Help !

[chani]

frances_lievens and I are making a LJ community to fit my idea of a Salon in which we could discuss everything, like they did in the 18th Century.

I'll keep this LJ as an interface between my LJ friends and me and for fandom stuff, but the community will be devoted to films reviews, tv reviews, book reviews, art and discussions on everything philosophical or sociological, or meta etc...

I hope the community will be operational from Wednesday on, but neither she nor I are very versed in computery stuff (ok she's far better than me, she's doing the customizing !) so we could use some help from LJ users who have mastered html, artwork etc...

For instance we'd need an icon for the community, an icon that would suit the idea of a Salon. A header perhaps too?

If anyone could help, that would be great. Thanks in advance.

 

Comments

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

I've emailed my progress.

(and for what I've done now, you don't need to be very html-savvy...)

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

Do you think we need a header?

It would be cool, to have one that would look like a real Salon...wouldn't it?

[paranoid-blonde.livejournal.com]

IMHO, I like it as is...but that's just me.

I have a couple of bits written already...one film, one music thing...

so yeah...

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

Oh I found other pictures that could serve as icon bases or for header.

http://www.sailthesounds.com/images/Main%20salon%20H380%20web.JPG

http://www.le-guide.com/belleza/photos/salon-g.jpg

http://saintandredesarts.com/Images/Salon/a/g.jpg

And for the piano corner:

http://www.britta.com/mardigras/2004/piano.jpg

http://www.gimmeshelteronline.com/images/arch_details/sullivan_stair.jpg

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Wow, very kitsch.

I'm currently working from pictures by P. He promised to make some for me later in the afternoon. It will be lots of mugs. ;-) I've uploaded one and made it default, so you'll get the jist of most of them.

Still looking for something with couches etc. I'm tempted of photographing my own...

P.S.: How much I like comava's icons, I'd like it not to be a blatant 18th century salon. It's our 21st century salon and 18th century is only an inspiration...
P.P.S.: Currently there won't be any words on the icons.

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

I agree it's a 21st century salon.

BTW I'm explaining what our inspiration was in the user info page. I'll need you to check it out!

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Good work! I've written a slightly similar blurb for the guestbook (which should be our first post on Wednesday...) I'll email it to you once I've went over the French spelling.

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

I uploaded a userpic!

It's a picture I took in Versailles...no don't worry it isn't a 18th century salon. It's something else...

BTW I wanted to use a Pascal's quote for the loaction, you know the one defining God: "a circle whose circumference is nowhere and centre everywhere", but oculdn't make it show.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Noticed the location didn't show. Maybe it doesn't show locations with a community?

I like that userpic. I'm making some more and will upload those in my photobucket, so you can view and choose there...

(some are 18th century, though... I'm breaking my own rules!)