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Like many others, I had a fantastic time at this summer's Challenge for the Children V. This started out as a commemorative icon set, but by the time I took a breath it was well into the twenties, so, mood theme. However, LJ only has 132 listed moods, which are both somewhat repetitive and not nearly encompassing enough. This theme rounds out at 205. Some of it is self-indulgent, some of it is gratuitous, but I (and others) often find ourselves in need of most.

The icons for moods not included in the drop-down menu will still appear if you type the particular mood into the text box.

Jules' Challenge for the Children V Mood Theme


This wouldn't have looked half as spiffy without the help of the perennially fabulous [livejournal.com profile] walkingshadow, who practically godmothered if not midwifed this project. Thanks also to everyone who provided suggestions and listened patiently along the way.

Anyone (you must have a paid account though) is welcome to use it - I only ask that you drop a comment saying you are.

The philosophy behind making this was simple - find the best picture for each mood. Of course each of the five guys are represented, though not necessarily equally given the number of photos snapped of each (and believe me, I got as many as humanly possible from about a thousand sources.) For the record, what disparity there is isn't nearly that of the population I worked from. Each of the ten pairings is also included, as well as a few miscellaneous but memorable images from that weekend.

As a possibly interesting aside, as anyone who's made any kind of *NSYNC mood theme knows, these boys don't lend themselves to negative emotions. Ergo, those are mostly improvised and the context conveniently edited out.

All 205 moods, in alphabetical order.


Picture credits are as follows: WireImage, [livejournal.com profile] liz_w, indigoguides.com, Jenny Douglas, simplynsync.com, [livejournal.com profile] powrhug, Getty images, various and sundry on the JJB, [livejournal.com profile] giddyupnow, [livejournal.com profile] grrleloquence, and myself.

Should it strike your fancy, here are the instructions on how to start using the theme:

If you are uploading this theme to your webspace:

1. Download all the icons here.

2. Upload all icons to your site. You should probably create a directory titled "cftc pics".

3. Open this file and paste all of the text into a blank word processor document. Do a find/replace of the URLs, from "http://plaza.ufl.edu/iwan2kno/cftcmoodicons/" to "http://www.yoursite.com/cftc_pics/".

4. Go to the LiveJournal Command Console. Type this in the box: moodtheme_create "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" "cftc pics" and click "execute". You should get a message saying that your mood theme has been created. Write down the ID# they give you (i.e. "19339"). Using that number, do a find/replace for "19339" with the ID# you were assigned in the open word processor document.

5. Copy all of the text in that file and paste it into the command console box. Click "execute". It should give you a long list of commands to show you've successfully uploaded the theme.

6. To check if your mood theme has been set up correctly, go to http://www.livejournal.com/moodlist.bml?moodtheme=19339 -- but replace "19339" with your theme's ID#. If everything was done correctly on both ends, the icons should appear next to their respective moods.

7. Click on the link to the Modify Journal page. Go to "select mood icon set". Look for one named "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" and select it. Then refresh your LJ to see if the pics show up.

If you're not uploading it:

1. Open this file and paste all of the text into a blank word processor document.

2. Go to the LiveJournal Command Console. Type this in the box: moodtheme_create "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" "cftc pics" and click "execute".

3. You should get a message saying that your mood theme has been created. Write down the ID# it gives you (i.e. "19339").

4. Using that number, do a find/replace for "19339" with the ID# you were assigned in the open word processor document.

5. Copy all of the text in that file and paste it into the command console box. Click "execute". It should give you a long list of commands to show you've successfully uploaded the theme.

6. To check if your mood theme has been set up correctly, go to http://www.livejournal.com/moodlist.bml?moodtheme=19339 -- but replace "19339" with your theme's ID#. If everything was done correctly on both ends, the icons should appear next to their respective moods.

7. Click on the link to the Modify Journal page. Go to "select mood icon set". Look for one named "Jules' Challenge for the Children V Theme" and select it. Then refresh your LJ to see if the pics show up.

Enjoy!

Date: October 20th, 2003 11:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] timberho.livejournal.com
Thank you for this! I had been looking for one for a while now!

Date: October 20th, 2003 01:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com
Whee! Thank you! It was such a fun event, and I suck for taking, oh, about three months to get it together, but the list just kept growing and growing. Fun though! Lots of fun. Use it in good health.

Date: October 20th, 2003 12:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] crazybutsound
Heeeeeeeeeeee! It's done! And you're kind enough to share it! And you used the "panicking" mood which I'm always in need of, and it's Lance! How much do I love you right now? Right, THIS much! Wheeeeeeeeee!

I'm not going to be able to upload it to my webspace, though, simply because aol doesn't allow me to show images elsewhere, only on aol pages. Grrrrr. I still would love to use it, so I'm going to go with option number 2. If it ever were a problem, let me know, k? Wouldn't want to strain your bandwidth or something. thanks for sharing it, though, darling, it's fabulous!

Date: October 20th, 2003 01:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com
Oh, there were a couple of special order icons in there, and the panicking!Lance was all for you, hon. Yay, I'm so very glad you like it!

Not a problem at all. The university server is very lenient about that sort of thing, and they're tiny images anyhow.

Date: October 20th, 2003 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xalxuffasch.livejournal.com
I like it!

Date: October 20th, 2003 01:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com
Thanks, babe. Bloody tedious work, but oh, so much fun when the actual iconing went down. And then more bloody tedious work, and now the fun of using it! You've been a fantastic sport, and I'm glad you like it.

Date: October 20th, 2003 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] plumsnickety.livejournal.com
Whee! It looks fabulous! Many props to you and Miranda for such a good job. And now I'll actually have to start using moods when I post, just so I can see the guys. *g*

Date: October 20th, 2003 02:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com
Many thanks! And yes! Moods are fun! So much with the pretty in there, t'would really be a shame to let them go unseen.

Yay! :)

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