Forum:Hilite not working out

Hi! The Highlight code isn't working out, for what it looks like, please click here. I don't understand what's going on.

Jeffwang16 03:48, July 16, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, by the way, the source was from the Stellar Dawn wiki.

Jeffwang16 03:52, July 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Can you link to a page where this "hilite" is working on w:c:stellardawn? -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:18 PM PST 15 Jul 2010


 * Add  to the MediaWiki:Common.css and everything will be right as rain. Evil1888 07:38, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ouch, that code's horribly jumbled. I'd recommend having a look at the code I've got at my css at GuildWiki - which highlights selected users (I also have a highlight for templates, etc - but it should be easy to see what's going on. Just copy and edit the code to your Mediawiki:Common.css -- Random Time  10:30, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Or check the page out at Wikia developers: w:c:dev:Hilite/code.css. Mark  ( talk ) 10:35, July 16, 2010 (UTC)

None help. I need the exact code from Stellar Dawn Wiki, the one Fandyllic gave a link to. It's at http://stellardawn.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css/hilite.
 * As Evil1888 said, you need to put  onto your wiki's MediaWiki:Common.css to allow MediaWiki:Common.css/hilite to work, that's the code that they use at Stellar Dawn -- Random Time  15:46, July 16, 2010 (UTC)

I did it but it still doesn't work. It's none of your fault, but I still can't figure out why. Jeffwang16 16:00, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Have you refereshed with ctrl+f5? -- Random Time  16:02, July 16, 2010 (UTC)

Now it works. I didn't add and  to hilite. Thanks! --Jeffwang16 16:05, July 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Wait... Only staff and helpers are hilited... I'm not! --Jeffwang16 16:09, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * NOOO PLEASE HELP ME NOOO... lol anyway serious it's not working now!


 * Have you tried w:c:chobots:Special:Contact? It may be time for that. Also try contacting someone at one of the wikis where it works. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 4:58 PM PST 16 Jul 2010

You are linking from the dev wiki that only hilights staff, bots, helpers and VSTF. You need to link to the local copy. needs to be. —Manyman (talk) 10:49, July 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * I put the code for my wikia Modern Wikia into my css and i created a MediaWiki:Common.css/hilite, but it still wont hilite the names, i also refreshed 2 times and it still wont work, can anyone help me? here is my Common.css and here is my hilite.--Andrew Schlieffen Executive Administrator of Modern Wikia and Valkyrie Movie Wikia 17:36, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * You need to see my Common.css here: click here for the common css on Chopedia. If you don't notice, you need to add this code:  to the top of the page Common.css, like on my wiki.
 * I have the names hilighted, but it wont hilite in the colors i used--Andrew Schlieffen Executive Administrator of Modern Wikia and Valkyrie Movie Wikia 18:36, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ask support or contact Uberfuzzy. Jeffwang16   (T)   (C)  Email 19:26, July 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Acually remove the  line. —Manyman (talk) 07:27, July 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * My name should be white or red and it still wont show it in the colors i chose--Andrew Schlieffen Executive Administrator of Modern Wikia and Valkyrie Movie Wikia 16:31, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Replace your w:c:modernsociety:MediaWiki:Common.css/hilite with this. —Manyman (talk) 21:29, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it copied your text and reloaded the page and it still wont hilite in the colors i want--Andrew Schlieffen Executive Administrator of Modern Wikia and Valkyrie Movie Wikia 16:36, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * As I said earlier, contact Support. -- Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contribs.)  Email 17:37, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Remove  that's at the absolute bottom of that page first. Joey (talk) 17:41, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok i removed the  and it still wont hilite in the colors i want-- Andrew Schlieffen  (talk &middot; contr) 17:54, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * You had  instead of  . But Bola fixed it. —Manyman (talk) 23:47, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Wow. What a mistake. Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contribs.)  Email 18:30, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

Should we put how to do hilites on Wikia Help? Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contribs.)  Email 14:48, July 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not all people like highlights, especially since they make adminship into something that it isn't; a position of power. By keeping the user names of administrators in the same colour as everyone else, you reinforce the fact that all users on the wiki have an equal say in what's done. Also, admin highlights only rarely help, especially since there is usually a list of administrators at Project:Administrators, and always one at Special:ListUsers/sysop. 15:27, July 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * Regarding adminship as a position of power has nothing to do with the color of their user name in various parts of a wiki's UI and everything to do with the culture of the wiki itself. Adminship is a position of power, but should not be a position of privilege. The distinction is an important one. Not all admins have more experience or knowledge than an average user, but they definitely have more power, so lets be more clear about how we describe the nature of admin/sysop/bureaucrat/etc. and how they operate in wikis. Idealistic notions are nice, but inaccurate ones for the sake of idealism are not. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 1:31 PM PST 2 Aug 2010


 * Admins have access to extensions which aid in the maintenance and upkeep of the wiki. If you use that as a definition of power, then yes. However, I was referring more to power over other users. 20:49, August 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Admins still have power over other users unless you think being banned isn't a significant barrier. You have a strange concept of power. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 3:29 PM PST 2 Aug 2010
 * An admin has the ability to block, not ban, a user from editing. That is hardly power. I am referring to the popular misconception that admins have a greater voice in wiki discussions, that admins are always right, etc. Since this is just turning into an argument, however, I'm not going to continue this further. 22:39, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

If you want to argue, this isn't Debating Central. :P -- Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contributions)   (Email me!)  22:47, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

New help page draft at Wikia Help
I created a draft page on how this hilite works, please help contribute! Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contribs.)  Email 14:57, July 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * This page is now at w:c:help:Draft:Highlight. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 1:35 PM PST 2 Aug 2010
 * Thanks, corrected it. -- Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contributions)   (Email me!)  23:02, August 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Did they delete it? -- Jeffwang16  (Talk)   (Contributions)   (Email me!)  18:04, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * No. w:c:help:Draft:Highlight is still there. I suspect this is something that Wikia staff should maintain in a central location like w:MediaWiki:Common.css/hilite, since the lists of Bots, VSTF, Helpers, and Staff may change. Also, the draft page has links to the local versions of MediaWiki:Common.css/hilite which are blank and therefore, not helpful.
 * You should really redo the page as if someone who knew nothing about Chopedia were using it. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 3:55 PM PST 6 Aug 2010