Preferences in Blog Styles and Layouts

[charmian]

While looking at some of the discussions that people have been having about starting to use Dreamwidth, I notice one of the continual themes is a dissatisfaction with the styles available at DW. It's only natural that DW has fewer styles, but I wonder just what it is that people find so unsatisfactory about the existing ones? What features do people seek in styles?

Personally, I never thought that the existing styles at LJ were that great anyhow, since I use Wordpress and have an even greater range available to me there. (Also, Tumblr's themes) My preference for reading blogs is to have a wide column, and none of this 'big picture at the top' nonsense (my screen is a widescreen, which I don't like... why don't they make non-widescreen laptops anymore? I'd rather have a screen that is tall rather than wide.)

Maybe later it might be a good idea for DW to have a styles contest, with prizes and voting? That might get people talking about what they want to see in styles.

Comments

[foxfirefey]

Another place to submit styles you make for other people to use is dreamwidthlayouts.

[aislinna]

LOL, I sincerely doubt anyone is going to want something I create, since at the moment I can't even figure out how to make the modules show up in Tabula Rasa.

[foxfirefey]

They are showing up on your journal, they are just at the bottom! I really should write a guide to modules, hrm...

[lirren]

Does this include if I create a layout using an existing style like Tabula Rasa? Or is it just for brand new base styles?

[foxfirefey]

Nope, it counts for new layouts OR even just new color themes for existing styles!