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Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some frequently asked questions, and answers, too! Oh boy. Try to read this before you ask a new question. If you know something we should add to this, let us know.
About Inksome (view all)
- What is Inksome?
- Why does Inksome look similar to LiveJournal?
- Fandom-centric? What does that mean?
- What if I'm not fannish? Can I still join?
- Great! How do I join?
- Why do I need an invite code to join?
- Where does Inksome get its money?
- I got burned by LJ. How do I know that won't happen here?
- What are the limitations on icons?
- Is the trading or selling of journals on Inksome against the TOS?
Accounts (view all)
- What are the different account types?
- How do I create an account?
- How do I delete/undelete my account?
- How can I change my password?
- I forgot my username/password.
- Is there a way to change my username?
- How can I delete my past email addresses?
- How do I validate my email address?
- How do I link to my Inksome?
- Can I have an account that has been deleted/suspended/not used?
- Why can't I have a particular username? Can I have the username of an abandoned account?
- What is OpenID? Does Inksome support Open ID?
Style System 1 (S1) (view all)
- What are overrides? How do they work?
- How do I create a custom S1 style?
- How do I change the font in my journal?
- How do I add a background image?
- How do I change the number of journal entries per page?
- How do I change what my comments links say?
- In what other ways can I customize my journal?
- My overrides won't work. What's wrong?
- I tried to customize my journal using overrides and now it won't display. Why?
Site Features (view all)
- How do I change the way Inksome pages look?
- What are the options when I log in?
- How do I switch my journal between S1 and S2?
- How do I use the private messaging feature?
- What is the Schools Directory? How do I use it?
- How does my calendar work?
- How do I put my journal link in my AIM/AOL profile?
Paid Accounts (view all)
- How do I buy a paid account?
- What happens to my paid account when it expires?
- How do I add a poll to a journal entry?
- What are the paid account benefits?
Abuse (view all)
Journal Entries (view all)
- How do I post to my journal?
- How do I tag my entries? Where can I manage my tags?
- How do I alter the appearance of my text? How do I make text bold, italic or centered?
- How do I add images to my entries, comments, or profile?
- How do I add videos and other media to my entries?
- How do I add a link to another journal or web site?
- How do I hide part of my entry behind a link? What is an lj-cut?
Pictures/icons (view all)
Comments (view all)
- What are comments? How do I enable/disable commenting?
- How do I control who can post comments in my journal?
- What is comment screening? How do I set my screening options?
- Can I edit/delete/screen/freeze a comment I posted or that was posted in my journal?
- How do I ban/unban a user from commenting in my journal?
- How do I mark a comment as spam? What does this option do?
- What is Comment IP Logging? What does "this user is logging my IP address" mean?
- Why don't my comments show the correct time? How do I set my time zone?
Journals Read & Security Levels (view all)
Tags (view all)
Communities (view all)
- What is a community?
- How do I join a community and read its entries on my Friends page?
- How do I post an entry in a community?
Style System 2 (S2) (view all)
- How do I customize my journal using S2?
- I am using S2. Why are some customization options not available?
- What is a Link List? How do I put a Link List in my S2 style?
- My friends' comment pages are displaying in different styles. How do I change this?
- When will you be implementing Flexible Squares, Smooth Sailing, or Tranquility II?
- Where can I go to learn more about advanced S2 customization?
- What are the different S2 layer types?
- How do I create a custom S2 style?
Troubleshooting (view all)
- How come I'm not getting comment notifications in my email?
- Why does my account say "User username has messed up their journal template definition"? I haven't done anything to it!
- Why won't my style change?/My layout isn't working properly!
- Why am I getting a pop-up java error that says "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded" or why can't I embed videos?
- My reading list page isn't working/where did the posts go on my reading list page?
- Why can't I receive a validation email?
- Why can't I update my journal?
- Why can't I make a friend-all button work?
Syndication (view all)
- What is Inksome's syndication feature?
- Where can I get an RSS feed of my journal?
- How do I find a syndicated account?
- How do I add a journal from a different site to my friends list?
- Why might a syndicated account not work?
- How do I create a new syndicated account or add an existing one to my Friends list?
- My content is being syndicated onto Inksome and I don't want it there. What can I do?
- Who owns a syndicated account? Can I edit the feed URL of or delete a syndicated account?
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