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::''Please make any comments about the skin [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|here]].'' ==Vote== Should we change STOWiki's current skin to the new Vector skin? (see [[#Preview links|preview links]] below) * Remember, the skin can still be adjusted when it reaches the live site. In fact, members of the community can more easily test their own adjustments when it's here. * Also note, unfortunately, that at least for the time being, a change to the new skin will mean the old ones will not be available after the change. ===Notable changes from last version=== * This version is fixed width. * It no longer uses an embedded font or random backgrounds, so no extension is required any longer. {| class="wikitable" |- | style="width: 25%;"|'''The skin is good as is or needs only minor tweaks.''' | style="width: 25%;"|'''Blend it more with STOfederation.''' | style="width: 25%;"|'''Make it more unique and less like STOfederation.''' | style="width: 25%;"|'''I abstain.''' |- | #<span style="color: #999999;">—</span> [[User:Eyes|<small>'''Eyes'''</small>]] [[Image:User-Eyes-Sig.png|link=User talk:Eyes]] 18:07, 24 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Butts|Butts]] 16:23, 24 August 2012 (GMT-8) #[[User:Archabaddon|Archabaddon]] 00:00, 25 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Akira-sensei|Akira-sensei]] 10:13, 25 August 2012 (UTC) #<font color="#999999">—</font> [[User:Ripley|'''R<small>Ιͺα΄Κα΄Κ</small>''']]<font color="#306ac9"><sup>[</sup></font><font color="#306ac9">[[User talk:Ripley|<span=help title="Ripley's Talk Page"><b><sup>T</sup></b></span></font>]]<font color="#306ac9"><b><sup>|</sup></b></font><font color="#306ac9">[[Special:Contributions/Ripley|<span=help title="Ripley's Contributions"><b><sup>C</sup></b></span>]]<sup>]</sup></font> [[Image:User Ripley Sig.png|link=User talk:Ripley]] 18:37, 27 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Ani Kai|Ani Kai]] 05:04, 28 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:DWolf2k2|DWolf2k2]] 00:05, 29 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Peregrine Falcon|Peregrine Falcon]] 06:17, 29 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Svpaladin|Svpaladin]] 13:14, 29 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Richardhendricks|Richardhendricks]] 14:50, 31 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Jcskifter|Jcskifter]] 04:35, 1 September 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Rayfire|Rayfire]] 04:52, 2 September 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Ryan Hoots|Ryan Hoots]] 15:58, 5 September 2012 (UTC) *''add your sig on a new line above to support the current skin (<code><nowiki>#~~~~</nowiki></code>)'' | #[[User:Avalon304|Avalon304]] 22:38, 24 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:Sumghai|Sumghai]] 02:39, 25 August 2012 (UTC) #[[User:GalaxalGamer|GalaxalGamer]] 20:49, 3 September 2012 (GMT) *''add your sig on a new line above to support more blending with STOfederation (<code><nowiki>#~~~~</nowiki></code>)'' | #[[User:Cris333|Cris333]] 12:53, 5 September 2012 (UTC) *''add your sig on a new line above to support less blending with STOfederation (<code><nowiki>#~~~~</nowiki></code>)'' | #--[[User:Three of Seven|Three of Seven]] 19:35, 31 August 2012 (UTC) *''add your sig on a new line above to abstain (<code><nowiki>#~~~~</nowiki></code>)'' |} ==Information== This is a proposed default skin change for STOWiki to a heavily modified version of Vector. '''Quick summary:''' Our current skins (STOfederation, STOklingon, STOborg) are fully custom, meaning their code, styles, and images are all unique. The ''code'' being fully custom opens us up to problems during software upgrades we wouldn't otherwise have, and sometimes it creates compatibility issues we can't solve (wikEd, for exmaple, won't work here). So far, [[User:Eyes|I've]] worked with our hosts, Curse, to fix coding incompatibilities with the software upgrades, but the process has often not gone smoothly, leading to long delays. Also, it takes more time to update the skins and setting up ways for the community to help with this are more difficult. (So far, I've been doing the work myself.) This modified Vector skin is proposed as a way to solve these problems. With no code changes to the Vector skin, we only have style and image problems, which we can fix without coordinating with Curse. The wiki already provides the tools we need for the community to test changes, and we admins can easily deploy desirable changes. ===Preview links=== * The new skin is running on sandbox wikis currently. These are links to different types of pages on the sandbox wiki so that you can see how they look. * '''Note:''' a lot of images aren't uploaded to the sandbox wikis (particular faction images). The missing images are not a skin problem. ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Main Main Page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Faction Faction Portal] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Template:Infobox The item infobox documentation page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Mission:_Cutting_the_Cord A mission page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Jorel_Quinn A NPC page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/U.S.S._Enterprise_%28NCC-1701-F%29 A NPC ship page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Escort_%28Federation%29 A ship type page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Deep_Space_9 A station page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Mylasa_System A system page] ** [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Assignment:_Decipher_Strange_Markings_on_Alien_Artifact An assignment page] (currently the sandbox is missing a few templates used by assignment pages) ===Compatibility information=== * Compatibility problems with new versions of MediaWiki fall into two types: ** Coding incompatibilities can be very serious, leading to delays or serious bugs, and can only be fixed with the help of Curse. This make this kind of problem difficult to fix quickly, and it's much more difficult for the larger community to help fix (since it all happens on the backend of the wiki, which we don't have access to). ** Style incompatibilities are, at worst, annoyances. (A common example is white text on a near-white background.) The community can diagnose these problems and then test and deploy fixes without any need of Curse's help. We've typically been able to fix style problems within 24 hours of them being reported. * Our current skins (STOfederation, STOklingon, STOborg) are fully custom skins, very vulnerable to both coding and style incompatibilities when the MediaWiki software is upgraded. ** Currently, the current skins have both coding and style compatibility issues with the next version of MediaWiki (1.19), but I haven't yet investigated how serious these are or how difficult they will be to fix. * The modified Vector skin has minimal vulnerability to coding problems (the supporting extension is not essential, nor has the PHP code for the Vector skin been modified), but style incompatibilities are still a risk. ** All known style compatibility problems with 1.19 have already been fixed. ** That said, my 1.19 sandbox still needs many of its extensions updated, and that could potentially introduce a few more style issues. ===Technical information=== * This is based on the Vector skin packaged with MediaWiki, the software our wiki runs on. ** The modifications are made solely through [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Vector.css CSS styles] and [http://sto.aeongarden.com/wiki/Category:STOWiki_Vector_images images uploaded to the wiki]. *** The first two can be adjusted easily by admins without any assistance required from Curse.
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