Changes: Help:Wiki-style forums/set up

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Follow the steps below to set up wiki-style forums on a community.

Initial setup

Note: On some communities, the "Forum:" namespace is in an archived state, due to past usage of the Forum feature. An admin can contact Fandom Staff to have the archived state removed.

Setting up a new wiki-style forum involves copying a set of pages to your wiki. This page describes a basic set-up that adds two forums. Many aspects of this can be customized, but this set-up gives a good place to start.

Copy the following pages to your community (all pages below are on the Demo Wiki):
If your community has customized CSS, ensure that the following CSS is in the local MediaWiki:Common.css.

/* Forum formatting - Algorithm & Splarka */
.forumheader {
	border: 1px solid var(--theme-page-accent-mix-color);
	background-color: var(--theme-page-text-mix-color-95);
	color: var(--theme-page-text-color);
	margin-top: 1em;
	padding: 6px;
}

.forumlist td.forum_edited a {
	color: var(--theme-page-text-color);
	text-decoration: none
}

.forumlist td.forum_title a {
	padding-left: 20px;
}

.forumlist td.forum_title a.forum_new {
	font-weight: bold;
	background: url('https://images.wikia.nocookie.net/central/images/4/4e/Forum_new.gif') center left no-repeat;
	padding-left: 20px;
}

.forumlist td.forum_title a.forum_new:visited {
	font-weight: normal;
	background: none;
	padding-left: 20px;
}

.forumlist th.forum_title {
	padding-left: 20px;
}

Save File:Forum new.gif to your hard drive, and then upload to your local community with the same name.
Add a link to Forum:Index to the wiki navigation.

Testing the setup

To test the forums, you can add welcome messages for each section, similar to those at Welcome to the help desk and Welcome to the watercooler.

See more

Help:Wiki-style forums

Further help and feedback

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+Follow the steps below to set up '''[[Help:Wiki-style forums|wiki-style forums]]''' on a community.
-{{Out of date help|reason = * The pages this page references do not exist anymore}}
-'''[[Help:Wiki-style forums|Wiki-style forums]]''' are included by default on all communities. If you need to recreate the forum set up for any reason (such as the original being deleted), you can follow the steps below to recreate it:
 == Initial setup ==
+:''Note: On some communities, the "Forum:" namespace is in an archived state, due to past usage of the [[Help:Forum|Forum]] feature. An admin can {{contact}} to have the archived state removed.''
 Setting up a new wiki-style forum involves copying a set of pages to your wiki. This page describes a basic set-up that adds two forums. Many aspects of this can be customized, but this set-up gives a good place to start.
-* Copy the following pages to your community (all pages below are on the Starter Wiki):
+* Copy the following pages to your community (all pages below are on the Demo Wiki):
-*# [[w:c:starter:Forum:Index|Forum:Index]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Forum:Help desk|Forum:Help desk]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Forum:Index|Forum:Index]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Forum:Watercooler|Forum:Watercooler]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Forum:Help desk|Forum:Help desk]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Forum:Watercooler|Forum:Watercooler]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Template:Forumheader/Help desk|Template:Forumheader/Help desk]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Template:Forumheader/Watercooler|Template:Forumheader/Watercooler]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Template:Forumheader/Help desk|Template:Forumheader/Help desk]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Template:Forumheader|Template:Forumheader]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Template:Forumheader/Watercooler|Template:Forumheader/Watercooler]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Category:Forums|Category:Forums]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Template:Forumheader|Template:Forumheader]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Category:Help desk|Category:Help desk]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Category:Forums|Category:Forums]]
-*# [[w:c:starter:Category:Watercooler|Category:Watercooler]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Category:Help desk|Category:Help desk]]
+*# [[w:c:demo:Category:Watercooler|Category:Watercooler]]
-* If your community has customized CSS, ensure that the following CSS is in the local '''<tt>[[MediaWiki:Wikia.css]]</tt>''' (for the default skin) and '''<tt>[[MediaWiki:Common.css]]</tt>''' (for the Monobook skin).
+* If your community has customized CSS, ensure that the following CSS is in the local '''<code>[[MediaWiki:Common.css]]</code>'''.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="css">
 /* Forum formatting - Algorithm & Splarka */
 .forumheader {
-    border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;
+	border: 1px solid var(--theme-page-accent-mix-color);
-    background-color: #F9F9F9;
+	background-color: var(--theme-page-text-mix-color-95);
+	color: var(--theme-page-text-color);
-    margin-top: 1em;
+	margin-top: 1em;
-    padding: 12px;
+	padding: 6px;
-}
-.forumlist td span {
-    display: block;
-    padding-left: 10px;
-    font-size: smaller;
-}
-.forumlist td span a {
-    text-decoration: none;
-}
-.forumlist td span.forum_author {
-    padding-left: 30px;
 }
 .forumlist td.forum_edited a {
+	color: var(--theme-page-text-color);
-    text-decoration: none;
+	text-decoration: none
 }
 .forumlist td.forum_title a {
-    padding-left: 20px;
+	padding-left: 20px;
-}
-.forumlist td.forum_title span a {
-    padding-left: 0px;
 }
 .forumlist td.forum_title a.forum_new {
-    font-weight: bold;
+	font-weight: bold;
-    background: url(http://images.wikia.com/www/images/4/4e/Forum_new.gif) center left no-repeat;
+	background: url('https://images.wikia.nocookie.net/central/images/4/4e/Forum_new.gif') center left no-repeat;
-    padding-left: 20px;
+	padding-left: 20px;
 }
 .forumlist td.forum_title a.forum_new:visited {
-    font-weight: normal;
+	font-weight: normal;
-    background: none;
+	background: none;
-    padding-left: 20px;
+	padding-left: 20px;
 }
 .forumlist th.forum_title {
-    padding-left: 20px;
+	padding-left: 20px;
 }
 </syntaxhighlight>
-* Save [[w:c:starter:Image:Forum new.gif|File:Forum new.gif]] to your hard drive, and then [[Special:Upload|upload]] to your local community with the same name.
+* Save [[w:c:demo:Image:Forum new.gif|File:Forum new.gif]] to your hard drive, and then [[Special:Upload|upload]] to your local community with the same name.
-* Add a link to Forum:Index to the '''[[Help:Wiki navigation|wiki navigation]]'''.
+* Add a link to Forum:Index to the '''[[Help:Navigation|wiki navigation]]'''.
 == Testing the setup ==
-To test the forums, you can add welcome messages for each section, similar to those at [[w:c:starter:Forum:Welcome to the help desk|Welcome to the help desk]] and [[w:c:starter:Forum:Welcome to the watercooler|Welcome to the watercooler]].
+To test the forums, you can add welcome messages for each section, similar to those at [[w:c:demo:Forum:Welcome to the help desk|Welcome to the help desk]] and [[w:c:demo:Forum:Welcome to the watercooler|Welcome to the watercooler]].
 == See more ==
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 == Further help and feedback ==
 {{Help and feedback section}}
+[[es:Ayuda:Foro de estilo wiki/Configuración]]
+[[fr:Aide:Forums_de_type_wiki/paramétrage]]
-[[es:Ayuda:Foro de estilo wiki]]
 [[ja:ヘルプ:ウィキスタイルフォーラム/セットアップ]]
+[[pl:Pomoc:Forum w stylu wiki/tworzenie]]
+[[pt:Ajuda:Fórum estilo-wiki/configuração]]
+[[ru:Справка:Вики-форум/подключение]]
+[[tr:Yardım:Wiki stili forumları/kurulum]]
+[[zh:Help:Wiki格式论坛/设立]]
 [[Category:Help]]
 [[Category:Administration help]]