[Search-l] Website malfunction, help please

[Balinny]

Hello Markus, i'll try to answer your concerns.

There're two logins, one accesible from 
http://alpha.search.wikia.com/login/login.html which logins you into the 
search itself, and the social part (friends, actions...) and another one 
at http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Userlogin which allows you to 
log into the search wiki. Both use the same password, but you need to 
log in twice. Yes, it's awkwards.
I summarised yesterday the bugs to fix, and sure enough that's one to 
clean out: http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Known_bugs#Unified_login

The search works the same you're logged in or not. So if you don't get 
results (and you have javascript enabled) it may be an incompatibility 
with Opera. A search like  http://re.search.wikia.com/search#Wikia 
should give you a mini article, ten results, ten people...

> There are various wikis (everybody can start a new one, what purpose is 
> this for?)
It has to do with Wikia http://www.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ  There's only one 
wiki for Search Wikia, at search.wikia.com/search


> there are mini-articles and categories (but there's no link there)
I'm not sure what do you mean that there aren't links. Maybe you browsed 
a mini article not too good.

> Where am i supposed to post my ideas and concerns 
> like this one, as i feel this is might be OT in the developers mailing list.
Please do it here freely. There's a different mailing list for 
developers: grub-dev. In fact there's half a dozen mailinglists related 
to Search Wikia.


> As another example, i'm even not sure where i should write a reply if i get 
> contacted by a user via my user talk wiki page. Is the other user going to 
> read y reply on my own page or am i supposed to post on that users page? 
That's wiki conventions. I recommend you to leave the answer on their 
talk page. Whenever someone leaves a message on your talk page, you get 
a visual indication about that, and (if it's configured to do so) also 
an email message. So he'll read it. Some people argue that this system 
breaks following the conversation, and ask to be replied on the same 
page, watching the talk pages where they leave messages. As you can't 
presume your interlocutor will do so, it's better to leave the message 
on their talk page, as it's probable he isn't watching your talk page.


> Addition. I don't like mailing ists. Where is the forum where i can edit my 
> posts?  :)  What is this list for? Should i read both, forum and list.
>   
Theoretically yes. Personally i prefer to mantain the discussion on the 
mailing list as whenever something is said, I'll get an email, while i 
won't when a new topic is created on the forum.

> - The search page (including results page) should work as simple as 
> possible, and in no case rely on javascript or cookies etc. to work. Plain 
> standard HTML is enough for displaying text and links.
>   
I agree with you but i see it unlikely.
http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Known_bugs#Search_page_needs_Javascript