The memory feature on LiveJournal allows you to mark your favorite entries on LiveJournal in an easy-to-use keyword archive system.
ADDING MEMORIES
The easiest way to access your own entries and mark them as memories is to enable comments (also called message boards) for your journal (see
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=62). For those using S1 or using S2 without styled comment pages, each site scheme comment page has a small toolbar set in blue that offers a variety of buttons, one of which is a small red heart with a plus sign in the upper left corner. Clicking on this button will take you to the "Add to Memories" page, where you can give the memory a descriptive name and associate it with up to five keywords. These keywords file the memory under one or more categories on the Memories page, which make referencing the memory later on easier.
If you do not have your message boards enabled, and don't want to enable them, you can use your Calendar's monthly view to navigate to the Read Comments page for the entry you would like to mark as a memory. (If you have not enabled comments on your journal, people will still not be able to comment on your entries, even if they visit this page.) For information on how to use your Calendar's monthly view to locate entries, see
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=70. Finding and clicking the red heart button, as described in the previous paragraph, will take you to the "Add to Memories" page. Also, some S2 styles have a red heart button next to the entry on the journal or friends page.
For those using S2 with customized comment pages, the button may have a different location and appearance. For example, it may lack the plus sign or be different color. Some styles do not offer this toolbar on comments pages, and if that is the case in your style, you will need to use an alternate method of adding memories. Navigate to the Read Comments page as described above, and make note of the URL of the entry in question. For example, visiting an entry of the user exampleusername will give the URL
http://www.livejournal.com/users/exampleusername/289.html. To add this entry as a memory, you would visit the URL
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memadd.bml?journal=exampleusername&itemid=289. To add an entry in another journal, replace exampleusername with the username of the journal, and 289 with the number shown at the end of the URL when you visit the comments page.
You can mark any LiveJournal entry as a memory, not just one you have posted to your own journal. You can also define entries posted in communities, or by other users in their own journals, as memorable, using the method described above.
MEMORY SECURITY LEVELS
Like journal entries, memories can be marked with three different security levels. Memory security levels determine who can see that a post appears in your memory list; they do not change who can view the post itself. If you mark a Friends-Only post as a Public memory, people who are not authorized to read that post will see that you have marked it as a memory and the description you have given it, but they will still not be able to read it. For more information about memory security, see
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=49.
Memories marked "Public" are shown in your memory list no matter who views it. Memories marked "Friends" are shown in your memory list only when you or someone on your friends list views it while logged in. Memories marked "Private" are shown in your memory list only when you view it while you are logged in.
EDITING MEMORIES
To edit a memory, you can either re-visit the Read Comments page for that entry and click the heart button, or you can access the memory from your memory list. Your memory list can be accessed by using the "Memories" link on your User Info page, or by visiting the following URL while you are logged in:
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml. To edit a memory in the list, find the memory you want to edit by following the keyword links, and then click on the [edit] link next to the memory's description. This will take you to the "Edit Memorable Entry" page, where you can change any or all of the memory's description, keywords, or security level, or remove it from your memories.
DELETING MEMORIES
To delete a memory, simply erase whatever description you have given the memory, and then hit the "submit" button. This will only remove the entry from your memory list. It will not delete the entry.
You can also delete memories in bulk by going to the memory category and appending &multidelete=1 to the URL. This will provide checkboxes next to each of the entries in that category. Check the box next to each memory you wish to delete, then click the "Delete Selected" button. Again, this will delete the entry from your memory list, but it will not delete the entry.
DELETING MEMORY CATEGORIES
To delete a memory category, you will need to edit any existing memories associated with that category and remove the category keyword. Alternatively, you may consider deleting all the memories under that memory category. There is no easy way to delete a memory category without removing this category keyword from all existing memories. Similarly, in order to change the name of a memory category, you must change it on each of the memories contained in that category.
ADDING MEMORIES TO A COMMUNITY
To add memories to a community you maintain, go to the entry you wish to add as a memory and click the "Add to Memories" button. Choose the community journal from the "Work as user" drop-down menu option and click "switch". From here, you can add, edit, or delete memories using the above instructions.
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