Subscriptions via Email: All LiveJournal users have the option to receive comment notification emails when other users reply to their comments or entries. You can also turn on email subscriptions for other events. If you have a Paid or Permanent account, LiveJournal can email you the text of comments you write.

Disable HTML Email: If you dislike HTML email, you can choose to have email sent to you in plaintext by setting the Email Format option on the display tab of the settings page.

This is the old version, for preservation only.

Summary:

If you would like to simplify LiveJournal pages or limit the number of images, you can use site settings, site schemes and styles, friends page filters, and off-site options. These options are helpful to reduce bandwidth used and increase accessibility while on LiveJournal.

Answer:

Site Settings

You can disable pictures on your Friends page or across all of LiveJournal.

Image Placeholders. You can turn on placeholders for images posted in your friends' entries and in comments. When using placeholders, every image will be replaced by a small generic placeholder image, which you can click on to view the posted image.
To turn on placeholders for images, select the image placeholders option on the display tab of the settings page. You can choose to see placeholders only in your Friends and Friends of friends pages, only in comments, or both.
You must be logged in to see placeholders instead of images.
Your web browser may also have an option to turn off pictures. For information, please consult your browser's documentation, help files, or technical support.

?nohtml=1 : This option is usable on individual pages, not the entire site. You can disable HTML on a LiveJournal page by adding ?nohtml=1 to the end of the URL or &nohtml=1 if there is already a ? in the URL. The ?nohtml=1 option turns off HTML rendering, which prevents pictures from displaying and formatting tags from being used. However, the HTML tags which replace them may make the entries more difficult to read.

[[journalurl]]/friends?nohtml=1: View your Friends page without HTML.

http://m.livejournal.com and ?format=light: LiveJournal's mobile site is a simple format with few navigational graphics, developed for use on mobile devices and/or with low bandwidth. It doesn't apply to all pages, so you may also want to use the Lynx site scheme.

http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/289.html?format=light: View an example entry in the light format.

Lynx Site Scheme & Styles

The Lynx site scheme, available from the display tab of the settings page, is a simple format which applies to LiveJournal pages. With this scheme, you also can choose a different style for your LiveJournal. Since no single style makes everyone happy, you may want to customize your own style after taking a look at these simpler styles:

A Sturdy Gesture

Bloggish's Unstyled theme

Classic

Clean and Simple

Expressive's Unstyled theme

Magazine

Tranquility II's Mobile Theme

Variable Flow

When you've found a style you enjoy, why not see it everywhere? You can view all journal pages in your style by enabling the 'Other journals' setting on the display tab of the settings page, or by enabling the 'Comment pages' option if you only want to use your style when viewing comment pages. These option add ?style=mine to the end of entry URLs on your Friends page, but you can also add ?style=mine to the end of the URL for any journal or entry pages to view them in your own style.

http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/friends?style=mine: View exampleusername's Friends page in your style.

Friends Page Filters

LiveJournal allows you to divide your Friends page into groups based on journal type, known image-heavy entries, or your preferences.

?show= Add ?show=C (communities), ?show=N (news), ?show=P (personal), or ?show=Y (syndicated) to the end of your friends page URL to only show entries in that type of journal.

[[journalurl]]/friends/?show=C: View community entries on your Friends page.

?show=PC or ?show=CY: You can also combine the letters to show multiple types of journals on your Friends page.

Custom Friends Groups: If you create a custom friends group named Mobile View, visiting your Mobile Friends page will display only entries from members of the Mobile View group. If you don't have a Mobile View friends group, the page will show entries from members of your Default View (if any) or all of your friends.

Off-site Options

You can also interact with LiveJournal using client software, email, and your phone.

Downloadable Clients: Many downloadable clients allow you to manage your LiveJournal account and post entries without using a web browser.

Post by Email/Phone/Text Message (Paid/Plus): If you don't want to update on LiveJournal, you can also email or text message your entries, or call special phone numbers to make an audio entry.

Post Pictures from Your Cell Phone (Paid/Plus): If you have a cameraphone, why not post your pictures to LiveJournal so your friends can see them faster?

Receive Text Messages from Others (Paid/Plus): If you have a cellphone, you might want to enable text messages from other users.

Get Comments and Event Subscriptions via Email: All LiveJournal users have the option to receive comment notification emails when other users reply to their comments or entries. You can also turn on email subscriptions for other events. If you have a Paid or Permanent account, LiveJournal can email you the text of comments you write.

Disable HTML Email: If you dislike HTML email, you can choose to have email sent to you in plaintext by setting the [[gmlitem:setting.emailformat.label]] option on the display tab of the settings page.

FAQ #186 - How do I change the appearance of the main LiveJournal pages?

2016-01-15T18:54:23Z

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/186.html

FAQ contains information on various site schemes, but is only applicable if you are using the old design version of the site. Updated to add an intro sentence explaining this. New text:

The information in this FAQ only applies if you are using the old design of LiveJournal. The design version you are using can be changed on the display tab of the settings page.

[FAQ Deletion] #224 How do I update my journal using Nokia Photos?

2016-01-15T18:38:43Z

The referenced service either no longer exists, or is so minimally used that it makes no sense to offer an FAQ dedicated to the app. FAQ text preserved under cut.

Summary:

(none)

Body:

You can use Nokia Photos (formerly Nokia Lifeblog) to update your journal with your mobile phone or a desktop client. Enter http://www.livejournal.com/interface/atom as the server address and use your LiveJournal username and password. After you set up Nokia Photos with the appropriate information, it will automatically update the list of all journals where you have posting access.

Text: All LiveJournal users can use Nokia Photos to post text updates.

Images: Paid, Plus, and Permanent users can also use Nokia Photos to post images through ScrapBook, LiveJournal's image hosting service.

Videos: Although Nokia Photos supports posting video clips, LiveJournal only supports posting video clips with a text link or direct embedding.

[FAQ Deletion] #300: How do I update my MySpace profile when I post entries to LiveJournal?

2016-01-15T18:30:53Z

The referenced MySpace widget no longer exists as best I can tell, and even if it does, this is not a commonly desired function any longer. FAQ text preserved under lj-cut:

Summary:

LiveJournal offers a MySpace widget or application. It shows the most recently posted public entries in your journal. It also shows basic public information about your journal, including your default userpic, your username and a link to your LiveJournal profile and journal, your displayed name, the top section of your bio, and the top section of your interests. This application does not request your password, as it displays only public content, and does not verify journal ownership.

Body:

The widget is available in Myspace's Apps Gallery, and can be found by searching for LiveJournal or by visiting the widget's page directly.

After adding the widget, you will be prompted to pick and save options and settings. The widget can be displayed on your profile and on your home page, and you can notify your friends that you are using this widget.

MySpace offers Help articles on adding, editing, and removing apps, although they may change their documentation or site at any time.
Add apps
Control apps
Delete apps

[FAQ Deletion] #208 How do I add my journal to my IM profile?

2016-01-15T18:27:34Z

This is something we just don't see people request to do any more. Deleting the FAQ, raw code for FAQ preserved under lj-cut:

Summary:

Your journal is located at [[journalurl]] (replacing exampleusername with your username, if necessary). You can use this URL of your journal to add it to your IM profile. Many IM programs have a method of adding links, or allow HTML in the profiles.

You may be able to use HTML to create a link to your journal in your profile. However, every messaging program (including AIM and AOL) uses a different method to create a profile. If using HTML does not work, or you need further assistance, you should consult the help files or support department of the program or website you are using for instructions on how to create a link in your profile.

Boddy:

Embedding Your Journal in Your Profile

If you want your journal to display within your profile window, rather than a regular browser, you can "embed" it. This method of embedding your journal can be done by using an attribute of the link HTML tag, which means that your messaging program must permit HTML. The following HTML will cause your journal to display in your profile rather than causing it to open in your browser window:

<a href="[[journalurl]]" target="_self">My Journal</a>

Replace exampleusername with your username, if necessary. You can replace the text "My Journal" with any text of your choosing. This may not work in every program; as such, you should consult your program's support department for information on embedding your journal into your profile.

Please note, however, that the profile "browser" may not be able to interpret the HTML of your style very well, and therefore may be difficult to view or display improperly. It is possible to create a custom style using a limited amount of HTML, but style creation is only available to Paid accounts.

[FAQ Deletion] #253. How do I post pictures from my cell phone to my journal?

2016-01-15T18:23:37Z

Removing this FAQ as it was written at a time when mobile apps either didn't exist or were much more primative. http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/187.html sufficiently covers issues related to email posting, which is the method this is promoting. Preserving raw FAQ code below lj-cut.

This FAQ applies only to Paid, Plus, and Permanent accounts. To check your account type, please see your profile page.
→ More information on account levels → Paid Account benefits

Paid, Permanent, and Plus Account users can post pictures to ScrapBook from cell phones. First, you need to set up your ScrapBook account as well as your mobile posting settings.

Body:

Before sending a message, you need to use the Mobile Post Settings page to add the email address of your cell phone to your Allowed Sender Addresses list and to specify the default settings for pictures uploaded by email.

Creating a Message

This procedure varies with different cell phones. On many phones you can view the desired image and then choose to send it from the options or properties menu, or to compose a multimedia message (sometimes called MMS). After you've found a working method, send your message to the post.livejournal.com mobile posting email address. You may find it easier to save your address with PIN in your phone's address book, so you don't have to retype it.

Optional Features

Once LiveJournal receives your picture email, the picture is stored in your ScrapBook, and a post is created with the default layout.

Layout: You have the option to specify a different layout using the image attachment headers in your message.

LiveJournal Headers: You can also change other options using lj-headers.

What file types are supported for videos? What are the current storage limits?

2015-03-12T21:21:27Z

What video file types are supported?

The following file types are currently supported:

WebM (.webm)

AVI (.avi)

QuickTime File Format (.mov)

Windows Media Video (.wmv)

MPEG-4 (.mp4)

Matroska (.mkv)

3GPP (.3gp) (please note that 3GPP2 format is not currently supported.)

What file size or time limits exist for a single video?

There is no limit for file size except for that imposed by LiveJournal storage capacity for the user.

What are account storage limits for video hosting?

The storage limit is based on your account level, and your limit is shared with your photo hosting space as well. The current limits are:

Basic & Plus users: 1 GB.

Paid users: 2 GB (expandable to 10 GB through the shop.)

Permanent accounts: 15 GB.

Are there any known browser incompatibilities?

The video player is known to have problems when running in Internet Explorer versions 9 and earlier, and has intermittent issues with Firefox. LiveJournal developers are working to resolve these problems.

Where are my video albums? How do I upload vidoes to my entries?

2015-03-12T20:12:13Z

This is a draft for a new FAQ about videos, and could theoretically be split into 2 different FAQs (one for albums, one for how to post videos). Let me know if you see any changes that are needed!

Summary:

Your video albums can be viewed and managed at http://[[username]].livejournal.com/video/. You can directly upload videos, create albums, and view your video albums from this page. Inside each album you can easily add your videos to entries, edit the album's security level, delete videos, and change the album or an individual video's name.

Main:

Album management

On your Albums page, you can create new albums, upload a video, and see your current storage use as shown in the image below.

Clicking on one of your albums allows you to manage the album and see all of the videos you have uploaded to it. Within a specific album you can:

Edit album title & security - Clicking the pencil icon next to the album title will allow you to edit the album's name and security level.

Managing a video - When clicking on a video, it will load the video and you are also be presented with management options for it. You can change the video's name, move it to another album, change the video's security level, mark it as containing adult content, and post it to an entry from this menu.

Add videos to an entry - When your mouse hovers over a video, its title will appear and a checkbox will appear to the left of this. You can check the box for one or more videos, and use the "Add to post" button to add the video(s) to a new entry.

Adding videos to entries

To add a video to an entry you are composing on the Update Journal page, click the "Insert Media" button . You are then presented with several options:

Upload video: This option allows you to upload a video from your computer or mobile device directly to LiveJournal by clicking the "Browse..." button. Once you have selected your video, you can also give it a name, assign what album the video should go in, adjust the security level of the video, and specify whether or not it contains adult content.

From albums: You can select videos you have uploaded to LiveJournal in the past with this option. Select the album from the "Your albums" dropdown menu, select which video you would like to add to your entry, and click the "Insert videos" button.

From another website: You can use the embed code provided by another website and paste it into the field provided here.

If you are using the HTML editor, you can also add the code manually by using <lj-embed>[embed code]</lj-embed>, replacing [embed code] with the embed code provided by the hosting site.

Userpic Factory

2014-08-16T09:38:48Z

The Userpic Factory. I'm not quite sure when we started calling it the Create Userpic page. Must have been at least a year ago. Would this be just a minor thing or is it confusing enough for users that the name also needs to be changed in the FAQs?

There's FAQ98 and FAQ194. Maybe more, probably not.

FAQ260, V-Gifts

2013-09-03T08:06:22Z

FAQ260 still mentions that the last ten Virtual Gifts received are displayed on your Profile page.

FAQ232

2013-04-19T15:04:24Z

There is a typo (or two) in FAQ232.

I'm talking about the following sentence:
Ddd them to your Friends list them with the Add Friend button at the top-right of this page.

New FAQ: What is the Error Console? How do I open the Error console in my browser?

2012-12-07T23:22:33Z

The error console is becoming more and more useful for troubleshooting as JavaScript is becoming more prevalent on the site, so I'm throwing together a quick & dirty FAQ for how to open it and use it in common browsers.

Most web browsers have an Error Console which will show any errors on the page you are attempting to load. The errors this tool lists can help provide useful information for the Support Team to help troubleshoot the cause of problems you are having.

Below is instructions on how to access the Error Console in the most recent version of browsers which are supported by LiveJournal.

Mozilla Firefox

Select Tools > Web Developer > Error Console.

Go to the web page you are having trouble with.

The Error Console should show you any errors on this page; you will need to copy & paste these errors and reply to any support request where this diagnostic information has been requested.

Google Chrome

Click the settings icon in the upper right corner of Chrome.

Select Tools -> JavaScript Console

Go to the web page you are having trouble with.

The Error Console should show you any errors on this page; you will need to copy & paste these errors and reply to any support request where this diagnostic information has been requested.

Safari

To open the error console in Safari, Developer Mode needs to be enabled first. To enable Developer Mode:

Open the Safari menu and select Preferences...

Click on the Advanced tab of the popup which appears.

Select Show Develop menu in menu bar.

Once Developer Mode is enabled:

Open the Develop menu and select Show Error Console.

Go to the web page you are having trouble with.

The Error Console should show you any errors on this page; you will need to copy & paste these errors and reply to any support request where this diagnostic information has been requested.

Opera

Open the Tools menu and select Advanced -> Error Console.

Go to the web page you are having trouble with.

In the lower left corner of the Error console are two dropdown menus. Change the first menu option to JavaScript and the second menu option to Errors.

The Error Console should show you any errors on this page; you will need to copy & paste these errors and reply to any support request where this diagnostic information has been requested.

Internet Explorer

Open the Tools menu (the gear icon in the upper right corner) and select F12 Developer tools.

Click the Console tab.

The Error Console should show you any errors on this page; you will need to copy & paste these errors and reply to any support request where this diagnostic information has been requested.

[edit] Added: http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/400.html

Comments, spam, and you

2012-11-11T05:19:49Z

Because of the recent wave of spam comments I've set the community to require membership before you can comment. Membership is still open, so if you have something to say please join the community first. When this current situation is over I'll set us back to open commenting.

LiveJournal User Documentation Community

Who has friended me

Visual editor or Rich text editor?

#303. What is the Ratings feature?

Popular Entries rating

User rating

Community Rating

Ratings Visibility for an Individual Entry

Further reading

FAQ #375. (to en_LJ) How do I customize LiveJournal ratings view?

Managing Ratings on the main page

«[[gmlitem:/manage/ratings.bml.pagetitle]]» page

What if I wish to return hidden journal to top of Ratings?

Some hints about adjusting your Ratings view

FAQ #342 (to en_LJ) Why my journal/community/entry does not participate in LiveJournal Ratings?

I cannot see my journal/community in Ratings feature!

Ratings Visibility for an Individual Entry

My journal, community or entry is not displayed in one of the Ratings type

#106: My account has been suspended! How can I get it back?

#338. What is Spam Protection? How does it work?

What can I do with a suspicious comment?

Who is able to see all the suspicious comments and manage them:

I have enabled the Protection, but there is still spam in the comments!

My comments are mistakenly marked as spam! What should I do?

Under what conditions the Spam Protection system will not check my comment for spam?

Spam protection for messages

Further reading

FAQ#307 How do I use Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools with my journal?

Google Analytics

Google Webmaster Tools

Privacy policy

FAQ #326: Adding a paragraph about death confirmation

How can I buy a premium theme for my journal? What is the Themes shop?

FAQ 290 Какие существуют приложения LiveJournal? Как я могу установить и запустить приложение?

Clients category removal & outlined changes

[DRAFT] FAQ 259 - How do I use LiveJournal with my cell phone, dial-up connection, or screenreader?

Image Placeholders

Mobile Site

Styles

View all journals in your style

Friends Page Filters

Off-site Options

Site Settings

Lynx Site Scheme & Styles

Friends Page Filters

Off-site Options

FAQ #186 - How do I change the appearance of the main LiveJournal pages?

[FAQ Deletion] #224 How do I update my journal using Nokia Photos?

[FAQ Deletion] #300: How do I update my MySpace profile when I post entries to LiveJournal?

Further Reading:

[FAQ Deletion] #208 How do I add my journal to my IM profile?

Embedding Your Journal in Your Profile

[FAQ Deletion] #253. How do I post pictures from my cell phone to my journal?

Creating a Message

Optional Features

What file types are supported for videos? What are the current storage limits?

Where are my video albums? How do I upload vidoes to my entries?

Album management

Adding videos to entries

Userpic Factory

FAQ260, V-Gifts

FAQ232

New FAQ: What is the Error Console? How do I open the Error console in my browser?

Comments, spam, and you