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Today I learned about the excellent fandom resource from ao3commentoftheday and memorizingthedigitsofpi

How to AO3

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1854832

as of 1 Aug 2022, the series includes

Tags for Beginners
How Tags Work
How to move a work to a secondary account
How to add a link anywhere
How to file an abuse report
Blocking on AO3
Blocking User or Work
How to get Dark Mode
Finding Fics
CSS snippets for Readers

as well as two unrevealed works. I can't wait!

What AO3 tools do you use?

Thirty days ago, I asked how I might improve my visibility as a wheeling pedestrian. Did you ever have excellent ideas!

MyGuy and I have enjoyed this project: We prototyped, we scrounged, we pinned and unpinned. Today I wore the final version and it works great.

( Design and Implementation )

Summary

Increased peace of mind as a rolling pedestrian: priceless. Total cost US$75 plus five hours of design, sewing and experimentation. Total tabard weight with chain and flashers is 570g (20 ounces). It’s a snap to put on: I fold the back wrong side to the front, place the front over my cape, then flip the back in place over my head. The generous neck hole provides room for my cape collar to be spread down.

High-Visibility 2-Tone Reflective Safety Vest
Internet #308848281 / Model # HDX46600-O / Store SKU #1004213989
$23.00 at Home Depot
Nathan StrobeLight Bundle of 2 Lights
Item #159064
$36.00 at REI
random chain from hardware store
‌$15 at Quality Hardware on Park St

Pictures!

( Vest on floor, vest on me )

Hooray for an easier way to make usernames appear here! Simply type
@username
and you’ll get the right user head:

for people:
@jesse_the_k becomes jesse_the_k

for communities:
@access_fandom becomes access_fandom

for official communities:
@dw-nifty becomes dw_nifty

@ Shortcut for other sites

The @ trick also works with the two dozen external sitenames DW supports: use @username period sitename

@dreamwidth.twitter becomes dreamwidth
@dreamwidth.github becomes dreamwidth

( All the details )

Bypassing the @ Shortcut

Dreamwidth makes any characters right after an @ sign into a username. To make the @ sign simply display

precede the @ with backslash:
\@WordNextToAtSign
in HTML, use the character reference &commat;

~~ETA BUG ALERT~~ never mind, they fixed the bug!

Current Mood: accomplished

Nasal rinsing (also called nasal or sinus irrigation) is a long-standing practice in Ayurvedic medicine. In this tradition, the "neti pot" is the tool to have.

( 500 words on joyful sinus rinsing )

ljwrites does a much better job explaining this!

https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/03/02/alt-text.html

lightgetsin relies on image descriptions, and her thoughts are crucial

https://lightgetsin.dreamwidth.org/308442.html

For sighted people, images can communicate a lot in a short time. On the web, tho, images come with a cost: bandwidth. Folks who don’t or can’t view your image can still get your message when you use image descriptions. "alt text" is the HTML tool to hold your image descriptions.

Web Accessibility In Mind — WebAIM — is an outstanding resource for ensuring that all users can appreciate your web content.

Spend twenty minutes at WebAIM to gain a confidence in applying the principles of alt texts. Their tl;dr about the content of alt texts: ( open me )

Markdown is a minimal way to format your text. The goal is to use "natural" formats, similar to email. Software that understands Markdown translates it to HTML. Markdown is much easier--and more forgiving--than HTML. This post has the markdown you'll use the most. The rest of the features are explored later.

The full spec is hosted by its creator, Jon Gruber https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax

Using Markdown Here at Dreamwidth

Markdown is welcome everywhere except in subject lines. You can use it for posts, comments, email posts.

( how to turn it on, formatting emphasis, strong; usernames; lists; rules and code )

Current Mood: Accomplished

I've been browsing the "tumblr purge" tags at latest things (as you do) and have stumbled on two wonderful resources:

For Android Users: Close to a Mobile App with Hermit

https://bluewinged-songbird.dreamwidth.org/tag/tutorial

bluewinged_songbird provides the step-by-step, with pictures!

For all of us: If you're used to Tumblr, how you do it here

https://potofsoup.dreamwidth.org/tag/dw+how-to

potofsoup has, of this writing, fourteen step-by-step tutorials, with pictures!

I learned new things, even after being here since 1-May-2009. It also made me better understand how Tumblr works.

I didn't find this answer on a quick search of Mobilereads.com forum, so I thought I'd share. I read on my iPad in the Kobo app. I buy my ebooks from Kobo because they have a deal with the American Booksellers Association; when I buy a book there Room of One's Own gets a 15% cut. ( why & how step by step )

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Entries tagged with how to guide

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How to AO3

Solved: Wheelchair Safety Tabard Increases Pedestrian Visibility

Summary

Pictures!

New DW Feature: @username.sitename

@ Shortcut for other sites

Bypassing the @ Shortcut

Nifty Neti: Why & How I Rinse My Nose

Eloquent Alt Texts

Markdown Simplifies Formatting Your DW Posts

Using Markdown Here at Dreamwidth

How To Do Dreamwidth: Immigrants Get the Job Done

For Android Users: Close to a Mobile App with Hermit

For all of us: If you're used to Tumblr, how you do it here

Backing up Kobo Ebooks

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