I'm seeing people's post counts being displayed all of a sudden...

[Make7]

24. It actually is possible to change the appearance of DU on your end.

Last edited Tue Jun 5, 2012, 03:08 PM - Edit history (2)

I am using the Stylish add-on for FireFox to hide signatures, and also hide the newly visible post counts and associated icons. It's much easier on the eyes with the threads less cluttered.

Anyway, depending on what browser and operating system you use, there are various ways to implement simple changes on how the style sheets will display content here. Some browsers make it easy (e.g. Opera) and others are easy with an add-on (e.g. FireFox). Some are a little more involved, but are entirely possible.

To hide signatures, add the following to a user style in Stylish or as a separate user style sheet:

[div class="excerpt" style="border: 1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius: 0.4615em; box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #bfbfbf;"].post-sig {
        display: none !important;
}
That's not 100% effective because some people are using code in their signatures that "breaks" the <p> element and reveals their signature, but it does hide an overwhelming majority of signatures.

I did something a little strange with the post counts, I made the text color the same as the background color - so the information is there, it just isn't visible. However, to make it visible all you need to do is highlight it like any text you want to copy and you can see the post count. Anyway, to make that invisible and also hide the profile, mail, journal and ignore icons I used the following:

[div class="excerpt" style="border: 1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius: 0.4615em; box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #bfbfbf;"]span.show-post-count {
        top: 0px !important;
        padding-left: 0.5em !important;
        color: #e6e6e6 !important;
}
a.author2 {
        top: 0px !important;
}
p.post-author2 {
        padding-bottom: 4px !important;
}
h3.post-title {
        padding-top: 1px !important;
}
img.star-icon {
        top: 0px !important;
}
a.post-button-profile, a.post-button-journal,
a.post-button-mail, a.post-button-ignore {
        display: none !important;
}
You can search google to see if Stylish is available as an extension for your browser/OS combination or alternatively you can google "user style sheets" along with your browser and OS to find out how to do it that way. Or just ask me and I'll try to direct you.

-M7