AO3 Goodies

Dark theme, easy on the eyes

Larger fonts for improved readability on mobile

Focus on minimal design

Auto-resizes images to fit screen

Uniform button styling on mobile

Fixes issues with drop-downs going off-screen on mobile

Highlight and copy the entirety of the code below. (It's long, sorry.)

Login to AO3, and visit Dashboard > Skins > My Site Skins.

Click the 'Create a Skin' button.

Ensure 'Site Skin' is selected from the dropdown. Give your skin a unique name.

Paste the code below into the "CSS" text field, and click the 'Submit' button.

You'll now see your new skin under "My Skins". Click the 'Use' button to apply.

Copy the code located within the link above.

Login to AO3, and visit Dashboard > Skins > My Site Skins.

Click the 'Edit' button beside the custom skin you previously created.

Delete all of the existing text in the "CSS" text field, paste the new code in there, then click the 'Submit' button.

No changes, just moved code to a different host.

Fixed color of kudos warning.

Fixed moving buttons issue present on some devices.

Blocked that one fic with hundreds of tags that's crashing everyone's browsers.

Added subtle highlighting on relationship tags within lists of works.

Expanded width of Summaries that appear within lists of works in Collections.

Desaturated the yellow cream color.

Fixed the appearance if header images in collections.

Reduced horizontal margins beginning and end notes within works for easier reading.

Improved sizing of heading tags (h1, h2, etc) within works.

Changed background color of draft previews.

Removed highlighting of previously-visited tag links.

Ensures consistent display of larger font sizes.

Fixes issue with Inbox checkboxes not appearing or working.

Fixes text color on yellow warning boxes.

Fixes bookmark text alignment.

In AO3, visit your Dashboard > Skins > My Work Skins > Create a Work Skin

Give your skin a title (i.e. MySpecialWorkSkin)

Copy-and-paste the code below into the "CSS" field.

Click "Submit" at the bottom of the screen.

Visit your Edit Work page.

From the "Select Work Skin" dropdown, choose the name of the custom Work Skin you just created.

Above your body text, ensure you're working in "HTML" mode, rather than "Rich Text" mode.

Lastly, simply wrap the text you'd like to place in a text box with the following code:

Download AutoHotKey from this site: autohotkey.com

Install the program.

Download the EmDashScript.ahk script file from my Google Drive. Save it to your Desktop. (Note, some antivirus programs may flag this as suspicious. It is not.)

Select the file, right-click, and choose "Copy".

Right-click the Windows Start Button, and choose "Run".

Type the following text into the field, then press Enter: shell:startup

Paste the script file into the folder that appears by pressing Ctrl + V on your keyboard.

Restart your computer.

Block or mute all of a user's followers or followings.

Block or mute people who liked or retweeted a post. §

Block or softblock protected followers from your account.

Import/export block lists. (Blocking only works on public accounts that haven't blocked you first. But, if you have an alt account, you can use Red Block to export a list of a user's followers, and then import that list as a "blocklist" into your main account.)

You can only block 500 users per session before Twitter will lock you out of your account. You'll know when this occurs because the timeline won't appear for you, or you'll receive an error during blocking.

When you get locked out, you'll need to do three things to continue: (1) clear your browser's cookies using the 'wrench' icon on Red Block, (2) log back into twitter from the twitter.com home page, and (3) reset Red Block's built-in "Block Counter".

You might also be asked to verify your account via text message or CAPTCHA. Do not use on unverified accounts.

Use at your own risk! I'm not responsible for any results.

We'll be using the Google Chrome browser (desktop version). There's a mobile version for Android, but this tutorial will cover the desktop browser version.

Install the Red Block extension.

Restart Chrome.

Time to start blocking! Visit a twitter profile (if you want to block followers), or visit a specific tweet if you want to block users who reacted.

Click the red "X" icon in the upper-right corner of your browser to select a block mode:

Select a block mode: Block by Followers, Tweet Reactions, or Import a List (less common).

Your targeting options will be slightly different, depending on which mode you choose. But pay careful attention when blocking followers to ensure you're not accidently blocking follow-INGS.

When blocking tweet reactions, selecting Likes and Retweets is typically enough.

There's six (6) chainblocking options to choose from, but chainblock is the most commonly used one.

Chainblock: Blocks users from your account.

Unchain-Block: Unblocks all users.

Chain-Unfollow: Unfollows all users.

Chain-Mute: Mutes all users.

Unchain-Mute: Unmutes all users.

Export: Exports a list of users that can be used by Red Block at a later time.

Once you've selected all of your options, click the Run Chain-Block button to start to the process.

Keep an eye on that "Block Counter." Once you hit 500, Twitter will lock your account, and you'll need to follow the steps in the "Critical Warnings" section above to unlock and continue.

First, install the Free IFTTT app: https://ifttt.com/

Next click Create to make a new “applet”. The free version lets you create up to 3 applets, so if you like, you can create one for each fic. But if you’re a cheap-ass like me, you can create a single applet that scans for multiple fics. (Note: each applet will only search for a maximum of 10 fics.) I’ll show you both ways.

Next, we’re gonna create a trigger. Click “If This” and search for “Twitter”. Select the blue Twitter icon.

Next, choose a Trigger type. Choose “New tweet from search”.

Next, we’ll tell the app what to search for. This is where you’ll decide if you want to search for a single fic URL, or multiple URLs.

⚠️Note: No matter which method you choose, be sure you NEVER include https:// or a slash at the end of your URLs.

Type OR between each url, and

Wrap the whole thing in parentheses. (see example)

⚠️THE OR MUST BE IN CAPS.

Remember, you're limited to 10 URLs in a single string.

If you go with multiple URLs, I recommend typing it out in Notepad first, cause the space in-app is tiny.

After you’ve inserted the URL(s), tap “Create Trigger”.

Next, tap “Then That” to tell the app what happens when your trigger is activated:

Tap “Notifications” from the Choose a Service screen.

Then, choose “Send a rich notification from the IFTTT app”.

Next, we’ll choose what we want our Notifications to look like. I typically only edit the Title, and leave the rest as-is.

Next, press “Create Action”, and then “Continue” on the screen that follows.

Next, let’s give the applet we just created a title.

This just differentiates it from other triggers (applets) you might create in the future.

Then click the big X on the screen that follows to exit.

That’s it! Whenever someone tweets your fic URL going forward, you’ll get a phone notification. It’ll run approximately every 30 minutes.

You can also use this to search for fic titles, but only IF the name of your fic is extremely unique.

Enjoy! 💜