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[vu1pecu1a]

I have no idea how to use DW, but since many people from PF migrated here (or where already here), I'm giving is a shot. Are there any good DW tutorials?

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[bookscorpion]

There's a community for this!
https://starterpack.dreamwidth.org/

[vu1pecu1a]

Thank you!

[osteophage]

Oh hey there! Good to see you around.

I know I've seen some DW guides before, and unfortunately I can't quite seem to track down the ones I remember... but I did find this and this. Note although that second one seems to be geared toward some fandom event, it looks like some of the same general advice should still apply.

The amount of settings available on DW is a little... overwhelming, but I think I've about figured out which parts to pay attention to. The harder part for me has just been figuring out how I'd like to use this place.

[vu1pecu1a]

Oh, that second guide is really helpful. Thank you!

[osteophage]

Oh, I found some of the guides I was thinking of -- Dreamwidth Tips and Tricks and Basic Dreamwidth for Tumblr users.

[unspeakablehorror]

Welcome to Dreamwidth! I've been using this site for a long time now. Mostly I found out how to use it by just clicking through links, but admittedly there are a LOT of options. I recommend starting with the 'Settings' (on Mobile) or 'Account Settings' (on Desktop) option which includes some useful links for editing your profile and journal style in this sentence above the tabs:

You can edit your account settings here. You can also edit your profile or your journal style

The 'Settings' or 'Account Settings' link will always be right below your username at the top of the page.

There are so many journal customizations you can do on Dreamwidth. My favorite is adding a Tag Cloud, but if I ever get more time, I might even make my own theme. Right now I just have a nice pre-made theme that works well for me on both mobile and desktop.

[vu1pecu1a]

I think I’m gonna leave the customizations alone for now. ^^; But thank you for the tip!

[duskpeterson]

I have a few Dreamwidth tips bookmarked in my Memories, if that would help.

https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/memories?user=duskpeterson&keyword=Dreamwidth+guide&filt

Welcome to Dreamwidth! I stumbled across your journal when I was doing a post search here on Pillowfort, having just heard the news about its downtime.

[vu1pecu1a]

Thank you! You were on PF? Did we follow each other before? I can’t recognize your username. ^^;

[duskpeterson]

No, we haven't met before. By sheer coincidence, I was thinking of joining Pillowfort; I did a search on Dreamwidth to see whether Pillowfort had worked out some problems it had earlier (not knowing that it had new problems). And that's how I found you!

[vu1pecu1a]

Ah, I see. Nice to meet you then. ^^