All posts by Nightmarecorporation

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Biberoi wrote: Be happy that the German version of your wiki still uses the old layout :( But probably not for long. </p> </i></div>
<p>I really am, the team is already trying to prepare countermeasures against Darwin. I'm quite stubborn about changes. </p>

<p>Darwin feels like cancer inside my heart. I hope it gets better and not worse. I still cannot understand why the backgrounds are being messed up by splitting and spreading. Never had any problems with the width of ANY wiki at all, but let's change that. </p>

<p>T_T Guys! I need help with this! :D </p>

Guys? Some help? I'll bump this...

<div class="quote"><i> <p>452 wrote: </p> <div class="quote"> <p>BertH wrote: </p> <div class="quote">Sxerks wrote:
Is there a "?useskin=darwin" option we can use to test on our own wikis instead of copying stuff to the community test wiki? </i></div>
<p>We don't have that option set up. Note that we're not introducing a new skin, this is the current Wikia skin simply evolving. It's also possible that some of the changes in Darwin's future stages would not be possible to enable with a URL parameter.  However, we're discussing ways that we can make fluid layout available for wider testing, so it's good to know that users are interested in doing that. </p> </div> </div> <p>Oh... Okay, I misunderstood something then, apologies. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>452 wrote: I don't see why splitting the background is better than using "background-size: 100%;" to ensure it displays the same at all resolutions. </p><p>Perhaps the split background should be an option: Tiled, As-is, Stretch, Split. Set Split as default, if you want, but give people the choice to opt-out. </p><p>I would also like the opportunity to enable Darwin in my preferences - right next to monobook - before compulsory rollout, in order to ensure that existing CSS is compatible ahead of time. </p> </i></div>
<p>Having such an option would be nice, some backgrounds are not implemented to be split and should thus not be split. </p><p>Wikia is going to provide a skin for Darwin, when the time comes, but before Darwin releases, you will have enough time to test your configuration. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>BertH wrote:
<div class="quote">Nightmarecorporation wrote:
I would like to have an option in the forthcoming Darwin-project: You can either choose if you want to have your background split (which is an awesome idea for wikis without transparency and background images that focus on the left and right side of the screen) or you can just have your background in a complete static fixed way, this would mean, that no changes would be made regardless of the resolution, which would just scale as it does currently. <p>Also: I have a question: Are you able to get a mobile-skin for the wiki? I would like to edit the way my wiki looks in a mobile version and have yet not found any ways to do so. A seperate mainpage for mobile users would be kind of a nice idea as well, just throwing things in the round. </p> </i></div>
Thanks for the feedback! We definitely expected to get suggestions and ideas from the community about the background treatment, and we'll be assessing those over the next few weeks. <p>Regarding mobile CSS, one of my colleagues addressed this question in another thread. Watch for news on Mobile Web soon. </p> </div> <p>That sounds awesome! Is there any way to have an easier way to communicate with the staff and have influence in the course of action regarding Darwin? In the de.community.wikia.com there is a weekly meeting in which I will be next time, Mira84 is one of the most active staff members around the german community and has helped me alot in my wiki! I will give him some of my ideas in the meeting and he will hopefully carry them on to you.  </p><p>I am very pleased that you answered so friendly on my suggestions, it gives me the feeling to be recognized and not being ignored like it would be the case in even bigger scenarios, where it is difficult to give individual support. Thank you very much for your time and effort to answer me. </p>

<p>The common transparency setting for wikis is 75% +, this provides enough contrast to make text readible and still gives some kind of look at the background. Personally, I do not have access to any other background images that would fit theme of my wiki, nor would anything else fit the style of it. </p><p>The problem with the provided code was just that the setting was at .. 25% or something, making it almost impossible to read anything. </p><p>I would like to have an option in the forthcoming Darwin-project: You can either choose if you want to have your background split (which is an awesome idea for wikis without transparency and background images that focus on the left and right side of the screen) or you can just have your background in a complete static fixed way, this would mean, that no changes would be made regardless of the resolution, which would just scale as it does currently. </p><p>Also: I have a question: Are you able to get a mobile-skin for the wiki? I would like to edit the way my wiki looks in a mobile version and have yet not found any ways to do so. A seperate mainpage for mobile users would be kind of a nice idea as well, just throwing things in the round. </p>

<p>Big thanks to you, I am currently learning to use CSS, this will help. ^^ </p><p>Added it to the Wikia.css, everything is still normal, good sign ;) </p><p>EDIT: Dude, the whole wiki is transparent o_O How can I change this? I removed the code you provided to see if it's gone, everything stays transparent. </p><p>EDIT II: I'm a hasty person, everything can be seen now again after I removed it from the CSS, but something in your code changes the transparancy in a way that makes it really difficult to read any text, I just can't tell what :D </p><p>EDIT III:Okay, I have been able to fix the issue with your code, everything is back to normal. </p>

<p>So this basically means: Every wiki that uses a bg-picture with only one object in the center (to look more organized) is going to be f***ed. Just perfect. Brilliant idea. </p>

<p>That means I need to f*** up my whole main page? Great. </p>

<p>I tried that and there are still arrows :/ </p><p>Wiki (Look to the left at the purchasespots, it's a german wiki, though) </p><p>CSS Code (Someone else tweaked around it, something might conflict with your code?) </p><p>NEVERMIND! It worked fine! Thank you! ^^ </p>

<p>oh daaamn, thanks for that info as well, I confused it with the noinclude one :DD </p>

<p>Oh wow, I'm just stupid :( </p><p>The AWB didn't show any changes, I am really sorry! </p><p>It works via: [ [en:{ {Pagename}}]] </p><p>I just couldn't see it, I am desperately sorry for wasting your time :/ </p>

<p>uhm... So I just add " [ [EN:SUBST]]" or what? :D </p><p>EDIT: I understood what you mean with subst now... silly me :D </p><p>so... how do i subst the chosen pages? :/ </p>

<p>If I do that, it simply adds "[[EN:{{{PAGENAME}}}]]" to the site. It doesn't use the pagename at all, I tried that ^^ </p>