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FAQ - LiveJournal Features and Navigation

» What is the "Express Lane"? What benefit does it offer?

This FAQ applies only to Paid and Permanent accounts. To check your account type, please see your profile page.
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The Express Lane is a priority request queue that makes LiveJournal faster for Paid and Permanent users. When logged into your Paid or Permanent Account during times of heavy site load, your requests for LiveJournal pages are sent to the web servers before other users' requests.

LiveJournal's main priority as a service is to offer all users, Basic and Paid alike, fast and uninterrupted access to the site at all times. LiveJournal's fast and numerous web servers ensure speedy access most of the time; however, like any service, LiveJournal does encounter unavoidable periods of heavy site load. The Express Lane is designed to speed access for our paying users during peak times.
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Last Updated:
September 12th, 2009 (jai_dit)

» What is the "to-do list" feature?

LiveJournal offers a to-do list feature for your projects and goals. Basic and Plus Accounts can have 25 to-do list items, while Early Adopter, Paid, and Permanent Accounts can have 150 to-do list items.

See another user's to-do list by entering his/her username on http://www.livejournal.com/todo/?mode=pickuser or http://www.livejournal.com/todo/?user=exampleusername, replacing exampleusername with the journal or community.
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September 12th, 2009 (jai_dit)

» How do I view LiveJournal in a different language?

If you speak English, and this FAQ is displaying in another language, you can read this FAQ in English.

Use the Display tab of the My Account Settings page to set your language preference for LiveJournal. You may need to log out and log back in in order for it to take effect.
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February 1st, 2013 (arteman)

» How do I change the appearance of the main LiveJournal pages?

LiveJournal uses schemes to control the appearance of the main page and other pages displaying the LiveJournal logo. When you first use LiveJournal you see the default site scheme (called Horizon), but you can change to a different scheme at the Display tab of the My Account Settings page.
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August 13th, 2012 (fiddlingfrog)

» How do I use LiveJournal with my cell phone, dial-up connection, or screenreader?

If you would like to simplify LiveJournal pages or limit the number of images, you can use site settings, site schemes and styles, friends page filters, and off-site options. These options are helpful to:
  • reduce screen size for your mobile device;
  • reduce bandwidth or download time while browsing LiveJournal on a metered or dial-up connection;
  • increase accessibility when browsing LiveJournal with a screenreader.
Most of these options are available with a Early Adopter or Basic Account, but others (mobile posts, voice posts, etc.) require a Paid, Permanent, or Plus account.
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March 16th, 2012 (livejournal)

» How can I mark content as inappropriate for minors? What is the adult content setting?

An adult content setting is an optional setting for entries, journals, and communities that may contain content unsuitable for minors.
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April 4th, 2013 (markf)

» How does LiveJournal auto-detect my location? Where do I enter my location?

You can enter your current location on any entry you post, and you can display your Location in your profile. You can manually enter your location, have it detected by IP address, or leave it blank.
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October 24th, 2011 (livejournal)

» How can I see which other users have visited my journal? What is the My Guests feature?

Part of this feature is available only to Paid and Permanent accounts. Your account type is listed on your profile.
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Journal Statistics and My Guests provide information on who has visited your journal. While My Guests is available to all users, Journal Statistics are only available to Paid and Permanent Accounts.
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December 20th, 2012 (livejournal)

» What is the Hover Menu? How do I enable or disable it?

The Hover Menu appears when you hover your mouse pointer over an account type icon (, , or the custom userhead) or a user's userpic. The menu contains several options for managing your relationship with that user, community, or feed. The menu is enabled by default, but it can be disabled or re-enabled from the Admin Console.
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August 7th, 2012 (fiddlingfrog)

» What is the Ratings feature?

LiveJournal has two popularity-based features:
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April 4th, 2013 (markf)

» What is Social Capital on LiveJournal?

Social Capital is shown for all communities, but only on the personal journals of those who have opted into cyrillic services.

Social Capital is an indicator that reflects the influence of a specific user or community on LiveJournal.
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September 4th, 2012 (coffeechica)

» How do I customize the ratings on the LiveJournal homepage?

You can customize the Popular Entries section of the LiveJournal homepage by either marking a particular entry as read, or by blacklisting an entire community and hiding all entries from that community. The homepage defaults to showing you your personalized ratings, but you can view the full and unedited version of the ratings by selecting Full at the top of the section. You can customize the Popular entries rating sorted by visitors. The one sorted by page views can't be customized.
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Last Updated:
October 24th, 2012 (livejournal)

» Where can I find the latest entries posted to LiveJournal?

You can read the latest public entries posted by other LiveJournal users, in both their journals and in communities, on the Latest entries page.
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Last Updated:
January 25th, 2013 (fiddlingfrog)

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