Changes: Help:Apps for Admins

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For general information about the Fandom app, visit the Fandom app help page.
For Community Apps, visit the Community Apps help page.
To manage your app's main page content, visit Help:Mobile Main Page.

If you are an admin of your community, then it is especially important for you to know that approximately half of the visits across Fandom are coming from mobile devices. To support that mobile traffic, Fandom is offering a number of iOS and Android apps.

We recommend using the unified Fandom App for iOS or Android for the best, most up-to-date mobile experience. To see a list of Fandom's Community Apps, visit the Google Play Store.

Curating your main page for app users

The Mobile Main Page tool allows admins to specify content that will be linked on the main page for app users, as well as the main page seen by visitors on mobile web. Featured and optional categories you add here will also showcase your wiki's content in the Fandom app's wiki tab for your fandom.

Promoting the app for your mobile users

To ensure that your mobile user finds your wiki via one of our apps, we highly recommend that you take a moment to tell your users about them. We recommend the following ways to spread the word:

Linking to the app via the desktop main page.
Community Corner message - Found at MediaWiki:Community-corner on your respective communities. This will send an admin message to all users on your community.
Make a page or blog post explaining that your wiki can be viewed via the app and add links to where it can be downloaded. Point your community to that page via an announcement notification.
Link to the app near the top of your Discussions Guidelines.
Include links in your local navigation via MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation.

We highly encourage you to include links to the app throughout your wiki. Approximately half of your users are already participating with their mobile devices. This optimizes their experience, lets them contribute through Discussions, and increases your community's visibility.

In addition to your wiki content, the Fandom app includes breaking news content on a number of select topics, created and curated by the Fandom editorial team, that complements your wiki's articles and Discussions.

Further help and feedback

Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
Check Fandom Community Central for sources of further help and support
Check Contacting Fandom for how to report any errors or unclear steps in this article

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-:*''For general information about Community Apps, visit the [[Help:Community Apps|Community Apps]] help page.''
+:*''For general information about the Fandom app, visit the [[Help:Fandom app|Fandom app]] help page.''
-:*''To manage your app's main page content, visit [[Help:Mobile Main Page]]''
+:*''For Community Apps, visit the [[Help:Community Apps|Community Apps]] help page.''
+:*''To manage your app's main page content, visit [[Help:Mobile Main Page]].''
-If you are an admin of your community, then it is especially important for you to know that approximately '''half''' of the visits across Fandom are coming from mobile devices. To support that mobile traffic, Fandom is creating iOS and Android apps that focus exclusively on individual communities.
+{{Fandom app links}}
-For a list of Fandom Community Apps, visit '''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Fandom+powered+by+Wikia Google Play Store]''' or the '''[https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/wikia-inc./id422467077 Apple App Store]'''.
+If you are an admin of your community, then it is especially important for you to know that approximately '''half''' of the visits across Fandom are coming from mobile devices. To support that mobile traffic, Fandom is offering a number of iOS and Android apps.
-== Requesting a new app for your community ==
-If your community is relatively large and active, and you think there are many mobile users who'd benefit from an app version of your wiki, please let us know via [[Special:Contact]]. Keep in mind that we can only consider your community for an app if your mobile main page is fully curated.
+We recommend using the unified [[Help:Fandom app|Fandom App]] for iOS or Android for the best, most up-to-date mobile experience. To see a list of Fandom's [[Help:Community Apps|Community Apps]], visit the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fandom.app&hl=en Google Play Store].
-== Curating your app ==
-The [[Help:Mobile Main Page|Mobile Main Page]] tool allows admins to specify content that will be linked on the Community App's main page, as well as the main page seen by visitors on mobile web.
-== Promoting your Community App ==
+== Curating your main page for app users==
+The [[Help:Mobile Main Page|Mobile Main Page]] tool allows admins to specify content that will be linked on the main page for app users, as well as the main page seen by visitors on mobile web. Featured and optional categories you add here will also showcase your wiki's content in the Fandom app's wiki tab for your fandom.
-To ensure the success of this app, we highly recommend that you take a moment to tell your users about it. We recommend the following ways to spread the word:
+== Promoting the app for your mobile users ==
+To ensure that your mobile user finds your wiki via one of our apps, we highly recommend that you take a moment to tell your users about them. We recommend the following ways to spread the word:
+* Linking to the app via the [[Help:Main page|desktop main page]].
 * [[Help:Community messages|Community Corner]] message - Found at MediaWiki:Community-corner on your respective communities. This will send an admin message to all users on your community.
+* Make a page or [[Help:Blogs|blog post]] explaining that your wiki can be viewed via the app and add links to where it can be downloaded. Point your community to that page via an [[Help:Announcements|announcement notification]].
-* Highlighted [[Help:Forum|Forum]] post - Found at Special:Forum, this will send a notification to all users on your community.
+* Link to the app near the top of your Discussions Guidelines.
-We highly encourage you to include links to your particular Community Apps. Approximately half of your users are already participating through their mobile devices. This optimizes their experience, lets them contribute through [[Help:Discussions|Discussions]], and increases your community's visibility.
+* Include links in your [[Help:Navigation|local navigation]] via [[MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation]].
+We highly encourage you to include links to the app throughout your wiki. Approximately half of your users are already participating with their mobile devices. This optimizes their experience, lets them contribute through [[Help:Discussions|Discussions]], and increases your community's visibility.
+In addition to your wiki content, the Fandom app includes breaking news content on a number of select topics, created and curated by the Fandom editorial team, that complements your wiki's articles and Discussions.
-== Further help and feedback ==
-{{Help and feedback section}}
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