Hello and Welcome

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

Hello and welcome to Moffat Era Who. As you may have noticed, this is a very lo-fi basic community at the moment. After looking at some of the blogs and communities scattered around the web, I thought it might be useful to have a community specifically for fans of the current era of Doctor Who (from 2010 onwards). And as you might have guessed, I haven't had a lot of experience running communities (or to be more accurate, none). So this is definitely a work in progress.

Want to help develop this community? There are various ways you can help:

1. Graphics. As you can see, we're currently using a basic Livejournal layout. Have a few minutes to spare on creating a new one? Go for it.

2. Moderators. Want to volunteer? Any advice to offer? Get in touch.

3. Adverts. You may have noticed this is not a paid account, which means the community still has adverts. If you want to change this, the best way is to use this community. I'm more than happy to upgrade to a paid account if a significant level of interest in this community is shown. 

4. Get involved. This is a brand new community. The first members of this community will play a vital role in shaping what it looks like. So post a comment, start a topic, show off your icons and get involved.  

Off we go then...

Comments

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm no big... moderator... runner person, but I'll volunteer if you need help, and it's easy enough to find a premade layout that'd suit the comm.

Oh, also, maybe to get people involved initially, start a discussion? Maybe like a Moffat vs. RTD eras, and why exactly people prefer one to the other. To be honest, I've only vaguely convinced myself I prefer Moffat's, and I'm still not sure why, so it'd be good to see opinions for and against each era.

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm no big... moderator... runner person, but I'll volunteer if you need help,"

You're welcome to become a moderator (god knows I have no clue what I'm doing - in fact my basis on trusting you for this is that you have introduced me to the acronym "OMGWTFBBQ"). Let me know if it's a definite yes. Although if you wanna hang back and see how it goes, that's cool too.

"it's easy enough to find a premade layout that'd suit the comm."

Easy enough for people who know what they're doing, I'd imagine. ;-)

"Oh, also, maybe to get people involved initially, start a discussion?"

Oh. Yes. So obvious it's brilliant. Gonna do that now.

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

Haha well, it is an awesome phrase. That may have been the first time I ever used it... but it definitely won't be the last time, it clearly gets better results than any of the Doctors' catchphrases!

It'd be lovely to be a mod, but could I be the quiet one who hangs around in the back and chimes in with random helpful info or to kick somebody in the leg and run away? (I'll limit this last one to drama queens and troublestarters and such, honest).

Well, if you'd like me to put in a layout, I can do that no problem. I can link you to a good place to find a layout, here (http://fruitstyle.livejournal.com/tag/layouts) - if you pick one, I can probably jam it in.

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

Okay, you are now officially a moderator, although not a maintainer because I don't know what that means. Let me know if you want to be a maintainer and I will find out what it means.

For the moment, posts don't have to be approved before appearing, but if things get rowdy that will obviously have to be reviewed.

I guess we should probably start with something blue (coz.. you know.. the tardis and that). What you think to these:
http://fruitstyle.livejournal.com/29087.html
http://fruitstyle.livejournal.com/21567.html

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

And a maintainer. You're a maintainer now too.

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

Neat! *does some mod stuff*

I wouldn't advise setting anyone as a maintainer unless you really trust them. Maintainers are basically you - you can do anything with the community, delete it, remove you as the boss, etc. So I wouldn't add anyone as a maintainer unless you know you can trust them.

I like the blue idea, plus I feel Moffat's era is very blue-y, no? The cloud one is pretty, but I maybe prefer the second one... or there's this one (http://fruitstyle.livejournal.com/17781.html) or this one (http://fruitstyle.livejournal.com/26987.html)? Maybe a little plain? Or completely opposite direction and shove in some pink or something (http://fruitstyle.livejournal.com/16428.html), haha.

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

I think either the cloud one or the first of the other two you picked out. I would LOVE the idea of having a pink one to mess with people, but then again maybe not.

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

Don't worry if it looks odd for a minute, I'm jiggling the layouts around.

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

First go. Do we like? I could probably take it or leave it, to be honest.

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

I like, although there are issues with boxes overlapping slightly (but that could just be my computer). It looks good, but I know what you mean, I'm not in love with it or anything.

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

Tried out another, what do we think of this one? The only real issue is that the video's too big for it, but that's easily solved with a cut or smaller video or something, idek.

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

I like the design and I don't think that video thing is a problem... the only issue (I know, I'm sorry, you're doing all the work and I just keep moaning!) is the text size - it's a bit small and when you try to alter text size in IE it doesn't really get any bigger. Might be an issue for people with not great vision (or to put it another way: I'll have to dig out my glasses).

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

It's cool! We want the absolute perfect layout for this, so I don't mind, it only takes a minute to get each one. What do we think of this one? It's a change of colour.

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of a simple kinda style like this, not so sure about the layout because it looks a bit busy. Mind if I have a go for a bit? I've just been reading up. You can definitely have another go when I fuck it up.

[onlineminiboss.livejournal.com]

Absolutely yeah, go for it. We could have a banner too?

[randomgirl666.livejournal.com]

Well I had a play using this:
http://refuted.livejournal.com/16530.html#cutid1

Doesn't look too bad, but it's not full of awesomeness either. I tried adding a header using this image, but it wasn't working:
http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn60/Random_girl666/?action=view¤t=DOCTOR-WHO-1.jpg

I give up tonight, feel free to keep playing around if you like, just leave it readable (and no kittens or anything, obviously).