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Flash Sale!

Flash Commissions

Slots Are OPEN - 11/15

How this works! Every now and then, I'm going to open up flash sales. This will usually just be for cheap layouts, but there may be other subjects in the future. However, for these flash sales, I'm working on a first come, first served basis. There will almost always be only 10 slots available, so if you're not one of the first ten, you might have to wait until the next sale.

On Sale

Dreamwidth Layout - $15
Plurk Layout - $15 *

Normal Prices
Dreamwidth Layout - $45
Plurk Layout - $50

Terms:

One slot/layout per person.
Only accepting payment via Paypal.
No DW points for compensation at this time.
* Most Plurk layouts will likely need the Plurk Jailbreak extension for Chrome to be viewed correctly. This is not a strict requirement, we can make your Plurk layout pretty without it, but it is advised to have.

Snag a Slot:
Name: Layout Type: Dreamwidth or Plurk Details Time: Be as detailed or vague as you want. If you aren't sure what you want: What's your favorite colors? Favorite aesthetics? If this is for rp, what's the character like? What fits them? What fits your purposes? Or do we want form over function? Feel free to link pictures. If you don't know yet and need time to think, that's fine. Take a slot and come back to this later.

Click Here for F.A.Q.

❖ I missed a sale and don't want to wait for another one!
Fair! I take regular commissions and also have a Patreon for more exclusive content.

❖ When is your next sale?
Whenever I have the time or the inclination. I'm not going to put a firm date rotation on these.

❖ What are your usual prices?
You can check out everything on my commissions page.

❖ What's the turnaround on these bad boys?
Depends, unfortunately. If you're first in line and are asking for a fairly simple code, maybe a couple of days at most. If you're at the end of the line, we might be looking at a few weeks. I'll keep you updated on the time table, and you can always reach out if you have any questions. If it's taking too long, you're free to remove your name from the list. I'll send you a full refund.

❖ Can I take a spot even though I don't know what I want?
Sure! We can do this a few ways.

You and I can go back and forth and workshop on it. I've got plenty of questions that might help you narrow things down. I'll be working on other commissions while we're doing this, at least until we have something in mind.

You can just hold on to the slot! Feel free to consider it an IOU on my part for something in the future.

If you take a slot but don't reply to my messages, that's also okay. The slot will still be there for you (if it's paid at this point). However, if I hear no response by the time I'm done with the other commissions, I may go ahead and open another sale. Your slot is still there, but your space won't take up another. I'll just keep a note that you've got that IOU whenever I hear from you again.

If I lose contact with you and you haven't paid for the slot after X amount of time passes, a few months or so, I'm going to send you a final notif and drop the commission. No more IOU.

❖ Can I take a slot for a friend/in the name of someone else?
Sure can! Unless this is some sort of surprise, though, I expect to eventually talk to the person this is for. If they say they don't want the commission, I'll drop it and refund whoever sent the money in the first place.

❖ I took a slot on your last sale. Can I take a slot on the next?
Yep! The usual limit is one slot per person per sale, unless stated otherwise.

❖ Where do we send payment? Will you take DW points?
Paypal! If I'm willing to take points, I'll let you know on this post, but that'll be kind of rare.

❖ When do I pay?
At any point you're comfortable with, so long as it's before delivery.

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Name: Nina
Layout Type: Dreamwidth
Details Time: Will be coming back to this later, but it'll definitely be an rp journal! Do you do splash pages?

Hi! Thanks for being interested. I added you to the list. :)

And yes, I do splash pages! I've done more traditional looking ones along with some "fakes" meant to mimic a splash page design. There's this version where I take a header or another module and make it the full screen height, so there's more content when the user scrolls down, and then there's this version that keeps everything in a compact box.

I'm also up for trying something new if your vision is really different from these, too. I know some people have made splash pages that will act as a type of pop-up on the screen, which will be fun to try out. Anyway, take your time and thanks again!

HI okay, i sent you payment, but i wanted to get you some information so you could start working! this layout will be for, if you know dragon age as a canon, a dalish elf, but if you don't know that suffice to say nature-focused wanderer dude with a motif of deer and wolves. i like traditional splash pages the best (i tend to dump a lot of in-progress posts on my journals without privating them), and gallery splash pages especially, like i'm using for this journal. i usually need to be able to link somewhere around 8 different entries on the splash. oh, and i literally never use the reading page, so it doesn't matter what that looks like lmao

the journal i'm going to be using it for is

vir_assan, and a (very much in-progress) info page for him is here! hopefully that's enough for you to get started on, but i can definitely try to give more if you need it!!

Edited 2024-10-07 05:52 (UTC)

Confirming that I got the payment in. Thank you!

I have some awesome ideas for your layout that'll mostly consist of making liberal use of a sticky entry while "hiding" the rest of your journal. What I'm thinking is that we can hide most of the layout, p much just make it white, and make a code for your sticky entry that's basically a very large gridded visuals post that takes up the whole screen dynamically. (Sort of like how these images are spaced about in this code but with more images and taking up much more space.) I could either make some of these images into links, leave space between the images for links, or keep the link module floating on the page somewhere.

Let me know what you think of this! I could use my skills in MS Paint to try to draw a mock-up for you if you want. I find I explain things better that way, lol.

Regardless, this is going to take me a few days to get to, so thank you for your patience! I am excited to get started on this, though. I love this sort of clean aesthetic.

no problem on the wait! i really like the idea you have, it sounds right up my alley!! i'm very much a visual person, so i'd love a mock-up whenever you have time. i thiiiink i like the idea of the links module floating somewhere—maybe at the bottom of the page? but if you have ideas i'm very much willing to be swayed elsewhere!

oh, one thing i forgot—i prefer rounded corners, if that's ever relevant! usually border-radius 15 is the sweet spot for me.

thank you for taking this on, i'm so excited to see what you come up with!!!

Something like this is what I'm picturing. Imagine this taking up the whole space of the screen (maybe with fewer images, now that I'm thinking about it) and it moves dynamically to the screen size, so it'll still look dope on mobile.

For the links module, having it float in a line at the bottom of the page would be the easiest option, imo. It'll also give you the flexibility to add a bunch of links if you wanted to or remove links as you wanted.

Hello! Sorry for the wait, but I coded up a mock-up using the ms paint design I sent you awhile ago. This is essentially what your splash page will look like (not including the links module, as this is just the splash code). However, this same design looks like this when viewed on mobile.

At this stage, I'm wondering if you're fine with that or would rather remove some of the spaces for images in this. There's enough room for 20 images if you didn't want to use just plain colors or gradients for some of these spaces, so there is a whole lot we can cut out if you wanted to. Personally, from a designer's pov, I think either way will work depending on the images/colors you decide to ultimately use.

Anyway, let me know what you think! Thanks!

now i'm sorry for the wait, i got so entrenched in my chores over this weekend this completely slipped my mind! that said, 20 images is so many, i'm perfectly fine cutting that to 15, or even 10 if that ends up looking better on mobile! or, you know, some number not divisible by 5, lol

Hi! No worries on the wait. I re-did the grid, though, and I think it was easier to merge them into 10 squares instead of 15. This is how it'll look on computer and here's the mobile version. If you want more spaces, though, I can totally make 15 (or however many you want) out of this.

I could also have a lot of images for full-screen view and make a lower number for mobile use. Like have the full 20 spaces for a wide space but use the 10 spaces version for mobile space. Making the code will be a little more complicated and the visual won't have that effect when viewing the entry code instead of directly on the journal, but it could be interesting! It just all depends on how many spaces you want to play with. :) Thanks!

ahh well i'm intrigued by the idea of how you'd pull off separating them on mobile and desktop, but tbh i think 10 images across both is the best option, i imagine i'd struggle to find 20! i'm so excited for how this is coming together ahhhhh

Hello! I've got a live preview together for you over here! I left the code as it was in the previous previews, so it still has the numbers and no images, but I can find some stock images to fill things in if you want a proper preview of what this is like!

Also, when you view this on your own journal, you'll have the "edit entry" option available to click on, seen here. This just gives you easy access to edit the entry's code without letting other users see.

I didn't edit the entries themselves much aside from simple clean up (justify the text, center the footer links, remove the user icon, etc). This is because I removed the "previous" and "next" links for the journal, but I could add them back in. I also haven't touched on the entry, tags, icons, and archive pages just yet. It is mobile ready, though!

Anyway, let me know what you think of this. It's pretty simple but I think it came out looking really cool, imo. :) I am eyeing my little credit watermark in the bottom corner, though, and kind of debating on removing it entirely, lmao. Let me know if you have ideas on where to put that if you don't like it there.

Also, just for the curious, there's a media property in CSS that allows me to make different designs for different screen widths (and other options, like when someone's browser is set to dark mode and such). This is how I was going to make the number of images dynamic depending on the device. ♥

Hi! No rush on any of your decision making, but this is just to let you know that I'm going to be away until November 3rd, so I won't be in contact until then if you reach out. Just a heads up!

Hi! Just popping in to ask if you were still interested in this layout commission.

hey, i'm really sorry to have completely blanked you for so long, every single time i remembered that i STILL hadn't gotten back to you i ended up forgetting again before i had time to say anything and then the next time i remembered again it'd been another three weeks. adhd is a hell of a drug!!

i am still interested in this layout, if you're still willing to work with me! i feel like part of why i struggled to respond for so long that it got to the forgetting point is that i can't really visualize what it'd look like with the images filled in—would it be possible for me to get the code to plug my images into so i can see what it looks like, or would you prefer i send you links for you to plug in yourself?

again, really sorry to have ghosted so bad, thank you very much for your superhuman patience!

Hi there! It's no problem. I'm the same way with being forgetful about things, lol. And I totally understand the need to see something visually. If you have the pics and don't mind sending them over somehow, I can totally plug them in for you.

it absolutely figures that now that i have remembered to do this, my power's been shut off at home!! california please stop being on fire for a few minutes, i beg.

if you want to wait for me to have power again to get the images myself, no problem, but if you just want to get this done, the character's pinboard is here. any images i would send you were going to be from there anyway, i was just gonna try to make a nice list and coordinate ~an aesthetic~, haha

Hi! Take all the time you need to get back to this. The fires look insane, so I hope you and yours are safe and doing well.

I did put together some of the images for the code. You can check it out over here whenever you get the chance. Hope everything goes well for you at home!

ahh, thanks for the well wishes! my family and i are fine thankfully, not in the paths of the fires, but the winds mean the power companies sometimes have to turn our power off to prevent fires. thankfully, we've got it back for now!

oooh now that i see it with actual images, i do like the look of it!! i wonder how it would look with a background image, say something like this? i'm not sure that would improve it any though tbh!

Oh, that's a relief to hear you aren't in the path of them! Still sucks about the power situation but it makes complete sense. I hope things stay good for you guys!

I didn't even consider adding a bg image, but that sounds pretty cool. It makes the layout kind of busy but it also works really well! I edited the preview journal here with just the additional background (and changed the link text color to white). I also tried something out with a filter, if you think this looks better. Just wanted to show you different options of the same idea.

i like it with the background without a filter, i think that really adds something!! i think we've perfected it, we've found The Look! i don't want to take away from your credit at all, but the credit link is butting up into the links list on mobile—maybe you could make it a copyright symbol so that the credit is still there, but it's not getting in the way of the links?

I totally see what you mean. What I could do instead, when the site switches to mobile view (or when the screen gets to about 1000px wide or less), I can move the credit to another part of the layout, like at the top. I could also shorten it, too. OR I could just move it permanently to the top, like this.

Really glad you're happy with the overall look, though. Would you like the entry pages styled, as well? I know we were focusing on this being a splash page layout, but just wanting to see if you wanted the full makeover, which would include a stylized tags page, icons page, and archive. (Regardless, I'll make sure they aren't totally broken if someone happens to have settings that allowing them to see all that on another user's journal (I think that's a thing?? I can't remember lol))

crawls back here... i'm so sorry i've been so uncommunicative, thank you so much for your patience. i think no entry page styles or anything is best, just so you don't have to keep working on this and waiting for me! moving the credit to the top on mobile definitely works for me too!

I don't mind continuing to work on this! Don't worry about that. I did my best to edit the entry pages (and tags/icons/etc pages) so that they'll work in general, but they are left mostly un-styled for now.

If you want, I could go ahead and send the codes over, let you try them out, and we can update it further if you do want the styling! I also updated the live preview but there's very little changes on the surface. If you're happy with it, I can just send it over!

i'm very happy with it, i'll take it! thanks again for all your patience, i really appreciate it!

I sent you a DM with the codes and instructions! Thanks! I really enjoyed making this layout. ♥

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