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September 2009 Updates
Summary of this update's contents: subscription filters are now available in alpha, most user journal pages can be viewed in ?style=light or ?style=site, clients now crosspost by default, there are new layouts, and ![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png)
mark is now a full time developer on Dreamwidth.
Subscription filters, used for filtering your reading page, are currently in alpha. You can check them out at the Manage Subscription Filters page. For free users, they function the same as filters on LJ, where you can create subsets of accounts. Paid users have some additional perks: they can create filters that only include certain tags or a certain level of adult content from individuals in that filter.
You can make a filter that your reading page automatically uses by creating one called "Default". To use a filter, put the filter name at the end of your reading page URL like so:
http://username.dreamwidth.org/read/FilterName
You can read current suggestions about subscription filters here or make your own. Upcoming changes include putting filters into the drop down on the nav strip and having an option to add users to different subscription filters when you
Entries posted by desktop clients or post-by-email will soon default crosspost settings--so if you crosspost by default, entries made by clients will now automatically crosspost.
For people who have readability problems or want a more stripped down version of the site, nearly ever page in "user" space (any page with a URL starting with http://username.dreamwidth.org) now works with ?style=light added onto the end. These pages also display with ?style=site; they could use some more styling, but they're a decent option when you want to view a journal page with the site menus.
The styles front steadily progresses. New styles include Blanket bysforzinda, Bases by sven, Sunday Morning by regna, Tranquility III by branchandroot, and Funky Circles by ninetydegrees.
Since there are now enough styles to span several pages,![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png)
dw_styles ran a categorization poll on how people best want to handle categorizing styles. Due to feedback, there is now a base category section that shows all of the base layouts.
Current goals include dark-on-light and light-on-dark options for all styles and some new style designed for easy readability. If you have a color theme for an official style you'd like to submit todreamscapes, zvi made a tutorial on creating them.
October marks the first month ofmark beginning full time Dreamwidth development. This means that feature development on DW is about to really speed up.
News, September 8th
News, September 14th
News, September 21st
News, September 28th
Code tours:
Code Tour, September 8th -- 17 closed
Code Tour, September 14th -- 30 closed
Code Tour, September 21st -- 26 closed
Code Tour, September 28th -- 21 closed
DW is presenting at LinuxConf Australia in January. Some people have started posting user scripts and styles.
mark is now a full time developer on Dreamwidth.Subscription Filters
Subscription filters, used for filtering your reading page, are currently in alpha. You can check them out at the Manage Subscription Filters page. For free users, they function the same as filters on LJ, where you can create subsets of accounts. Paid users have some additional perks: they can create filters that only include certain tags or a certain level of adult content from individuals in that filter.
You can make a filter that your reading page automatically uses by creating one called "Default". To use a filter, put the filter name at the end of your reading page URL like so:
http://username.dreamwidth.org/read/FilterName
You can read current suggestions about subscription filters here or make your own. Upcoming changes include putting filters into the drop down on the nav strip and having an option to add users to different subscription filters when you
Crossposting Clients and Email
Entries posted by desktop clients or post-by-email will soon default crosspost settings--so if you crosspost by default, entries made by clients will now automatically crosspost.
More pages can user ?style=light and ?style=site
For people who have readability problems or want a more stripped down version of the site, nearly ever page in "user" space (any page with a URL starting with http://username.dreamwidth.org) now works with ?style=light added onto the end. These pages also display with ?style=site; they could use some more styling, but they're a decent option when you want to view a journal page with the site menus.
Styles
The styles front steadily progresses. New styles include Blanket by
sforzinda, Bases by sven, Sunday Morning by regna, Tranquility III by branchandroot, and Funky Circles by ninetydegrees.Since there are now enough styles to span several pages,
dw_styles ran a categorization poll on how people best want to handle categorizing styles. Due to feedback, there is now a base category section that shows all of the base layouts. Current goals include dark-on-light and light-on-dark options for all styles and some new style designed for easy readability. If you have a color theme for an official style you'd like to submit to
dreamscapes, zvi made a tutorial on creating them.Full Time Developer
October marks the first month of
mark beginning full time Dreamwidth development. This means that feature development on DW is about to really speed up.News Posts and Code Tours
News, September 8th
News, September 14th
News, September 21st
News, September 28th
Code tours:
Code Tour, September 8th -- 17 closed
Code Tour, September 14th -- 30 closed
Code Tour, September 21st -- 26 closed
Code Tour, September 28th -- 21 closed
Miscellaneous Tidbits
DW is presenting at LinuxConf Australia in January. Some people have started posting user scripts and styles.