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@ 2006-07-25 10:30:00

July news
Congratulations Brad!
We don’t mean to break any hearts here, but LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick is officially off the market. Big congratulations to Brad and Dina who got married in Portland this month. Now

frank is still single, but don’t tell that to

memethesheep…

Changes to our account names
You might have noticed that we changed our account names. What was called "Free" for so many years is now called "Basic" and what launched as "Sponsored+" is now just called "Plus." We made this change to simplify things and to make it clear that both the Basic and Plus accounts are free of charge.

Good news for Plus users
We’re still trying to deliver on our promise that LJ does ads differently. So we’re excited to announce that the hundreds of thousands of Plus account users can now select the placement of the ads in their journal and Friends page. Visit the Ad Settings page to choose to display horizontally at the top and bottom of the page, or vertically on the right or left side of the page. Basic users can switch to a Plus account to get more features for free.

LJ Releases
We've gotten a lot of feedback from people asking us how they can keep up with the changes to the site. We've created the community

lj_releases and we'll be posting there any time we fix bugs or make changes to site features -- feel free to add it to your friends list.

Video Embedding
We're excited to announce that you can now embed videos from both YouTube and PhotoBucket and have them play directly in your posts. If you’re using the Rich Text Editor, just click the video button

or view the FAQ to see the LJ template tag for it.

Note that videos will not autoplay. You can, of course, put videos behind an LJ-cut if you or your friends don't want to see a placeholder for the video on your Friends page.

Check out one of the LJ commercials that was posted back in 2003.

LJ at OSCON
Some of the best and brightest minds of the Open Source world (the stuff that makes LJ tick!) are gathering in Portland, OR, this week for a yearly get together. Six Apart is sending a large contingent to OSCON, including

crucially,

whitaker,

anildash,

xb95,

btrott,

bulknews,

markpasc,

byrnereese,

teknikill, and

bschoate. They're giving several talks including LiveJournal's Secret Spinoffs, Trying to Suck Less, and Stump the Band. Being open source means that the guts that make LiveJournal go are totally free for anybody to use, so they help power sites like Wikipedia, Craigslist, DeadJournal, Slashdot, and dozens more.

August is going to be hott
Stay tuned for some exciting news next month. We'll be launching LJ Talk, LiveJournal’s own instant messaging service, in the first part of August. You may have heard a little about it already, and there will be even more discussion during OSCON since LJ Talk is a Jabber implementation. You can read the more technical stuff here, or just wait a few weeks until it's ready to launch with some quick and clear instructions as well as an LJ Talk client with powerful voice and chat capabilities. We've been testing it and we're all already addicted!

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	lem 2006-07-25 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Boo! (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	brenden 2006-07-25 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	baddakutachi 2006-07-25 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Kick ass. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zarstvennaja_ne 2006-07-28 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	погода просто отвратительная (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	the_minion_ 2006-07-25 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	Yay! :D (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	featherypony 2006-07-25 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	I just want to say...your icon wins. ^^ (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	anomie666 2006-07-25 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	whooohooo!! (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	zarstvennaja_ne 2006-07-28 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	почему (Reply to this) (Parent)

	0405 2006-07-25 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	vox is so much better than el jay now (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	steph_k_d 2006-07-25 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	forsure. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lilerthkwake 2006-07-25 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	I'm looking forward to LJ talk! (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	marnanel 2006-07-26 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	You can use it already, if you like! Lots of people already are. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mage_of_time 2006-07-25 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	Congratulations, Brad. :) (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	paganmaid 2006-07-27 06:29 am UTC (link)
	Hear, hear! Much happiness to Brad and his bride! :) -paganmaid (Reply to this) (Parent)

	amberinside 2006-07-25 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	Any idea if LJ Talk with work with Trillian? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	whitaker 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	That it will. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	hk47_ 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	Tubular. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	glowing_dragon 2006-07-25 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	Totally unseasonal, but what the hey. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	childwoman 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	well then if I can chose where the ads go I just might check it out... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tipsylovegood 2006-07-25 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	you can only choose where the adds go if you're using s2 not if you're using s1 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shangchi 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	Very cool. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	clarisinda 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	I've already seen examples of the video embedding, and it's cool :-) (Reply to this)

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	blackwater 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	"August is going to be hott" As you guys are saying, it's certainly more ways than one. :) (Reply to this)

	!!! cmotpu 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	ура! ебал свою дочь! (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	Re: !!! 3lobotryasov 2006-07-25 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	обанах! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	betweenclark 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	Hum, I hate video embedding as a rule. Hope this won't start a trend. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	thestreetlights 2006-07-25 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	I agree. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xoinnerdemonxo 2006-07-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	congrats brad! (Reply to this)

	entropy_house 2006-07-25 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	I couldn't get the link to add LJ releases to my friends list to work. Shall do it anyway. (Reply to this)

	brenden 2006-07-25 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	I love LJTalk. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	laqueen 2006-07-25 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	это что такоеееее??? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	bellasmommy 2006-07-25 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	ooo video. sweet. (Reply to this)