A little late, but I wanted to share my solution to my own unconventional profile needs. I recently got a full set of custom coding, but before then I spent literally years changing codes trying to find something that worked for me.
My profiles vary wildly in length, so I settled on profiles with page-wide horizontal sections that I can add or remove as needed. Some of my characters can get absolutely massive, while others only have a handful of notes. Having those more simplified layouts that are organized into "blocks" are by far the easiest to edit in this way. I'm also partial to more simple layouts for readability, since I'm focused more on written content than art. There's also the fun wrench in the gears that was trying to find CSS compatible with libraries, and my insatiable need for everything to match rather than using different CSS for different characters.
These ALL look lovely!! I love Pinky's codes a lot, they're the ones I resonate the most with in terms of functionality and general aesthetics of the layout (like round corners & this general "spacious" feel to them)!! Do you happen to have any examples of library content with those codes? I couldn't find any on the characters you posted and I'd be super eager to see how it looks because for some reason I didn't even think that could be a possibility!
Also same with the readability > art, I usually don't have a LOT of drawings (especially stuff like chibi or pixel art) for my characters on average so I feel like some layouts look pretty dreary if I don't have those little drawings scattered across the layout to spice it up.
Ah! That would be because all of my literatures (what few I have) are still very much drafts so I have them only visible to me. I keep telling myself I'll finish them.......someday.
"Test Literature" is Blank, "custom test" is my custom one
And yes, I absolutely love Pinky's codes. They're also absolutely lovely to work with for customs if such an occasion arises. I've also bought from Cheerikola and AsheCodes quite a bit! They're very different style wise, but also maintain that nice spacing on a lot of their stuff.
Thank you so much, it looks great!! I feel so silly for never realizing you could extend the CSS all the way to things like literatures, I guess I just don't think about them too much since I haven't posted OC written content here in years.
Oooh big same! I really enjoy using their codes for smaller profiles (like AUs or alternative forms) but sadly none of the codes they offer quite fit what I have in mind in terms of layout and functionality, but I adore their style and sense of aesthetic with the layout compositions!
The hard part is that the CSS has to be adjusted to work with libraries, and pretty much no one does that. (Blank only has the support because I asked Pinky about it LOL) It also only works with side bar, and top bars are more popular.
Cheerikola probably has my favorite small codes. Ashecodes is the only person I've found who does World codes I like.
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A little late, but I wanted to share my solution to my own unconventional profile needs. I recently got a full set of custom coding, but before then I spent literally years changing codes trying to find something that worked for me.
My profiles vary wildly in length, so I settled on profiles with page-wide horizontal sections that I can add or remove as needed. Some of my characters can get absolutely massive, while others only have a handful of notes. Having those more simplified layouts that are organized into "blocks" are by far the easiest to edit in this way. I'm also partial to more simple layouts for readability, since I'm focused more on written content than art. There's also the fun wrench in the gears that was trying to find CSS compatible with libraries, and my insatiable need for everything to match rather than using different CSS for different characters.
Here are two examples using Pinky's Blank CSS bundle:
Long: https://toyhou.se/269072.calico
Short: https://toyhou.se/2375423.frankie
And two with my new custom code (also from Pinky)
Long: https://toyhou.se/854694.anders
Short: https://toyhou.se/3724463.naeva
2 years, 4 months ago
These ALL look lovely!! I love Pinky's codes a lot, they're the ones I resonate the most with in terms of functionality and general aesthetics of the layout (like round corners & this general "spacious" feel to them)!! Do you happen to have any examples of library content with those codes? I couldn't find any on the characters you posted and I'd be super eager to see how it looks because for some reason I didn't even think that could be a possibility!
Also same with the readability > art, I usually don't have a LOT of drawings (especially stuff like chibi or pixel art) for my characters on average so I feel like some layouts look pretty dreary if I don't have those little drawings scattered across the layout to spice it up.
2 years, 4 months ago
Ah! That would be because all of my literatures (what few I have) are still very much drafts so I have them only visible to me. I keep telling myself I'll finish them.......someday.
I opened up my code test literatures so you can see what they look like though! You should be able to see two now:
https://toyhou.se/Lainebrary/literatures
"Test Literature" is Blank, "custom test" is my custom one
And yes, I absolutely love Pinky's codes. They're also absolutely lovely to work with for customs if such an occasion arises. I've also bought from Cheerikola and AsheCodes quite a bit! They're very different style wise, but also maintain that nice spacing on a lot of their stuff.
2 years, 4 months ago
Thank you so much, it looks great!! I feel so silly for never realizing you could extend the CSS all the way to things like literatures, I guess I just don't think about them too much since I haven't posted OC written content here in years.
Oooh big same! I really enjoy using their codes for smaller profiles (like AUs or alternative forms) but sadly none of the codes they offer quite fit what I have in mind in terms of layout and functionality, but I adore their style and sense of aesthetic with the layout compositions!
2 years, 4 months ago
The hard part is that the CSS has to be adjusted to work with libraries, and pretty much no one does that. (Blank only has the support because I asked Pinky about it LOL) It also only works with side bar, and top bars are more popular.
Cheerikola probably has my favorite small codes. Ashecodes is the only person I've found who does World codes I like.
2 years, 4 months ago