any chance of hijacking w:c:krater? the kids seems to have decided the game is about himself. no edits since january. The Evil Dr. Ftalk 21:28, May 11, 2012 (UTC)
If you're asking to adopt it (become bcrat/admin), let me know. Like you said, the only admin has been inactive since January, so I'll give you rights if that's what you want.
Hi Joe, I sorted out the articles you suggested and only had to delete one article or two, I hope everything is to your liking, and if there is anything that I forgot, let me know.
1. If your wiki meets the best practices criteria, go to the request page and click the large button to add your request for a background, and I'd be glad to help.
2. Create an image that's 1000x123 in size and upload it to your wiki. Then get the image's direct URL (go to the image's file page and click on the image) and insert it into this CSS code:
Hey JoePlay, I was kind of curious about a few css things:
What are the pixels of the normal Wikia background (for this wiki, the sky with the clouds), cause it would help for me when I design some custom skins.
How would I be able to make a custom cursor, like this wiki?
You can see the background image on any wiki by going to File:Wiki-background. The image's dimensions can be whatever size you want. The only limitation is that if you use Special:ThemeDesigner to upload it, its file size has to be under 150 KB.
As for the custom cursor, I found the CSS they're using and copied it below.
3. Copy-paste the following code to MediaWiki:Common.js on your wiki.
/* BEGIN Dynamic Navigation Bars (experimantal) */
/* This script is from Wikipedia. For author attribution, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=history */
/* Test if an element has a certain class */
var hasClass = (function () {
var reCache = {};
return function (element, className) {
return (reCache[className] ? reCache[className] : (reCache[className] = new RegExp("(?:\\s|^)" + className + "(?:\\s|$)"))).test(element.className);
};
})();
/* Collapsible tables */
/* Description: Allows tables to be collapsed, showing only the header. See [[Wikipedia:NavFrame]]. */
/* Maintainers: [[User:R. Koot]] */
var autoCollapse = 2;
var collapseCaption = "-";
var expandCaption = "+";
function collapseTable( tableIndex )
{
var Button = document.getElementById( "collapseButton" + tableIndex );
var Table = document.getElementById( "collapsibleTable" + tableIndex );
if ( !Table || !Button ) {
return false;
}
var Rows = Table.getElementsByTagName( "tr" );
if ( Button.firstChild.data == collapseCaption ) {
for ( var i = 1; i < Rows.length; i++ ) {
Rows[i].style.display = "none";
}
Button.firstChild.data = expandCaption;
} else {
for ( var i = 1; i < Rows.length; i++ ) {
Rows[i].style.display = Rows[0].style.display;
}
Button.firstChild.data = collapseCaption;
}
}
function createCollapseButtons()
{
var tableIndex = 0;
var NavigationBoxes = new Object();
var Tables = document.getElementsByTagName( "table" );
for ( var i = 0; i < Tables.length; i++ ) {
if ( hasClass( Tables[i], "collapsible" ) ) {
NavigationBoxes[ tableIndex ] = Tables[i];
Tables[i].setAttribute( "id", "collapsibleTable" + tableIndex );
var Button = document.createElement( "span" );
var ButtonLink = document.createElement( "a" );
var ButtonText = document.createTextNode( collapseCaption );
Button.style.styleFloat = "right";
Button.style.cssFloat = "right";
Button.style.fontWeight = "normal";
Button.style.textAlign = "right";
Button.style.width = "6em";
ButtonLink.setAttribute( "id", "collapseButton" + tableIndex );
ButtonLink.setAttribute( "href", "javascript:collapseTable(" + tableIndex + ");" );
ButtonLink.appendChild( ButtonText );
Button.appendChild( document.createTextNode( "[" ) );
Button.appendChild( ButtonLink );
Button.appendChild( document.createTextNode( "]" ) );
var Header = Tables[i].getElementsByTagName( "tr" )[0].getElementsByTagName( "th" )[0];
/* only add button and increment count if there is a header row to work with */
if (Header) {
Header.insertBefore( Button, Header.childNodes[0] );
tableIndex++;
}
}
}
for ( var i = 0; i < tableIndex; i++ ) {
if ( hasClass( NavigationBoxes[i], "collapsed" ) || ( tableIndex >= autoCollapse && hasClass( NavigationBoxes[i], "autocollapse" ) ) ) {
collapseTable( i );
}
}
}
addOnloadHook( createCollapseButtons );
/* Dynamic Navigation Bars (experimental) */
/* set up the words in your language */
var NavigationBarHide = '[' + collapseCaption + ']';
var NavigationBarShow = '[' + expandCaption + ']';
/* set up max count of Navigation Bars on page */
/* if there are more, all will be hidden */
/* NavigationBarShowDefault = 0; // all bars will be hidden */
/* NavigationBarShowDefault = 1; // on pages with more than 1 bar all bars will be hidden */
var NavigationBarShowDefault = autoCollapse;
/* shows and hides content and picture (if available) of navigation bars */
/* Parameters: indexNavigationBar: the index of navigation bar to be toggled */
function toggleNavigationBar(indexNavigationBar)
{
var NavToggle = document.getElementById("NavToggle" + indexNavigationBar);
var NavFrame = document.getElementById("NavFrame" + indexNavigationBar);
if (!NavFrame || !NavToggle) {
return false;
}
/* if shown now */
if (NavToggle.firstChild.data == NavigationBarHide) {
for (
var NavChild = NavFrame.firstChild;
NavChild != null;
NavChild = NavChild.nextSibling
) {
if ( hasClass( NavChild, 'NavPic' ) ) {
NavChild.style.display = 'none';
}
if ( hasClass( NavChild, 'NavContent') ) {
NavChild.style.display = 'none';
}
}
NavToggle.firstChild.data = NavigationBarShow;
/* if hidden now */
} else if (NavToggle.firstChild.data == NavigationBarShow) {
for (
var NavChild = NavFrame.firstChild;
NavChild != null;
NavChild = NavChild.nextSibling
) {
if (hasClass(NavChild, 'NavPic')) {
NavChild.style.display = 'block';
}
if (hasClass(NavChild, 'NavContent')) {
NavChild.style.display = 'block';
}
}
NavToggle.firstChild.data = NavigationBarHide;
}
}
/* adds show/hide-button to navigation bars */
function createNavigationBarToggleButton()
{
var indexNavigationBar = 0;
/* iterate over all < div >-elements */
var divs = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
for(
var i=0;
NavFrame = divs[i];
i++
) {
/* if found a navigation bar */
if (hasClass(NavFrame, "NavFrame")) {
indexNavigationBar++;
var NavToggle = document.createElement("a");
NavToggle.className = 'NavToggle';
NavToggle.setAttribute('id', 'NavToggle' + indexNavigationBar);
NavToggle.setAttribute('href', 'javascript:toggleNavigationBar(' + indexNavigationBar + ');');
var NavToggleText = document.createTextNode(NavigationBarHide);
NavToggle.appendChild(NavToggleText);
/* Find the NavHead and attach the toggle link (Must be this complicated because Moz's firstChild handling is borked) */
for(
var j=0;
j < NavFrame.childNodes.length;
j++
) {
if (hasClass(NavFrame.childNodes[j], "NavHead")) {
NavFrame.childNodes[j].appendChild(NavToggle);
}
}
NavFrame.setAttribute('id', 'NavFrame' + indexNavigationBar);
}
}
/* if more Navigation Bars found than Default: hide all */
if (NavigationBarShowDefault < indexNavigationBar) {
for(
var i=1;
i<=indexNavigationBar;
i++
) {
toggleNavigationBar(i);
}
}
}
addOnloadHook( createNavigationBarToggleButton );
Hmm... Obviously there is a lot of code involved to make this work, so maybe I missed something. Since it works at One Piece Wiki, I would suggest asking User:Mugiwara Franky about getting it to work on Toriko Wiki, as it looks like he/she is knowledgeable on this and has contributed to the their wiki's CSS and JS.
Can u pls check this out: http://toriko.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:8809
I'm tryina help out here but it's kinda out of my league; i'm totally clueless :)
Was about to suggest taking a picture of the "Email" option page under "Preferences",,, but again, thought it's not related.. lolz.. no idea..
About 10 months back, the community dev. team did some work in our main page (http://39clues.wikia.com/wiki/The_39_Clues_Wiki), and yesterday I decided to make some changes to: new headinga template, removing superfluous stuff etc. but kept the basic design the same. Now I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers- eg whether I should add a slider and where and other stuff as well. Best.
Hi Kangaroopower (cool name!). Overall the main page looks good in my opinion. I think a slider would fit well between the Welcome box and Book Countdown section.
A couple minor things: the "This wiki contains spoilers!" text is a little hard to read. I would suggest either changing the text color to a different shade of red (or a different color completely, such as white) or changing the background color to a lighter shade of blue. Also, there seems to be a bit of extra blank space between the Featured Quotes and Affiliates section.
Thanks! I'll be sure to change the "This wiki contains spoilers!" text to a darker shade of red and I'll implement in some time. However, I can't seem to get how to break that huge line space between quotes and affiliates. Could you please help out? There's the text on the main page of course but the tempaltes can be found here (where the actual Random Quote Gen. is found) and here (where the UI is found. Thanks!
I removed an extra blank line from the main page code, which helped. If you want to decrease the gap more, you can remove the <br> from the bottom of Template:Quotes, where you'll see </choose><br><noinclude>
Ok heres my main problem now. If you go here the main page is all weird. Can you somehow fix it for MB while keeping it good for oasis? (I dont have a widescreen comp. so that might be why)
The logo doesn't scale too well. It looks blurry. If you don't have a larger version, you might want to stick with the original size. Who knows? Making the logo a little less bulky might even made do the page some good...
You know pecoes, I really like that version. Could you please copy paste the source w:c:39clues:User:Kangaroopower/Workshop so I can look at it tommorow, tweak it so that the two columns are even in height and some other stuff then push it to the main page? Thanks!
Done. I only made a few minor CSS changes though. If you like it, you should try to create a version of the logo with a transparent background so it doesn't block out the gradient effect of the header underneath.
You don't know me :P I am founder of the Tabs and chords wiki. I thought you might be able to help me with making templates? Or if not, could you direct me to someone that knows?
Example:
0 people own this album.
If you own this album, change the number to one higher!
For you to "own this album" you need to edit this to change the number. I was hoping for a more convienient way of doing this thru a template. Again, if you can't do this and know someone that can help, please direct me to the right party. Thanks :)
Hi. Simply changing a number seems simple enough, but if you want something even easier, such as clicking a button that automagically increases the number by one, I'm thinking that would require some javascript. I'm a JS n00b, so I would suggest asking at Forum:Support Requests. Maybe someone there could write a JS hack to do what you're wanting.
Good luck. Oh, and I like your username. \m/ ( >.< ) \m/
Just saying hi since these updates still come to my email on an account I can no longer access because Ive forgotten my un and pw. :) Have a steller one! :)
Joe: now that our founder, Niktext, had his account deactivated, we have no idea how to promote users are administrators, bureaucrats or rollbacks? Do you have to do that for now on or is there another way?
I'm not sure what the normal procedure is in this situation, but I'm sure the Community Support Team knows. You can contact them by using Special:Contact on your wiki. Even though you're already an admin (sysop), I think the "I want admin rights here" link would be the best choice.
Any Wikia staff can give bureaucrat rights to someone, so use that Special:Contact link I posted to contact the Community Support Team and explain the situation to them. I'm sure they have dealt with this situation before, so they'll know how to handle it.
I was hoping you could help me with the design of the Futurama Wiki. It's a bit bland and I'm really wanting a quality wordmark. I'm still unsure of what exactly I want for the colour scheme, so I'd appreciate any suggestions. Hopefully you can help me out here. If you can, I look forward to working with you. Cheers!
Hi Hobbes. If you would like help with a new logo, please submit a request at Community Central talk:Community Development Team/Requests. Before you do, you'll need to take care of some uncategorized pages (one of the requirements is that there are no uncategorized pages). I'll overlook all the subpages (Quotes, References, Appearances, and Goofs) because the episode pages are properly categorized, but please go through that list and categorize the pages that are not subpages, such as Bender's Camera, BenderBrau, etc.
seen here (sorry for long link) you can see there are alot of wikis about the game for the wiki. Our wiki is not on the front page. Infact another wiki that has nothing to do with the cube world game is ranked number 1. I know posting can change rankings but what else can I do? Is there anything that influences it more? what can I do to push up the wiki. Thanks Joe.
Content is key. The best and most effective way to get a good search ranking is by having lots of good content related to the wiki's topic. It also helps to have links to the most important and most relevant pages on the wiki's home page. This is because it is believed that search engine crawlers add more "weight" to those pages if they're linked to from the home page.
You can find plenty of other tips and advice on this page at the Help Wiki.
Hey again Joe. There is another game I am wanting to work on and wiki has been abandoned for over a year. http://cubeworld.wikia.com/wiki/Cube_World_Wiki can you assign me bcrat so I can get it into shape and promote admins/ change wallpaper. Thanks for your help.
