New Infobox Style & other Miscellaneous Theme Changes | Fandom

This post is locked.

Ursuul·1/17/2018 in Lore

New Infobox Style & other Miscellaneous Theme Changes

Hello all. I just wanted to announce that we are currently working on a new Infobox Style for the Main Wiki, in addition to a few template updates to make things feel less boxed & more fluid. To see the differences, compare the Monobook Infobox to the Oasis Infobox, just look to the right. The Infobox style you see in the Monobook Skin will likely replace the current Infobox Style in the Oasis Skin you are viewing currently, albeit slightly different so as to fit the surrounding theme. In addition to that, several templates may be overhauled for a more curvaceous shape (compare StubSection to Dresden Files stories), and some other small miscellaneous changes to the Wiki’s theme may occur.

In addition, we have a bit of a referendum as well. As you likely already know, External Links have a small icon beside them. On my home Wiki, our CSS removes this link so that external links are indistinguishable from normal links. There are pros & cons for doing this, so I wanted to ask any contributors what they think.

This announcement is intended to serve as both an advance warning as well as an opportunity to voice any concerns & to ask questions. For the moment, the changes will only be occurring on the Monobook Skin, but will begin to show up in a week or so on the Oasis Skin (the one you are currently viewing). If you have specific changes you would like to see, if you have suggestions for the infobox, or if you would like some of the foretold changes not to happen, feel free to let us know in the comments.

Hotlink
Thread:8065

(Edited by administrators)

0

AVoraciousReader·2/13/2017

It does not look like monobook is supporting the achievement board, does it?

(Edited by administrators)

0

Ursuul·2/13/2017

Monobook is a largely unsupported Skin; they had to keep it when they added the (then new) Oasis Skin; people loved the Monobook Skin & would’ve left in droves if FANDOM (then Wikia) hadn’t left them with the option to use Monobook. They purposely left Monobook on the wayside in favor of Developing Oasis, since it’s easier to put advertisements on Oasis, so Monobook became derelict & was largely forgotten over the years. Since Achievements came after Oasis was added, they didn’t bother making them Monobook compatible, like so many other things.

(Edited by administrators)

0

AVoraciousReader·2/13/2017

Don't know - I like Monobook better than Oasis, but is it worth the price of the other features?

(Edited by administrators)

0

Ursuul·2/13/2017

I personally like Oasis better, but I’ve switched to Monobook for now in my Preferences so that I can develop it more. It’s really quite useful & not at all hard to get to most features. Like the Blog for example, there is no actual link to your user blog which is annoying, but I can get to it easily by going to dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ursuul. Plus, as far as Achievements go, they’re not really for you to look at; they’re for others to look at & envy.

I do have a solution for you however. I just added a Skin Switch Button to Monobook (you have to install it yourself if you want it in Oasis), which you can use to switch back to Oasis. What I’ve done is switched to Monobook as my default skin, & I use the Skin Switch Button to go back to Oasis if I need to. If you want, you can use the same thing if you like Monobook better; the Button will be available sometime today or tomorrow due to JS lag.

(Edited by administrators)

0

AVoraciousReader·2/13/2017

The button is an excellent idea, I think.

You're right, Achievements are meant to stimulate some competition among people. But they get you, sooner or later. :-P

(Edited by administrators)