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Denise ([staff profile] denise) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2024-09-04 05:09 pm

Offsite status page

We've been looking for an alternative to Twitter (excuse me, "X") for our offsite status announcements of the "shit's fucked enough that the site won't load; we're working on it" variety, and have finally settled on Bluesky as the correct choice for that purpose! If you are a Bluesky user, please follow https://bsky.app/profile/dreamwidth.org; if you aren't a Bluesky user, please bookmark that page.

(Side note because I know people are going to ask: yes, we'd like to add Bluesky (and Mastodon) to the username shortcuts, but the way they construct usernames and profiles is complicated enough that we have to give it some extra thought on how we're going to be able to do it!)
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[personal profile] soc_puppet 2024-09-06 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good to me!

Okay, I made two new rats (I'm pretty sure that a D20 is not IP-protected), so we should be all good on that front! Next, I'll be trimming down all of the images to get rid of extra space that doesn't need to be there. (The exception being "Lonely", where the extra space is very deliberate.)

One last question, I think: The guide says you need .gif instead of .png for images that use transparency; is that still the case?

Edit: Shoot, I forgot that Creative was based on a meme. Welp, one more rat to re-do, but that's not too much.
Edited 2024-09-06 04:38 (UTC)