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Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_news2009-05-07 12:10 am

Update: Seed Account Re-sale, Free Users + Custom Styles

Two things for you today!


Thing the first:

We have not been able to finish and fully test the new site functionality that enables people to purchase accounts without a PayPal account. Instead of finishing it up an hour before the first sale is scheduled and crossing our fingers that it works, we've decided to push the sale off another week.

The new time of the Seed Account re-sale is Thursday, May 14th, 9PM EDT and again at Friday, May 15th, 9AM EDT. In total 200 accounts will be available.


Thing the second:

People with free accounts have probably noticed that a few days ago we took away the Advanced Customization area of the site. (The pages that let you make a custom style.) We had never intended for it to be available unless you paid, and having it on was an oversight on our part. After we turned it off, we got to hear a lot of really good comments from people and we reevaluated the original decision.

We've turned it back on, but gave free users a pretty low limit on the number of styles you can create (1 custom style, up to 5 layers). Short story: you can once again go back to customizing and importing styles from other sites. Sorry for the trouble!
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[personal profile] saoirse 2009-05-07 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
I attempted to create a layer using an imported layout, but it had errors, so I deleted it. Now my journal will not let me choose one of my old layouts but says there is a problem. I have no style at this time. It looks awful.:(

[personal profile] ex_antagonist554 2009-05-07 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
Er, I can tell you how to fix this one!

Go here and delete what's enabled, that should get rid of the "There is a problem." message. :)
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[personal profile] saoirse 2009-05-07 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for your help! I also got a message from support telling me to enable another style at that link, and it worked. :) Yay! I'd done this successfully elsewhere, but it no worky here for me. *vows never to mess with style layers again...*