From robinp at xtra.co.nz  Fri Nov  2 10:24:50 2007
From: robinp at xtra.co.nz (Robin Patterson)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:24:50 +1300
Subject: [Genealogy-l] Fw: [Wikia-l] Special:MultipleUpload
Message-ID: <01d101c81f31$b524b740$e710f6d2@633>

This will interest some of you clever people

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From: "TwoTailedFox" <twotailedfox at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikia-l] Special:MultipleUpload


> You will find the $wgMaxUploadFiles variable is
actually in the
> SpecialMultipleUpload.php file itself - The
Variable is not coded in
> either MediaWiki or LocalSettings.php.
>
> On 11/1/07, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/2/07, Scott Hanson <scarecroe at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Is there a way to increase the maximum
number of fields in
> > > Special:MultipleUpload ?
> >
> > According to
<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiUplo
ad>,
> > changing $wgMaxUploadFiles should do it, but I
don't see this in the
> > page staff use to change such settings.
> >
> > Emil - do you know where it is?
> >
> > Angela
> >
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From robinp at xtra.co.nz  Thu Nov  8 04:14:57 2007
From: robinp at xtra.co.nz (Robin Patterson)
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 17:14:57 +1300
Subject: [Genealogy-l] Fw: [Wikia-l] Google rank
Message-ID: <014301c821be$03634780$d110f6d2@633>

FYI

[Mr] Robin Forlonge Patterson,
88 Motuhara Road, Plimmerton, Porirua City 5026,
New Zealand
Member of NZ Society of Genealogists since 1974
http://wc.rootsweb.com/~robinp
And see http://genealogy.wikia.com/ a free
cooperative MediaWiki site

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JohnQ" <johnq at wikia.com>
To: "Central Wikia Mailing List"
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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:14 PM
Subject: [Wikia-l] SEO questions...


> Hi everyone,
>
> One of the things we focus on behind the scenes
here is how to try to
> get better Google page rank for all wikis. We're
going to be talking to
> some people who focus in this area to see if
there are any particular
> issues we can improve. The discussion will take
the form of the following:
>
>     * Page structure - Mediawiki already does a
very good job of making
>       sure page titles, section headers, etc,
have the proper encoding
>       such that the search engines pick up key
items on the page. We
>       want to see if there is anything that we
can add to that.
>     * Sub-domain structure - we have lots of
sub-domains. We've heard
>       varying accounts of whether xyz.wikia.com
vs. www.wikia.com/xyz
>       actually matters, so we want to see if
there is any input on that issue.
>     * Operations - sitemaps and other submission
methods. We have
>       sitemaps being read by both Google and
Yahoo but what other
>       methods are available and tools such that
we can more consistently
>       check on variations.
>     * Content - we can't modify the content
directly, but we can provide
>       suggestions and tutorials to our users
about methods that might help.
>     * General - link swaps, in-site page rank
dilution, navigation, etc.
>       Any ideas for, in general, improving page
rank.
>
> If you have questions you'd like us to cover in
this meeting, please let
> me know so we can make time for them.
>
> Thanks,
> John Q.
>
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From robinp at paradise.net.nz  Fri Nov 30 04:05:25 2007
From: robinp at paradise.net.nz (Robin Forlonge Patterson)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:05:25 +1300
Subject: [Genealogy-l] Fw: [Wikia-l] Quartz-gaming bug - colours
Message-ID: <019401c83339$e28b6dc0$820cf6d2@633>

Some clarifications for those of you who may
experiment

[Mr] Robin Forlonge Patterson,
88 Motuhara Road, Plimmerton, Porirua City 5026,
New Zealand
Member of NZ Society of Genealogists since 1974
http://wc.rootsweb.com/~robinp
And see http://genealogy.wikia.com/ a free
cooperative MediaWiki site


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Williams" <christian at wikia.com>
To: "Central Wikia Mailing List"
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikia-l] Quartz-gaming bug


> MediaWiki:Quartz.css is the wiki admin's custom
styling stylesheet
> (redundancy to highlight the difference between
our stylesheets that
> affect layout vs colours). It is only loaded if
the admin has selected
> "Custom" as the wiki's them in Preferences.
>
> If a user has Slate selected, they may or may
not have checked the
> "show custom wikis" checkbox. In the case that
they have not, they
> will always see Slate, unaffected by
MediaWiki:Quartz.css. If they
> have selected to see custom wikis, their
preference of Slate will be
> set aside while the full contents of
MediaWiki:Quartz.css is applied.
>
> There will never be a situation where changing
widget borders in
> MediaWiki:Quartz.css will change border colors
for all themes.
>
> Again, only one layout file
(quartz/css/main.css) and one styling file
> (quartz/sapphire/css/main.css OR
MediaWiki:Quartz.css) will be loaded.
>
> -Christian
>
> On Nov 29, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Chris Stafford
wrote:
>
> > the problem is, mediawiki:quartz.css is loaded
by EVERYONE using ANY
> > quartz theme.
> >
> > here's an example, at eq2, we have sapphire as
the site default, but
> > i personally use slate. if i want to change
the look of the default
> > sapphire for everyone, say by changing the
color of the widget
> > boarders to blue to match the rest of the
theme, that blue appears
> > on EVERY quartz theme. it looks really out of
place with say brick.
> >
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From robinp at paradise.net.nz  Fri Nov 30 04:08:24 2007
From: robinp at paradise.net.nz (Robin Forlonge Patterson)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:08:24 +1300
Subject: [Genealogy-l] Fw: [Wikia-l] Quartz - broader perspective on how the
 gaming skin stuff works
Message-ID: <019501c83339$e354d840$820cf6d2@633>

Maybe even more useful than the previos forwarding

[Mr] Robin Forlonge Patterson, 
88 Motuhara Road, Plimmerton, Porirua City 5026, New Zealand
Member of NZ Society of Genealogists since 1974
http://wc.rootsweb.com/~robinp
And see http://genealogy.wikia.com/ a free cooperative MediaWiki site

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Christian Williams 
To: Central Wikia Mailing List 
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikia-l] Quartz gaming problems


Here's a broader perspective on how the gaming skin stuff works (or doesn't work).


The <body> tag is the root tag of an HTML document that all other tags go inside of. By setting a page to have black text and a white background, this is first done for the <body> tag. Any tables, divs, etc will inherit the black font color and the elements themselves (the tables and divs) will have a transparent background, allowing the white of the <body> tag to show through.


To reverse this and obtain a light-on-dark style, we again begin at the <body> tag by setting a dark blue background and white text. The white text is inherited by tables and divs, and if the tables and divs maintain a transparent background, the dark blue will show through. Of course, this is in a perfect world. :)


MediaWiki, or more specifically, the monobook .css file (which we always load to maintain proper article typography and design elements like recent changes, image galleries, etc) specifes background colours for a lot of these elements. So, the gaming skin required a lot more work because we had to un-do a lot of the stuff that monobook does. The cases that were brought to my attention this week (forum header and polls) have already been fixed in the gaming skin CSS and are awaiting release to Wikia. At least for now, the best way for these issues to be fixed is for them to be brought to my attention (either on the wikia-l or by emailing me directly) and I'll fix them in the gaming/css/main.css file. That way it'll be fixed for everyone.


If anyone has a suggestion for other ways to flip a wiki from dark-on-light to light-on-dark, I'd love to talk about it. I'm always looking for easier solutions! :)


-Christian




On Nov 29, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Manticore wrote:


  It seems when you force a white background on a template, etc., the skin breaks it.

  Example on the infobox here:  http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Jack

  Manticore 


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