people ask questions about s2 layers all the time. what people don't understand is that there is a process that will help get this underway much quicker for those of us who are programmers and can figure out how to solve the problem/question that users have.
this is the process that i've come up with:
- it is always good to have a copy of your layers on your computer. if pc, use notepad or textpad. if mac, use textedit or whatever the program is. hopefully you have a pretty good undo buffer in your text editor in case you mess up your code.
- make a change in the text editor
- copy/paste it into the compiler
- if errors, fix the code in your text editor
- copy/paste, compile again
- semicolons (
;) go at the end of every command that is not a logic statement. - curly braces (
{and}) open and close functions. you may accidentally close a function before you mean to. - parentheses (
(and)) can also get you in trouble. - a
#comments out a line of code and makes the compiler ignore it. removing it will activate that line of code. - in order for people to be able to help you they will need to be able to view your code. the following explains how to do this.
- put
layerinfo "source_viewable" = 1;into the top of your layer(s) and compile - provide the layerid number(s) of your layer(s) in your post
- provide the page in which you see the error
- provide the s2id of the style that you see this error in
- if the error involves something attached to an entry/comment that is friends-locked you must recreate the error in a public post or temporarily unlock the entry in question and backdate it to the year 1971.
- if the error involves something that only the owner of the entry/comment can see you must provide a screenshot
- put
- if someone is going to help, they should follow these guidelines. (person a is the person with the problem and person b is the person who is helping)
- person a provides layers to person b via layer browser
- person a doesnt alter layers until person b completes changes
- person b creates a new style and layers for this project
- person b makes alterations to layers
- person b provides link with their s2id to show a preview of person b's journal data in the new version of person a's layout.
- if person a is happy, person b provides layers to person a via layer browser. otherwise, changes are made.
- it is best to name the style in the following convention: username_layout (ie: kunzite1_component)
- it is best to name the user layer in the following convention: username_layout_user1 (ie: kunzite1_component_user1)
- it is best to name the theme layer in the following convention: username_layout_customizations (ie: kunzite1_component_customizations)
- this keeps the layers straight
more here.
