I’ve seen a lot of “how do I do x” or “what’s x for” from my friends, so as someone who existed on an LJ-based platform like this for twelve years, here is a guide!

Number one, before we even get started - if you don’t like the dropdown menus in the main configuration area, go to Organize > Manage Account > Display. Scroll to the bottom and change Site Skin to Celerity. It pulls everything from the dropdown menus out into a nested sidebar so it’s easier to find things.

Want to see just one of the sections below? Click on the little arrow on the left of it to expand only that section (click it again to collapse it). Clicking on the words will take you to that particular section within the post, and also show you the entire post. (These are cuts, and we'll talk about them in the "tags and blacklisting" and "commonly-used code" sections).

( privacy and security )

( access and subscription filters )

( tags and blacklisting )

( blocking and banning )

( comments )

( communities )

( currents and icons )

( commonly-used code )

( memories and finding things again )

( extensions and such )

I'm sure I missed things, so if there's anything else you'd like more information about, ask away!