firebones: (computer)
gonna make an entry that will be updated with more tips and stuff on how to adapt ourselves again to blogging like in the old times. i miss photobucket.


photoscape


i've been using this software since 2007. it's easy af to use, free (it never asked me for weird permissions or a premiumship), it allows you to edit single and bulk pictures, including resizing and putting a... "movie" film tint. but for resizing the BIG ASS pictures that our phones take nowadays, its a cool thing

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

filegarden

free filehosting service to upload the pictures and then link it to your blog entries 👍

https://filegarden.com/

windows key & .

if you're writing your stuff from a computer and want to add an emoji, ironic or not (we dont judge here), you can pulse on windows key and dot '.' it will open the emoji selector from windows

tumblr & pinterest as places to find icons or decorations

Disclaimer: remember that something from the internet doesnt mean everyone could use it freely! its our etiquette to make the internet a better place.
you can search for 'stamps', 'blinkies', 'icons', sometimes followed by 'aesthetic' or a color you might like

i'll update it later with more tips, hope this is usefull for now!
firebones: (laptop)
okay, right now i feel like i had the bigger brain i ever had. i was lurking around to customize the DW and though 'boy, we can HAVE STAMPS right now???'

so i went to Organize > Customize Journal Style > Text > Custom text (you can also access via this URL: https://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/options?group=text)
on Custom text, you can add HTML code. i wouldnt abuse of that feature but it could help to put some cool stamps? so i added the first stamp using the ol' reliable code:
<p align="center"><img src="url of the picture of the stamp" alt="" /></p>
once you put all you want on your Custom Text, press 'Save Changes'! and now, you can make it visible going to the left tab 'Modules' and search for 'Custom text' module (ctrl + f is ur friend).

it appears at 13 position, you only need to check the box and throw it on the module section you like (mine is on 'Main Module Section')


okay, until here, all i said is pretty usual for anyone from oldschool days on deviantart. well, HERE COMES THE MAGIC

i search for more stamps. like, there was a LOT i liked in tumblr and my brain works better on bulk. but ada, how the *hell* are you gonna put on bulk a lot of URL images, you have to put a prefix and sufix to each one and...

==> Enter: Excel/Calc Sheet editor

1. first cell (normally A1): you put <img src=" (beware the " symbol! copy and paste if necessary!)
2. second cell (normally B1): the URL of the picture or stamp or blinkie you want to add
3. third cell (normaly C1): finish the code with " />

you can, as example, fill first the second column with every picture you would like to add, one per row, and then just complete the other two columns so you can have the same number of particles.
you could copy the three cells or the whole range, but you'll have spaces between the " and the URL and that's not what we want. SO...

we take the... fifth column? to let some air between columns, and add the magic formula:

=CONCAT(A1;B1;C1)

you see that bold dot on the lower right corner of the cell? drag it till you reach the last row filled with your particles and URL's. BANG. you have a whole list of the code you need to insert all your stamps!


this code only would add the images, remember you need to add the HTML tags 'p' for aligning the whole block to the center:
 
<p align="center">

# HERE WILL BE THE HTML BLOCK CODE # 

</p> 
BOOM. you can put all the blinkies, stamps, banners and other nice stuff from the 00s so your journal could look like homer's webpage. 

GO AHEAD! GO CRAZY! EXPRESS YOURSELF, I BEG YOU!!

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