Retirement of legacy designs
Hey gang!
With FandomDesktop reaching a critical milestone in its rollout, having reached all Fandom and historically Gamepedia wikis (with some special exceptions), we have begun the process of retiring the legacy designs, Oasis and Hydra.
Starting the week of August 9th, 2021, the preferences to revert to these skins will be removed. The useskin URL parameter (?useskin=Oasis or ?useskin=Hydra) will still be available for diagnosing design misalignment on your wikis until the week of August 23rd, 2021.
That’s all! Hope you all have a great week!
This Month at Fandom - July 2021
Hey gang!
July is at a close, so let’s observe our traditions and look back at the month that was…
- 1 FandomDesktop rollout
- 2 Data is Fun
- 3 Editors of the Month
- 4 A Fateful Farewell
At the beginning of the month, we started converting existing wikis from Oasis and Hydra to FandomDesktop, with the first batch being almost entirely wikis that opted in for early movement with the “I’m Ready” button. I am pleased to say that, as of writing this, all wikis except Wikia.org and esports are now running FandomDesktop as the default experience, so we are nearly 100% rollout.
The biggest releases in gaming for July weren’t releases at all, but rather tests. New World and Halo Infinite both launched tests for their upcoming full releases later this year and the …
The Month at Fandom - June 2021
Hey gang!
Summer has arrived and with it comes the promised FandomDesktop rollout. We’re so thrilled by all of the communities who have participated in the opt-in period, with more than 30% of the overall wiki traffic represented by wikis whose admins took the time to get their new themes sorted.
Let’s dive into some highlights, fun data, and - of course - our Editors of the Month!
- 1 The arrival of FandomDesktop
- 2 Pride Month
- 3 Data Is Fun
- 4 Editors of the Month
- 5 Wiki Rules and Blocking Policy Update
As mentioned, FandomDesktop rollout has begun! First introduced to you as UCP Phase 2 last February when it was in pre-production and then unveiled at Community Connect 2021 in March, the team has been hard at work building this new modern design for the …
New Wikis are now being created on FandomDesktop
Hey gang,
As of today, June 28th, 2021, we have a refreshed Create New Wiki experience and all new wikis created on the platform will have the new FandomDesktop design by default for all users.
This is the next step in FandomDesktop rollout. Following it will be the first default conversions of existing wikis to FandomDesktop outside of the SEO test we started on June 14th. The vast majority of these first enrollments are wikis whose admins have indicated they are ready to make the switch. That is targeted to begin this week.
As always, I am happy to take your questions.
This Month at Fandom - May 2021
Hey gang!
Another month has passed and woah it was a big one! We ramped up towards the first deployment of FandomDesktop, which is now in an opt-in period, and launched a new Twitch series called The Downstream.
Let’s dive into May 2021…
- 1 FandomDesktop Preparations
- 2 The Downstream
- 3 Big Data for Big Fun
- 4 Editors of the Month
In May, we published two additional blogs about FandomDesktop changes, preparing editors and admins for the new design, which went live for opt-in exploration this week!
The blogs in question focused on the fully-designed Theme Designer and Creator Tools with a preview of what comes next (cough MAPS cough).
While this was also on Tuesday and, therefore, not actually in May, it’s worth noting that FandomDesktop brings a new Cust…