LiveJournal Comment Link Override

Want to change the way your comment links appear on LiveJournal? This works with free accounts too.

  • Login.
  • Go to Manage | Customize.
  • Choose Old System (S1) if it’s not already selected.
  • Click on the “Modify Journal” link.
  • Scroll down to the “Overrides” textbox.
  • Put the following code in there. The “happy people” and “kick me” parts are the ones you’d want to change.

LASTN_TALK_READLINK=><a HREF="%%urlread%%">%%messagecount%% happy people </a>

LASTN_TALK_LINKS< =
<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><font FACE="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" 
SIZE=1>%%readlink%% <b>[</b> <a HREF="%%urlpost%%">kick me</a> <b>]</b></font> 
<=LASTN_TALK_LINKS
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17 Comments

JordanNovember 28th, 2004 at 10:49 pm

hey, i was trying to change the comment code and the first one worked, but for some reason the one for “post comment” wouldn’t change. cane you help me, please? -jordan

MikhailNovember 29th, 2004 at 3:29 am

Jordan: There is a small space between < and = in the LASTN_TALK_LINKS<= line. Please remove the space between < and = and it should all work just fine.

robDecember 8th, 2004 at 6:54 pm

I already added the new comment option thinger but I was wondering..how can I have that and still make my live journal look good? (how can I add my own text, etc.)

lyneaDecember 13th, 2004 at 3:18 am

hey i was wondering if you knew how to change the links on livejournal that are for like userinfo and calendar and stuff ? thanks

LindsayDecember 13th, 2004 at 4:31 am

i tried to make my comment links say something different, but i did that and the part where it says ‘leave a comment’ still says ‘leave a comment’ but the other part says ‘# broke my heart’ cuz i changed it to that, how do i change the other one? thanks

brittneyDecember 13th, 2004 at 8:21 am

i wanted to know how i could make my background have pictures on it. Like have wallpaper. how do i do that?

KirstenDecember 13th, 2004 at 8:28 am

ok i want my text and everything on my livejournal to be to the right…to cover up the uglyness on my background i made caused by lazyness…can you help me???

JuliaDecember 19th, 2004 at 9:58 am

I wanted to know how u could gte the comment link on the bottom of ur entry b/c beofre thats where it was but now its on the top and i dotn want it there…thanks <3 ×0×0 Julia

AmandaDecember 19th, 2004 at 10:39 am

What’s wrong with my code? It seems to be messing up my lj. Did I type it out wrong? FRIENDS_TALK_LINKS=>
%%readlink%%And I Jack! The pumpkin king

FRIENDS_TALK_READLINK=>%%messagecount%% Said they are getting so tired of the same old thing|

LASTN_TALK_READLINK=>%%messagecount%% Said they are getting so tired of the same old thing|

DAY_TALK_LINKS=>
%%readlink%%And I Jack! The pumpkin king

LASTN_TALK_LINKS=>
%%readlink%%And I Jack! The pumpkin king

GLOBAL_HEAD< =

background-image: url(http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL825/2840674/inbox/77208.jpg) !important;
background-attachment: fixed !important;
< !—
table {
border: 0;
/* these numbers must add up to 100% or less */
width: 50%;
margin-left: 10%;
margin-right: 10%;
}
table table {
width: 15%;
margin: 05%;
}
table table table {
width: 50%;
}
table table table table {
width: 10%;
}
—>

< =GLOBAL_HEAD

DAY_TALK_READLINK=>%%messagecount%% Said they are getting so tired of the same old thing|

MikhailDecember 22nd, 2004 at 1:43 am

Folks: I really can’t help you this way. Leave your email address behind (it is safe, don’t worry!) and I’ll get back to you.

natDecember 22nd, 2004 at 8:22 pm

yeah – how do you get the “leave a comment” part at the bottom of the post. cause i changed it, and it works fine, only now it’s above the post so its harder to notice.

CamyDecember 25th, 2004 at 3:52 am

‘ello… hmmmm.. well whenever you get the chance respond … but I was wondering if you would happen to know how to make the links on my journal (like the comment, friends, info) move… I’ve seen on other people’s page that when the cursor hovers over them they italicize/ get bigger … the only reason that mine gets bigger is because I got the code from a website, and did what I wanted, but there wasn’t anything that explained the links… thank you

giovanniJanuary 5th, 2005 at 12:11 am

i was wondering if any of u guys know how to make a a background color behind the links like i was looking at lj communities and this one had red behind there link only and i tought that would be cool if i could do that

twiztedriffJanuary 6th, 2005 at 11:48 pm

I’m trying to change my font size using a override, but it wont change. Also the comment link used to be at the bottom of my entrys, now it is at the top.

MoniqueJanuary 9th, 2005 at 6:23 am

Ok, so I tried to make the comment links say what I wanted, and it worked just fine with your override.
EXCEPT that now the links appear at the TOP of the entry, not at the bottom…
what’s wrong? Here’s my code:
LASTN_TALK_READLINK=>%%messagecount%% people adore me |

LASTN_TALK_LINKS< =

SIZE=1>%%readlink%% Adore?
< =LASTN_TALK_LINKS

MoniqueJanuary 9th, 2005 at 6:25 am

BTW, here’s the link to my journal:
http://www.livejournal.com/~dark_angelle

HaleyJanuary 24th, 2005 at 1:08 pm

I want my live journal comments to say 1 moonbeam in a jar or 2 moonbeams in a jar, and play among the stars. I cannot get this to work, and I am using s1 generator! Help??