Is There Anything Else I Need to Do Before My LiveJournal Account Expires?

[rusty_halo]

My LiveJournal account expires in about a week, at which point I’ll switch to a basic account. I:

* Moved all my memories to del.icio.us.

* Am moving all my scrapbook photos to my own site as we speak (using the NextGen Gallery Plug-In; it’s lovely).

* Have tagged all my entries, and plan to copy my archives to InsaneJournal asap.

* Am satisfied with the state of my layout (since I won’t be able to edit it again).

* Am emotionally preparing myself to cope with only six icons (yet another reason to read me on my own blog or InsaneJournal where I have–at last count–149 icons).

* Am only cross-posting about a third of my entries to LJ anyway.

* Moved all my RSS feeds to Google Reader, so I won’t need to worry about adding new feeds to LJ.

* What happens to my custom friends groups? I only use them for posting; do those posts revert to general friends-only or to private?

Is there anything I’m forgetting?

Originally published at rusty-halo.com. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

::random smooch::

I miss you!

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

*big hugs*

Which do you think would be better: if I cross-posted everything here with comments off and a link to comment on my own blog (where anyone can comment), or if I cross-posted only a few things here but left comments on?

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'd prefer if you cross-posted everything here, and then linked to comments on your own blog. I get distracted and forget to check your other blog(s), then it seems too late to comment on posts that are a few days old. Because it's all about what's easier for me. ;-) ::hugs::

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

You will still be able to edit your style even after you go free, and custom friends groups aren't just for paid people - everyone gets them.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Really? I thought basic accounts couldn't edit layouts? Man, it's been so long since I was basic.

I thought there was some limitation on custom friends groups. Maybe it's that you can't view your FL based on them? You definitely can't view friendsfriends, right?

Well, whatever, I'll find out soon enough!

[http://users.livejournal.com/peasant_/]

How are you getting your scrapbook photos off LJ? I have pictures that I've only got on LJ, no copies on my HD, and I would like to save copies elsewhere as a backup but I don't know any way to get them downloaded except saving each one individually.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I already had backups saved. It's definitely a good idea, just in case.

I know there are programs that integrate your computer to your scrapbook account, so you can upload a folder in a couple of clicks. I don't know if they work in reverse, though.

Your best bet is probably a Firefox plugin. I've seen one that will save an entire webpage, including all the HTML files and selected file types (so you could set it to save all image files). You can set the number of levels it crawls though, so theoretically you could set the root directory as "pics.livejournal.com/peasant_" and it would save everything. Then if you went to the local directory where it had been saved, all your image files should be there. (I'm pretty sure the extension is ScrapBook. Heh.)

I've never tried it for this, obviously, but it might work. If not, you could play around with different Firefox plugins and you'll probably figure something out....

[http://users.livejournal.com/peasant_/]

Oh bother, I thought you knew some nifty new method. Doing something with a Firefox plugin is the best idea I've been able to come up with myself and it definitely doesn't count as convenient.

Oh well, reason 3,245 why I'm not leaving LJ any time soon.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Well, if ScrapBook works, it's very easy.

[abbylee]

There's a perl script. Remind me, okay?

[fallen-fizzgig.livejournal.com]

I finally got myself an insanejournal, although I don't know when/if I'll start to write in it [a friend asked me to get it so that I could read entries of her's on there], what is your user name? mine is "spookshow_baby" if you decide to friend me =)

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

I added you!

I'm rusty_halo there as well as here. :)