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stay_classy_vanitas) wrote2012-02-29 04:43 pm
stay_classy_vanitas) wrote2012-02-29 04:43 pm
Custom Mood Theme FAQ test post
What is a custom mood theme?
Custom mood themes are mood themes which you create yourself. Only paid, premium paid, and seed accounts can upload custom mood themes. If your paid account expires, you will still be able to use your custom mood theme, but if you change it you won't be able to change back.
How to create a custom mood theme:
1. Create your pictures. A full mood theme can have anywhere from 15 to 132 pictures. (You can have less, but if you select a mood without a picture, only the text will display.) The mood theme inherit structure allows many moods to share a picture.
There are no restrictions as to image size or format, but .gif, .jpg, and .png images are recommended, as they are least likely to cause issues for your readers. For similar reasons, it's recommended to keep your images under 150x150 pixels.
2. Upload your pictures to a webserver of your choice. NOTE: Even once your moodtheme is complete, Dreamwidth doesn't store your pictures on its servers. If the picture is moved or deleted, your mood theme will break.
There are 2 ways of uploading your mood theme to Dreamwidth. One is through the the Custom Mood Theme Editor, and the other is through the Command Console.
To upload using the Custom Mood Theme Editor (easy):
3. Go to the Custom Mood Theme Editor.
4. Create a new mood theme. You must give it a name.
5. Fill in the URL, width, and height for each image in your moodtheme. You don't have to upload a picture for every single mood; if the mood can inherit from another mood and the check box is ticked, it will use the same picture. If the picture can't be inherited, or the check box is not ticked, and you select that mood, no picture will display.
6. Click 'Save Changes'.
7. This should return you to the Custom Mood Theme Editor page. The mood theme you just uploaded should now be under 'Your mood themes'. Click 'use' to start using your new mood theme.
To upload using the Command Console (harder, but potentially faster):
3. Go to the the Command Console.
4. Create a new mood theme, using the command
Choose a name and a description for your mood theme (you must have both), and type the command without any angle brackets. For example:
5. Hit execute. You should get a mood theme ID. Remember this number. (If you forget, you can find it by going to the Custom Mood Theme Editor, and clicking on the name of your mood theme. The mood theme ID is the number in between 'moodtheme=' and '&ownerid=' in the URL.)
6. Set each picture in your moodtheme, using the command
So, if your moodtheme number was 1701, and your angry image was 34 pixels wide, and 22 high, the command to set your angry moodtheme might be
Write a similar line for every mood picture you want to upload, and hit execute. You can also modify an existing set of commands, and copy-paste them into the console, instead of writing them out.
7. Go to the Custom Mood Theme Editor. The mood theme you just uploaded should now be under 'Your mood themes'. Click 'use' to start using your new mood theme.
Custom mood themes are mood themes which you create yourself. Only paid, premium paid, and seed accounts can upload custom mood themes. If your paid account expires, you will still be able to use your custom mood theme, but if you change it you won't be able to change back.
How to create a custom mood theme:
1. Create your pictures. A full mood theme can have anywhere from 15 to 132 pictures. (You can have less, but if you select a mood without a picture, only the text will display.) The mood theme inherit structure allows many moods to share a picture.
There are no restrictions as to image size or format, but .gif, .jpg, and .png images are recommended, as they are least likely to cause issues for your readers. For similar reasons, it's recommended to keep your images under 150x150 pixels.
2. Upload your pictures to a webserver of your choice. NOTE: Even once your moodtheme is complete, Dreamwidth doesn't store your pictures on its servers. If the picture is moved or deleted, your mood theme will break.
There are 2 ways of uploading your mood theme to Dreamwidth. One is through the the Custom Mood Theme Editor, and the other is through the Command Console.
To upload using the Custom Mood Theme Editor (easy):
3. Go to the Custom Mood Theme Editor.
4. Create a new mood theme. You must give it a name.
5. Fill in the URL, width, and height for each image in your moodtheme. You don't have to upload a picture for every single mood; if the mood can inherit from another mood and the check box is ticked, it will use the same picture. If the picture can't be inherited, or the check box is not ticked, and you select that mood, no picture will display.
6. Click 'Save Changes'.
7. This should return you to the Custom Mood Theme Editor page. The mood theme you just uploaded should now be under 'Your mood themes'. Click 'use' to start using your new mood theme.
To upload using the Command Console (harder, but potentially faster):
3. Go to the the Command Console.
4. Create a new mood theme, using the command
moodtheme_create ‹name› ‹desc›Choose a name and a description for your mood theme (you must have both), and type the command without any angle brackets. For example:
moodtheme_create cats gif would create a moodtheme called 'cats', with the description 'gif'.5. Hit execute. You should get a mood theme ID. Remember this number. (If you forget, you can find it by going to the Custom Mood Theme Editor, and clicking on the name of your mood theme. The mood theme ID is the number in between 'moodtheme=' and '&ownerid=' in the URL.)
6. Set each picture in your moodtheme, using the command
moodtheme_setpic ‹themeid› ‹moodid› ‹picurl› ‹width› ‹height›‹themeid› is the number you got in step 5.‹moodid› is the number related to the mood. In the mood theme inherit structure, it's the number in brackets. (For example, angry is #2.) There is no #50 or #94.‹picurl› is the URL of your mood image.‹width› and ‹height› are the width and heights of your image, in pixelsSo, if your moodtheme number was 1701, and your angry image was 34 pixels wide, and 22 high, the command to set your angry moodtheme might be
moodtheme_setpic 1701 2 www.hostingsite.com/user/moodtheme/angry.gif 34 22Write a similar line for every mood picture you want to upload, and hit execute. You can also modify an existing set of commands, and copy-paste them into the console, instead of writing them out.
7. Go to the Custom Mood Theme Editor. The mood theme you just uploaded should now be under 'Your mood themes'. Click 'use' to start using your new mood theme.