How to make it snow?!

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  paperclip101 · Member · Dec 5, 2011 at 10:38 pm

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  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: (visible only to logged in users)

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  noirciplume · Member · Dec 5, 2011 at 10:47 pm

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  I suggest you read and follow:

  It’s getting cold in here

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  paperclip101 · Member · Dec 5, 2011 at 11:17 pm

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  Aha! Thanks a ton, noirciplume ;)

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  theanythingplace · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 2:48 am

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

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  ericesad · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 5:23 am

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

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  speedylogic · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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  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.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 9:34 pm

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  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.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 8, 2011 at 10:04 pm

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  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

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  speedylogic · Member · Dec 9, 2011 at 12:03 am

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  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.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2011 at 12:06 am

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  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. :)

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  speedylogic · Member · Dec 9, 2011 at 12:20 am

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  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.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2011 at 12:23 am

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

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  speedylogic · Member · Dec 9, 2011 at 12:28 am

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

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  timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2011 at 12:33 am

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