User blog:Rappy/Technical Update: June 17, 2015

Here are the latest technical updates at Wikia. Keep in mind that our system updates happen every Tuesday and Thursday - today's notes are for tomorrow's site update. Also note that we change hundreds of tiny details every week, so these are just the highlights.

Major Bug Fixes

 * The 'Advanced' tab of Admin Dashboard will receive layout fixes.
 * A situation that could trigger an ad for logged in users when clicking external links will be fixed.

Other Notable Changes
Detailed CSS updates can be found at http://report.wikia.net - the diffs show changes to .css, .scss, .tmpl.php, .html, .sass and .mustache files in Wikia's codebase.


 * This week, the 'weekly digest' and 'new blog post' emails receive a makeover! Additionally, emails about new blog posts will now be sent to users who are following User_blog pages. Previously they were only sent to followers of Blog pages (aka Bloglists).
 * Excessive vertical whitespace will be reduced in the footer area (just above the "Around Wikia's network" section).
 * A little breathing space will be added between the columns on Insights.
 * In Monobook, forum threads will display a better color on hover. Thanks to the Volunteer Developers for this tweak!
 * Next week, Facebook is retiring the Like Box plugin, which used the tag  . Wikia supports the replacement Page plugin. Details on how to update can be found on the recent staff blog post and the social media integration help page.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to leave them below. And if you have additional bugs to report, please send them to us via Special:Contact.