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

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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!

Comments

[voldemort]

nevermind, my bad. i forgot that paid communities allow free users to expand within that journal, haha. i keep forgetting that this is a new site and i'm free and not paid here.

[azurelunatic]

That's an interoperability and familiar user interface win, then!

[voldemort]

lmao. the best thing about being a paid user is that you can ignore all of the differences between accounts. on livejournal, i stop absorbing information after a certain point. example: "SHINY NEW FEATURE! YOU CAN DO THIS AND THIS IF YOU'RE PAID (my attention span ends pretty much right here) or plus (oh...) but not if you're free (is that a cheeseburger over there?!)"