Forum:Duke Nukem Wiki and Portals

Hello, I'm the owner of the Duke Nukem Wiki and I'm attempting to do a huge push in order to make the wiki more appealing to both visitors and potential contributors. In order to to do this a fellow editor implemented a Portal system which I'm a big fan of but sadly my editing skills are VERY rusty these days and it will take some time for them to get up to par and was wondering if I could get some help on this one. The goal is to get something set up before next weeks North American release of Duke Nukem Forever. So, if someone would be so kind to help complete a portal for me so that I can than duplicate it for the rest of the games it would be much appreciated.

Here is a link to one of the Duke portals HERE and I'm trying to get them to function/look like what the Fallout Wiki has which is HERE. I'm also trying to lead my wiki in the same direction in which they have there front page setup which is like Fallout Wiki.

I am working on new graphics and such and have created new buttons/logos for every Duke game that I should be uploading right after I get this post out to the world! So, thanks in advance for reading this and double thanks if you can lend me a hand.

~ Nacho 13:44, June 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * You can reskin this template to get the style you want.


 * It's terribly broken when I port it over. I attempted to add supporting pages in order to correct some of the damage but I can't seem to get it working properly still. I'll give it a go again to see if I missed something or maybe I'm just over thinking it. Nacho 16:07, June 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Copying stuff from large wikis, if you're not sure what you're doing, usually leads to breaking your pages. The larger the wiki, the more dependencies between particular templates/articles there are. Large wikis often use various scipt/styling/template design solutions that are not necessary and overcomplicated for small wikis. I advise against copying stuff from the fallout wiki. Instead, try to either work on the content you already have or find a smaller and simpler wiki and try to find ideas there.


 * I gave your DN1 portal a small cleanup using only the templates that were already there to push you in the right direction. — Sovq 16:28, June 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Much appreciated, that is pretty much exactly what we are looking for for the time being. Nacho 16:38, June 8, 2011 (UTC)