How do I ...
- Create an account? → More
- Manage my account's settings?
- Validate my email address?
- Request a validation email, then click on the link in the email. → More
- Post an entry to my journal or post to a community?
- Go to the Post an Entry page; change the journal in the post to menu if posting to a community. → More (communities)
- Purchase an account with Professional package of service? → More
- Read my journal or my friend's journal?
- Go to https://exampleusername.livejournal.com. (If necessary by replacing exampleusername or your username with your friend's username.)
- Add someone to my Friends list?
- Follow the instructions on the Edit Friends page.
- Add someone to my Subscriptions?
- Follow the instructions on the Edit Subscriptions page.
- Read my Friends page?
- Go to https://exampleusername.livejournal.com/friends/. (If necessary by replacing exampleusername with your username.)
- Comment on someone else's journal entry?
- Click on the "post comment" link for that particular entry. (Note: Some users may have changed their comment link text.)
- Delete a comment that I left, or that someone else left on my journal?
- Click the button with the red "X" in it on the top of the comment you want to delete. → More
- Edit or delete a journal entry?
- View the entry and click the blue pencil icon in the toolbar at the top of the page. → More
- Use a <lj-cut> tag in my entries?
- <lj-cut>, or <lj-cut text="Optional text here">
- Link to another LiveJournal user?
- <lj user="exampleusername"> will create a link to
exampleusername's journal. - Learn about journal entry security levels?
- Upload a userpic?
- Customize the look of my journal or community?
- Create a new community?
- Delete my account?
- Need more information on any of these options, or on something that isn't listed here?
- Read the rest of the LiveJournal FAQ.
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