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How to make it snow?!

  1. paperclip101
    Member

    I've noticed that on some WordPress blogs, it's snowing!!! Is this setting only for specific themes, or is there a way I can enable this? Please help! :)

    I posted this here because I don't think it really counts as a "support" question, lol.

    The blog I need help with is teenagejesusfreak.wordpress.com.

  2. noirciplume
    Member

    I suggest you read and follow:

    http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/its-getting-cold-in-here/

  3. paperclip101
    Member

    Aha! Thanks a ton, noirciplume ;)

  4. theanythingplace
    Member

    I just added the snow feature, it's pretty cool :D

  5. ericesad
    Member

    I'm happy my site is snowing! It just automatically came along with my theme: http://www.daisybrain.wordpress.com

  6. speedylogic
    Member

    I switched the falling snow on in my blog which uses the Twenty Eleven theme. Thought it was really cool (excuse pun) until I realised it was causing a really annoying flickering horizontal scroll bar to appear/disappear rapidly at the bottom of the page. So if you experience this problem too the answer is to switch falling snow off (Settings/General). No idea if this only applies to that particular theme.

  7. timethief
    Member

    What you describe is not theme related. Those with slow connections, dial-up and mobiles may have difficulties which is why I deactivated snow in 2007.
    In case you find you need to disable it:
    http://wordpress.com/?holidaysun=please will turn off snow for you on all blogs.
    http://wordpress.com/?holidaysun=nothanks will re-enable it.

  8. macmanx
    Staff

    The only query string URLs may no longer work. We actually made it into a real setting this year, which you can find at https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/users.php?page=grofiles-user-settings#holidaysun

  9. speedylogic
    Member

    Timethief, I dont have a slow connection, dial-up or mobile. Fast broadband via router with Sky ISP. I think this is a red herring.

    Not being a boffin I have no idea why the scroll-bar issue arose but I do know that switching snow off made it go away.

    Macmanx, yes I used the dashboard to deactivate it. Unticked the box at bottom of general settings page.

  10. timethief
    Member

    I don't have a slow connection, dial-up or a mobile either but some of my visitors do. Glad to hear you located where to deactivate this. :)

  11. speedylogic
    Member

    Yes but when I saw the strange flickering scroll-bar I wasnt one of my visitors I was just me so I dont understand your point.

  12. timethief
    Member

    I don't think what you experienced is theme related, and I'm sorry my response offended or annoyed you.

  13. speedylogic
    Member

    No apol necessary. Thanks for the input and nice chatting.

  14. timethief
    Member

    You're welcome and best wishes for happy blogging. :)

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