Posting problems -- PLEASE READ!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone! We're thrilled to see the many posts rolling in and hope that as the weekend comes around more of you will be able to come on by. Remember though that we're open until January 31 so if things get a little busy you can always join in later.

We have some posting problems we need to comment on and also ask for some assistance with.

We've been advised that people are having problems in deleting comments, adding tags, and possibly even editing posts. We think this has to do with the pre-launch settings for the community before posting opened and we hope we have that fixed now. If not, please let us know.

We also have noted that if you are scrolling through the community you can't tell who is posting, and that you can't go from inside one post to the next one. These seem to be layout restrictions and we're assuming we can only change this by switching to a new layout. Which we've done, to something simpler. So now you can open a link and see this information more clearly. We had also planned to do some redecorating in about a week anyway and may have to experiment further with layouts. However neither of us is very layout-savvy so if one of you out there is and can give us some advice on what to switch to, it would be greatly appreciated (comment below or e-mail us).

Lastly while we are delighted that everyone is jumping in with both feet and being creative with categories of posts, we need to remind everyone that there are a few guidelines that need to be followed. The main three are that posts are to be recs of work the fandom has produced, the work is about the Buffyverse (crossovers are fine!) and that the work was created or completed in 2005.

Among our various reasons for creating this community is to give folks a chance to get to know the work of other folks they haven't come across before, and focusing on more recent material allows people to connect with others active in the fandom or who may be new. If you'd like to rec work that falls outside these guidelines, by all means, add a link in your post to your journal where you can rec all that other great work.

Also, regarding ratings, some authors state story ratings clearly and others don't, so it's helpful to those looking for recs to have that information available, especially if they're trying out someone new. If there's no rating stated, make your best guess and label it All, Teen or Mature. And definitely, please label graphics as it also helps those viewers in public spaces or with slow connections.

Please take another look at our posting information and feel free to ask questions at our FAQ page or e-mail us privately at buffyversetop5 @ yahoo.com. Also all mod posts are currently stored in the community's memories. We're happy to hear from you and want to make this a good experience for everyone.

Again, thank you all for your participation and support. We are really looking forward to seeing all your recs in the weeks to come!

Comments

[shapinglight]

Okay, I'm finally sorted about this (blaming my own obtuseness, not anything else).

It will probably be a little while before I make my first post. I need some time to think.

[yourlibrarian]

No worries -- I imagine things will slow down after the holidays so it'll be good to have posts coming in later as well!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear :) And you still have quite a bit of time. Hope that you can find amidst everything else you must do :)

[shapinglight]

It'll probably have to wait till the new year but I will post.

[frimfram.livejournal.com]

Hee, I was just writing you an email about a couple of these things as I checked my flist! Shall point people in this direction.

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Cool. And you can still send the email if you want! :)

[amavel-bel.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm making some lists, but I will take some time to find the links. And it's hard to choose only 5, there are quite some wonderful stuff on the net :-).

[yourlibrarian]

Indeed there is, we're spoiled for choice!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see your lists :) :)

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

I might be able to help you out with the layout and not being able to tell who posted- it's probably just a case of ticking a box somewhere :) are you using the three column layout?

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, we are, and we've changed the comments pages to LJ default which solves these problems. We couldn't suss out how to keep the layout and yet have usernames show up, and the lack of internal navigation seemed to be something in the layout setup itself but...

All advice on this most welcome!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And we spent most of yesterday trying to find that missing box-ticking ;)

[so-sharlemaine.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your work and involvement, ladies! It's working out really well, and I think people are having a lot of fun with this. I know I'm loving it!

We appreciate you :-)

[yourlibrarian]

Aw, thank you!

And had to grin at your icon!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you very much both for the nice things you said and the icon. That perked me right up ;)