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This is the thread for posting problems or bugs you've noticed at the new wiki. Please list them in the format demonstrated and be patient while waiting for help.

Finally, please strikethrough entries with <s> and </s> when they are resolved. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 16:27, 6 August 2011 (CDT)

General

Walkthroughs

  • Do we continue the walkthrough space, or move those to strategywiki (focus on encyclopedia information) and form a strong partnership.
    Um...I say continue walkthrough space. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 18:36, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    SW has been doing guides for years and have gotten pretty good at them. They have a Chrono Trigger guide already completed (and start of a Chrono Cross guide). -- Prod 18:55, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    I agree that we keep the existing walkthroughs and continue to add new ones. We can add links to all walkthrough pages leading viewers to strategy wiki, as a sort of "second opinion" type thing. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 19:08, 6 August 2011 (CDT)

Page comments

  • Delete all page comments?
    I don't think we need to. I kind of like the idea for users to add comments for particular pages. It add a sense of discussion. Then again I know that's what forums are for. Zeypher 12:58, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    And talk pages, which are actually linked at the top (unlike wikia, which is why I guess they added comments). -- Prod 18:01, 8 August 2011 (CDT)

Help namespace

  • Moving away from Wikia, we'll need to establish how we want to run things around here. I've already started creating multiple help pages, some from scratch, some are copy/past from Wikia and Wikipedia. What should be done about this? --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 03:06, 3 November 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Hotlinking external images

  • Photobucket no longer works for images.
    Do we want to keep hotlinking to external files enabled? This adds additional load to other peoples' sites, which we can easily support here. Without hotlinking, it makes it slightly harder for spambots to put up "unwanted" images, and allows us to categorize and add info about the licenses properly. -- Prod 17:06, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    I think linking to Photobucket is very convenient for things that only have one time use, or for talk bubble pictures. I'm against disabling it; keeping Photobucket and internal images is my vote. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 18:36, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    I second this motion, since I don't feel like relearning anything. :) --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 19:08, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    What do you mean re-learn? One other benefit is that we don't have to worry about other sites moving their images, and then not being able to find a replacement. Also if the images are changed (either the link to a new image, or at the target location) we can't track it. Here we have full version histories. If we're using an image, it's probably important enough to have locally. We don't have to worry about server space, cause we have plenty. The only case that I can kinda understand is user "bubbles", but I don't see an issue with uploading locally. -- Prod 23:17, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Guess I was just confused. Very, very confused. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 04:24, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    Anything I can do to help ease your confusion? :) -- Prod 17:55, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    So, can we leave it disabled and mark as fixed? -- Prod 17:04, 4 October 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] User blogs

  • Keep User blog space, or just drop it and consider deleting existing pages
    I saw, ditch them. We didn't exactly need them at Wikia. When we did enable them, it mostly just for fun. We can use talk pages or sub-user pages to replace what blogs would've done. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 19:08, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Action on this would be to delete all the pages under that heading/all comments. If there are no objections either me or my bot can take care of this later this week. -- Prod 17:58, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    All deleted. -- 99.235.206.37 21:03, 27 September 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Name change required

Whichever name we chose, we need to list out everything we'd need to make sure sync's up to the new name. Please add to the list below. -- Prod 15:21, 12 August 2011 (CDT)

  • Facebook page name
  • Twitter account name
  • YouTube account name
  • Project namespace
  • Chronopedia Category
  • Chronopedia occurrences throughout site
  • Hostname
    • Planning on chronowiki.net unless there are objections. -- Prod 16:50, 20 August 2011 (CDT)
I've already changed the FB page, twitter has been changed as well, YouTube channel is good to go. I love the ChronoWiki.net. Still working on the banner for the Chrono Wiki name. I hope to get it done by this week. Zeypher 14:00, 21 August 2011 (CDT)

Don't forget to change the old wiki's name too. The old is still called both Chronopedia (sometimes) and Chrono Wiki (most often). For example the logo in the MonoBook skin is still Chrono Wiki, and there is a whole namespace called Chrono Wiki. If we don't remove all instances of the name "Chrono Wiki" to refer to the old wiki, people might be confused and Google itself will confuse the two sites. Moguta 04:28, 22 August 2011 (CDT)

Google should eventually figure it out as long as we're a better resource and people link to us more. That's also the namespace name, and would take a server admin to change on their end. Will set my bot to move Chronopedia stuff back to Chrono Wiki, and in the process of getting the hostname. Will let you know when we're ready to move over. -- Prod 16:29, 22 August 2011 (CDT)
Aren't you guys all admins on the wikia? You could change it :) Moguta 12:56, 23 August 2011 (CDT)
Bump. Moguta 05:20, 25 August 2011 (CDT)
Bump. Moguta 04:07, 27 August 2011 (CDT)
What needs to be changed? --—SilverCrono[T/C] 13:19, 27 August 2011 (CDT)

I've moved all the pages back to Chrono Wiki, and fixed all links to the pages. Also moved the Cronopedia category. We should still do a search of the site and get rid of any other mentions of the word Chronopedia. -- Prod 17:31, 22 August 2011 (CDT)

I think I've fixed the obvious ones. The other mentions of Chronopedia seem to be included on the welcome new user template, but I checked, and that's been fixed, so it looks like the server just needs to catch up. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 23:02, 23 August 2011 (CDT)
  • We have the hostname so I'm going to work on getting us running at chronowiki.org this weekend. -- Prod 03:55, 17 September 2011 (CDT)
    Ok, new hostname works: http://www.chronowiki.org/wiki/Chrono_Wiki. Still working on a few glitches, but should be resolved today. Anything else we need to do for this one before calling it fixed? -- Prod 18:07, 19 September 2011 (CDT)
    Nothing I can think of. Twitter and facebook have been updated with the new urls. Awesome work, guys! --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 18:26, 19 September 2011 (CDT)
    Sorry, missed some images, so I had to go back. Anyway *bump* --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 18:43, 19 September 2011 (CDT)

I believe we've got everything for this one. Marking as fixed. -- 99.235.206.37 21:03, 27 September 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] IRC Channel

I've currently got the irc channel pointing to irc://irc.abxy.org/abxy. The #chronopedia channel was empty when I checked, and having a completely separate channel seemed like it wouldn't get as much traffic either. There are generally a few ops taking care of things in there, and at least a few people able to chat. If more chrono people start showing up, it can break off into another channel, but for now at least there's someone to talk to. -- Prod 18:12, 8 August 2011 (CDT)

I like that... its always nice to talk with someone... :) Zeypher 19:33, 8 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Edit counts

  • Editcount doesn't work.
    Do we really need to know edit counts of each user? You can view your own edit counts within your user preferences (suffer from closet editcountitis ^_^), and compare them if you want. -- Prod 17:06, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    I agree. Measuring edits creates more vanity and competition than is necessary. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 17:21, 6 August 2011 (CDT)

Edit count extension will not be re-instated. -- Prod 17:29, 22 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] New name

  • Name selection: Chrono Wiki, Chronopedia, <insert other options here>
    I saw a few mentions of sticking with Chronopedia, and some of using Chrono Wiki. Looking through the site, things appear fairly inconsistent between the uses of the two, so we should pick one and use it everywhere. As the project namespace is Chrono Wiki, I'd be tempted to stick to that (less work for me :)). But also the fact that if people are looking for a general chrono wiki, they'll type in "chrono wiki" first. Only people who know about the site would search for chronopedia, and as we're a fork, almost noone is going to know about us, and wikia already has really good ranking on that. -- Prod 21:02, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    While I'm partial to Chronopedia, your logic persuades me to vote for Chrono Wiki. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 23:09, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Pretty much what Deyvid said, I guess... --—SilverCrono[T/C] 00:34, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    Yeah I don't see why we can use both. Chrono Wiki to get viewership while Chronopedia being more so the parent page. Zeypher 08:11, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    Why is everything getting moved to Chronopedia when the majority of agreement is on Chrono Wiki? Also, namespaces are done at the backend (i.e. server access). Just moving pages around won't do anything. I'd also say consistency is important. Having a consistent name means everyone will link to us with the same shortcuts/naming, which helps centralize things on key words (ie better rankings). As an aside, I was considering moving the main page to "Main Page". It seems to me that putting the main page at the name of the site is a very wikia thing to do (even khwiki switched it to Main Page). -- Prod 12:11, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    I was wondering that too...Personally, I'm attached to Chronopedia, but I understand that calling it Chrono Wiki would be better, so let's go with that. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 10:43, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    Not sure how much better this name is but what about Chronopedia Wiki. Long... yes I admit it. But we still have the wiki in there for search engine purposes, Chrono in there as well, but we can keep Chronopedia. Any takers? Zeypher 12:56, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    Olos...gonna have to say no to that, Zey. Chrono Wiki it is, for me. But somebody needs to move everything back to Chrono Wiki...like, everything. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 14:22, 12 August 2011 (CDT)
    My bot can probably help with that. Lets not worry about any major moves until we get consensus. -- Prod 15:21, 12 August 2011 (CDT)
    It looks to me like we have a consensus for Chrono Wiki... pretty much two out of three active editors say that's the way to go. Can we get a move on? We can't have this temp name and URL forever. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 11:55, 20 August 2011 (CDT)
  • "Chrono Wiki" with a space is the final name decision. -- Prod 16:50, 20 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Sysop policies

  • Decide on sysop/bureaucrat policy. Simply reinstate same permissions as wikia? (specifically Deyvid Petteys and Zeypher)
    Decide what? Why must this change? --—SilverCrono[T/C] 18:36, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Do we just re-grant the same people the same ranks, or do we have re-nominations (or whatever the process is). -- Prod 18:55, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    We haven't really gained any new editors except the brilliant and awesome Boligao, so there wouldn't be much of a change in vote anyway. Plus, I don't think we're planning on changing the criteria for adminship. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 04:24, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    Have we decided on this yet? Zeypher 19:35, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
  • Gave Deyvid and Zeypher sysop permissions. -- Prod 01:29, 31 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Social networking

  • Re-purpose Chrono Wiki Facebook page from Wikia, or start a new one.
    I'll redirect the facebook page into this wikia. I'll make a message of it to the 98+ fans on there as well. Zeypher 18:49, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    What is this wikia you speak of? -- Prod 23:18, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Haha! Yeah I guess this is not the wikia we once knew... what is it now? GameWiki? Whatever it is, I've just added links up in the main page linking up to the Facebook page and YouTube channel. Radical D and myself have a conversation to include a twitter account as well. So just we can advertise even more through other social networks. Zeypher 08:07, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    Gamewiki is temporary until a proper name is decided upon. -- Prod 12:41, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    Well Chronopedia is now on twitter as Chronopedia as well as FB. I'll try to talk with CommanderCobalt if he can create a new YouTube if possible under Chronopedia as well (as its currently under TheChronoWiki). Zeypher 12:09, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    I'd say this one depends on #New name. We should probably catalog everything that would need to be changed in case of a name change (one way or the other). -- Prod 17:57, 8 August 2011 (CDT)

These have been renamed to Chrono Wiki by others. Can you guys give me admin access to the twitter/facebook accounts? -- Prod 18:10, 22 August 2011 (CDT)

Whats ur username and I'll add you onto facebook. Zeypher 23:30, 22 August 2011 (CDT)
For the YouTube channel access, CommanderCobalt said you can contact him via YouTube so he can private message you the information, Prod. The same goes for Facebook. Just message me on FB with your email address and I can gain you access to that as well. I'm sure the same applies to our Twitter account right, Radical D? Zeypher 13:39, 28 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Group definitions

  • Reconfigure all permissions for various groups.
    Group definitions copied from strategywiki, but should be reasonably appropriate here as well. Re-open if there are any issues. -- Prod 01:28, 31 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Favicon

  • Use same favicon from wikia, or a new one?
    I'm not sure what you mean about favicon? Zeypher 08:11, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    The favicon is the little icon that shows in bookmarks, or in the address bar beside the address. -- Prod 12:22, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    I say we should have something with Crono in it at the very least or the clock that is visible in our logo (main page). Zeypher 12:11, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    Can't we just keep the tiny Crono head? I like the idea of the clock as well, and will also propose a tiny Time Egg. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 12:16, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    Whatever you guys want, just need consensus :). -- Prod 18:01, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    I like the idea of a clock. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 14:20, 12 August 2011 (CDT)
  • I've uploaded the favicon. -- Prod 01:09, 31 August 2011 (CDT)
    Looks great! --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 00:11, 1 September 2011 (CDT)
    It does look awesome! Anything I can do to make a difference... :D Zeypher 12:51, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

Userspace

[FIXED] Cannot Create Accounts

First of all, on the log in page, there isn't even a link to the create an account page. Once manually editing the link (http://chrono.gamewiki.com/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Special:RecentChanges ), it says only Administrators can make accounts. This...doesnt even make sense. What's going on here, Prod? --—SilverCrono[T/C] 20:59, 13 September 2011 (CDT)

Wanted to get us on the proper hostname before opening it up. Now that we're ta the proper location, I've opened up registrations, and allowed anonymous editing. -- Prod 18:07, 19 September 2011 (CDT)
Yay! Some Color Mage 18:36, 19 September 2011 (CDT)

You guys want to leave anon editing open, or just registered users? -- Prod 19:58, 19 September 2011 (CDT)

While my opinion probably isn't worth much, I say leave it open. I think that not letting anons edit makes the wiki seem less, er, how to best describe this, inviting? Some Color Mage 06:09, 20 September 2011 (CDT)
...Although, after seeing the sum of anon contributions so far, we may want some anti-spam features in place before leaving it open to all. Some Color Mage 07:13, 21 September 2011 (CDT)
We have Spam Blacklist and Title Blacklist installed (check Special:Version for details). Spam Bots have actually been getting better recently, and getting through a fair bit of anti-spam extensions (even recaptcha is broken nowadays and wikia/wikipedia are both getting hit as well). -- Prod 08:04, 21 September 2011 (CDT)
Is it possible to just completely disable adding external links for anons/not autoconfirmed users? Some Color Mage 17:19, 21 September 2011 (CDT)
I like the idea of blocking anons from posting external links. Also, I saw some edits from an anon recently. Was this legit vandalism or a test edit? Just wanna know, so I can take proper precautions. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 23:55, 21 September 2011 (CDT)
Only anon edits I've seen so far have been spam, although I don't exactly know which edit(s) you're referring to. Some Color Mage 01:31, 22 September 2011 (CDT)
This one? Pretty sure it's the only one, besides the deleted talk page. Edit: the image for anon talkpages isn't displaying. Probably because it's a wikia-hosted image. Don't know how to edit that, though. It's at the bottom of the page. Also, would it be at all possible to set up one of those auto-greet messages like we had on wikia? Linking to the guidelines, MoS, and information on why creating an account is important? That would be awesome. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 07:13, 22 September 2011 (CDT)
Definitely spam. And you can change that image through MediaWiki:Anontalkpagetext. Actually, you sysops may want to look through all of this for other broken images like that. As for the auto-greeter, that's a bot, IIRC, so we should be able to find something. Some Color Mage 07:20, 22 September 2011 (CDT)
He didn't last long. At any rate, I went through the list and added image placeholders to appropriate pages. For some, I had to create buttons. Looks like everything is clear now. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 12:23, 22 September 2011 (CDT)
If we fall under an anon attack, we have ToggleAnonRights installed so sysops can stop it. -- Prod 12:31, 22 September 2011 (CDT)
Oooh. Shiny button! Glad to know we have this defense. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 14:19, 22 September 2011 (CDT)

Coding

No more tabs

They're supposed to be here, but they're not... check the MoS, at the bottom enemy templates, to see how they look un-tab'd. The same page shows how it should look if you look on the old wiki. Fix plz? --—SilverCrono[T/C] 17:27, 4 October 2011 (CDT)

I believe there's a way to do this without using another php based extension, just using some js code and templates. I know Metroid Wiki uses it and I'll see if I can get it set up here for a test. We can then make a decision on which one is easier/better to use. -- Prod 13:36, 5 October 2011 (CDT)
Is it just me or does this appear to be working now (albeit the style looks a bit off)? -- Prod 20:21, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

<poll> doesn't work

Do we need polls? -- Prod 23:29, 7 August 2011 (CDT)

I'm partial to polls, it add an extra thing for people to do in the wiki. Zeypher 12:14, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
Took out poll from main page for now until it gets fix or decided to eliminate altogether. I vote for polls to stay.Zeypher 12:37, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
I like the idea of polls if someone is willing to update them, say monthly or biweekly. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 12:51, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
We don't necessary need to update it that often. But I understand we do need someone to moderate it. Zeypher 13:02, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
I'll do it. I'm here enough with plenty of time to spare. CommanderCobalt 22:21, 27 September 2011 (CDT)
Sweet! Now all we need is a template that can be featured in the main page. Zeypher 12:18, 3 October 2011 (CDT)
I'd rather not include polls directly within the mediawiki infrastructure, since it isn't directly "wiki like" and does modify the database away from the default. I'd prefer embedding some kind of external sites polls for people to use. Of course, I'm not sure if that exists in a usable form... so if we can't find any good alternatives, we can use one of the extensions. -- Prod 13:40, 5 October 2011 (CDT)

<createbox> doesn't work

This code is used on Crimson Echoes:About for new page creations set in the proper Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes format. Not essential, but helpful. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 22:52, 23 August 2011 (CDT)

Bumping this issue. This is involved in the forums as well. It would also be helpful to have a "create article here" type of box on the main page. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 03:06, 3 November 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED]<forum> doesn't work

As shown in the forum index Zeypher 12:38, 8 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] <choose> and <option> no longer work

Where is this used?

The random quote generator uses these codes. It appears on the main page and in Silver's talk bubble. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 10:39, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
It looks like there are 3 different "randomization" extensions, one on each wiki we're running. I'm going to have to look through them and see if we can pick one of them that everyone uses (easier for me to maintain). Will have to get back to you guys on this one. -- Prod 17:55, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
Fixed. See Template:Random Quote. May need a cache purge on other pages to make it work though. -- Prod 19:38, 28 September 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] <imagemap> doesn't work

Should be fixed, please verify. -- Prod 12:26, 7 August 2011 (CDT)

Works perfectly now! Awesome! --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 16:42, 7 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] Main page column codes don't work

Pretty sure this was specific to wikia. StrategyWiki has some column templates that can be used (check Template:Col), or if only for the main page, then it can just be hardcoded. -- Prod 17:06, 6 August 2011 (CDT)

Added {{Col}} and fix main page. Now you can add columns wherever you may need it. Zeypher 12:35, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
Can we consider this one closed? -- Prod 18:02, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
It is closed! :D Zeypher 19:31, 8 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED] <poem> doesn't work

What does this tag do? Do we need it? -- Prod 23:29, 7 August 2011 (CDT)

It adds heavy indents to paragraphs of texts and ignores word wrap without adding <br/> for each line. It was only used on two pages, so it's not imperative. Right now, the pages are using the preview code instead. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 10:39, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
For such limited usage, I'm going to suggest just sticking to regular wiki markup. See here for an example. -- Prod 22:16, 28 August 2011 (CDT)
Gotcha, bro. I fixed Poet. Can we consider this fixed? :) --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 23:16, 29 August 2011 (CDT)

[FIXED]<youtube> doesn't work

Not sure what we're doing about the Music on the wiki, but the current <youtube> code isn't functioning. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 12:27, 28 September 2011 (CDT)

Switched to EmbedVideo which supports a much larger set of video sites. Ignore the large warning at the top as I got the properly patched version. I would suggest either copying StrategyWiki:Template:YouTube, or just use it directly. Good enough? -- Prod 19:10, 28 September 2011 (CDT)
Works perfectly! Awesome job. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 21:30, 28 September 2011 (CDT)

Images

[FIXED] Descriptions

  • No images moved have categories or summaries attached.
    Artifact of the move, since there is no clean way to transwiki images. The bot's edits should all be at the top though, it's just a matter of rolling back its edits. We need to figure out a controlled way of doing this so we don't miss any. -- Prod 17:22, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    We could start with the site images (logos,etc.), then move through each name space. Starting with the Chrono Trigger Category, and the first item in that category, then move to the subcategories. Once that's done, move to the next namespace and repeat the process until we've fixed them all. As of right now though, I can't rollback, but I'll help out anyway that I can. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 17:31, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Categories are missing though. I was thinking more of a "This user takes A-C, this user takes D-F, etc." -- Prod 18:55, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Right, I'm not talking about Image Categories. I'm talking about regular article categories. From those cats, we'll enter the articles and check the images article by article, instead of image by image. We can also do it alphabetically, if that makes more sense. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 03:05, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
    Well, I'm ready to get moving on this soon. I'll take A-C, plus the symbol/numbers. Eventually, we'll need to rename those. We have a template for that sort of thing. I'm pretty sure it's {{Rename}} --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 12:12, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    This one depends on #Sysop policies and #Group definitions, so I can give whoever is involved the necessary permissions. We can perhaps pick a time, get together on IRC, and finish these all off together (hopefully shouldn't take too long). -- Prod 18:06, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
    Sounds like a great idea. At such a conference, we can discuss favicon and wiki name as well. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 19:50, 8 August 2011 (CDT)
  • Just reviving the issue. Now that we have rollback rights, let's get cracking on the image categorization. I'll take #-F when you guys are ready. Who's with me? :)--— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 14:25, 3 September 2011 (CDT)
    I can help out, but at the moment I'm a bit swamp with school. Zeypher 00:09, 4 September 2011 (CDT)
    How about we put the alphabet, and whoever has time takes care of a letter. When done, cross it out. -- Prod 01:08, 6 September 2011 (CDT)
    Good thinking Prod! Zeypher 23:23, 6 September 2011 (CDT)
    We need to make sure we restore the license information as well. You should be able to go through the history, and pick the last edit before "Auto Prod Bot" and just revert to that one. Perhaps adding categorization since it seems many are missing that. -- Prod 02:19, 7 September 2011 (CDT)
    I've been taking care of most of this. Occasionally, you'll run into images that were edited after they were transferred to the wiki, so you'll have to do those manually. At any rate, most images have the correct cats and tags, but it never hurts to double check. So far, I've completed 0-Q. That leaves R-Z. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 13:05, 3 October 2011 (CDT)
    Finished R and S. Only 240 images left to categorize. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 21:51, 16 October 2011 (CDT)
    Done. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 20:30, 20 October 2011 (CDT)

Tracking

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[FIXED] Photobucket links

  • All images have weird photobucket links next to them.
    Do you have an example? I can't seem to find one. -- Prod 17:39, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Every page with a gallery on it. Lucca for example. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 21:13, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Looks to be something with the gallery template itself. What exactly is the point of that template, as the galleries look like regular galleries? Perhaps we can just switch back to normal galleries? (Also a perfect example of why hotlinking can be bad, it's used all over the place, and if anything happened to that image, it would mess up our site). -- Prod 22:24, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    I thought that too, but couldn't fix it. Perhaps you're right. When I started editing at Chrono Wiki, this template was preferred. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 22:59, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Wikia made galleries ugly, the template made them pretty again, long story short. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 23:00, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Should we switch to the alternative or fix the Gallery Template? Which ever is decided upon, I'll start implementing. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 23:07, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    I don't know how to fix the Gallery template (;~;), so switch back, I guess. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 23:08, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    What's the code again? Do we have a how-to page on it? I've never used the traditional gallery before. Edit: Never mind. I found it. Edit: Already fixed a few. Does it look better? The geometric borders are slightly obnoxious, but at least the links are gone xD. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 23:52, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Image space will probably have to be audited in general. The file import section of the script wasn't as clean as the page history section (had to manually re-upload them). -- Prod 22:24, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    I agree. What appears to have happened was, on the Wikia wiki, these images were uploaded without MIME extension (however that happens, I'm clueless), but if you check, they don't have them on this wiki or the previous one. I can just transfer them from the old wiki to here. That's what I did with File:Mel.jpg. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 22:59, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Yea, we have mime-type checking, so it makes sure things are uploaded with the right extension. If they weren't it would throw an error and my bot just ignored it. -- Prod 00:08, 7 August 2011 (CDT)

Designs

Here are some logos that I've been working on that consists the name of Chrono Wiki within it as well as a clear image of only the clock if we decide to use that for the favicon,

Chrono Wiki-1.png Chrono Wiki-2.jpg

I am still working on potential banners. I will most likely include the clock with Chrono Wiki. Should I keep Crono and Serge or should I feature something else? Zeypher 02:57, 15 August 2011 (CDT)

I like the clock, but favicons are small; writing in them doesn't work out too well. Also, if you can get it in the same style as the wiki logo (File:Wiki.png), that would be amazing. Maybe just the big "C" with the clock hands, that would look good and distinguishable. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 20:37, 15 August 2011 (CDT)
Yeah we can always change the sizing if need be. That isn't a problem and I'll try to implement the Chrono "C". I just started class again, so I will try to make it when I get some more free time... Zeypher 12:02, 16 August 2011 (CDT)
Alright, here is what I've got:

Chrono Wiki Banner.png
Chrono Wiki logo.png

Let me know what you think. Zeypher 15:54, 21 August 2011 (CDT)

I like the banner, but when I said the big C with the clock in the background, I meant...just the big "C". Not the "hrono Wiki" attatched to it.... trust me, unless the writing is most/all of the favicon, it'll be really hard to see it. Just the "C" in the Chrono will work fine; enlarge it to encompass most of the image or put the clock in the background, and that should do it. Great job so far, though, all your stuff looks awesome. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 17:16, 24 August 2011 (CDT)

Alright here are two possible favicon:
Favicon-1.png
Favicon-2.png

The favicon would need to be 16x16px that we end up using. Perhaps shrinking them to the appropriate size will help show what they're actually going to look like? -- Prod 12:56, 25 August 2011 (CDT)
I realized that, but resizing is not an issue. I was showing both possible ideas to see which one we want to use. Zeypher 13:53, 25 August 2011 (CDT)
The top one is better. Is there anyway you could alter the colors more so as to make the design more vivid and noticeable? For instance, some red pixels dotted here and there? --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 19:34, 25 August 2011 (CDT)
I'm just concerned that a lot of the details will be lost when shrinking it down, making them look significantly different. -- Prod 01:08, 26 August 2011 (CDT)
Yes! The first one is exactly what I was talking about. I think its perfect. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 14:21, 26 August 2011 (CDT)
Alright here is the 16 x 16. By popular demand, here is the Chrono "C". [: Favicon.png

Zeypher 19:13, 26 August 2011 (CDT)

It has to be at "Favicon.ico" to work. To get it to an .ico extension, get the original image and search Google for "favicon creator". You should be able to find one that converts the original sized image into an .ico the correct size; then just save it and overwrite File:Favicon.ico with it. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 20:13, 26 August 2011 (CDT)
I've use the converter online, but I can't upload into this wiki because ".ico" is not a valid extension. Zeypher 21:30, 26 August 2011 (CDT)

Favicon's need to be uploaded to the server backend. If you can host the file somewhere (or find me on IRC sometime, not sure if you can send files through mibbit though) I can upload it. -- 01:42, 27 August 2011 (CDT)

Should we consider this closed now and decided? I've already changed the maintop template to include the new banner. Zeypher 00:10, 4 September 2011 (CDT)

Skins

Fixed width or variable width

Fixed width makes layout much easier/more consistent. For example, check this page. On smaller screen sizes, the two infoboxes appear one above the other, but on larger ones, they lower one will still shift to the left. -- Prod 01:52, 30 September 2011 (CDT)

While this won't apply to everything, couldn't that problem be solved with a a clear template or br tag? Some Color Mage 02:57, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
Yes, but then someone with a widescreen has to check every page. And for people who design their page on a wide screen, things may get way too crowded on a smaller screen. It's possible that with pages only about chrono, we may not have too many issues. So it's up to you guys if you want to go fixed width or not. -- Prod 06:46, 30 September 2011 (CDT)
Could we possibly fix the width to be approximately the same as the conventional computer screen? That way, most people will see the same thing, and those who use widescreen will be able to view the content, as it was intended to be viewed, with an extra chunk of margin on either side. Just a thought. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 22:03, 1 October 2011 (CDT)
Eh, it's fine if we go with fixed width, I just think that it looks awkward when not viewing with the optimal resolution. Some Color Mage 22:20, 1 October 2011 (CDT)
Would it somehow be possible to allow users to manually set what resolution they view the wiki in? It would be cool to have a toggle switch or something in the user preferences. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 00:17, 2 October 2011 (CDT)
Well, I don't know if you can make a toggle switch, but we can make some CSS templates that people can use if they want. Some Color Mage 00:21, 2 October 2011 (CDT)
The width would be set at 1000px (there's still a significant number of people at that 1024px width). Having a toggle would defeat the purpose of building the content to look a certain way, but it's fairly easy for a user to configure if they want. Having a 1920px wide screen does add a lot of extra space on the sides though, but at least the content looks nice. -- Prod 15:29, 2 October 2011 (CDT)

Supported skins

  • Decide if we need a completely new custom skin, or modify an existing skin.
    Well, Monobook is already completely customized, and I believe Dolphin can be customized to look like old Chrono Wiki's Oasis, so I'm all for modifying existing skins. We don't need to get any more, we have plenty already. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 18:36, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
  • Pick a few "supported" skins (with one main default skin) and disable the rest.
    I don't think this is necessary; deleting optional skins seems a lot like Wikia in that we are disabling choice and user preferences. I definitely don't think we need useless, barebones skins like Chick, Simple, or MySkin, but deleting things like Modern or Dolphin sounds a bit harsh. --—SilverCrono[T/C] 18:36, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Making the site look nice on multiple different skins is tough. Especially keeping the css/js up to date. For example, with Metroid Wiki, since everything is purple, the site looks terrible in any non-power skin. With StrategyWiki, things are being built for a fixed width skin, so having things flowing around on really wide screens often looks terrible. I'm all for choice, but if the site is going to look terrible, and noone wants to fix it, I don't think it's worth it. -- Prod 18:55, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
  • Pick the default skin.

BlueCloud

  • In BlueCloud, the Toolbox has links with "<" and ">" appearing, making reading impossible.
    After StrategyWiki switched to Dolphin, BlueCloud was no longer actively maintained. The php code for that one is actually pretty hacky, which is why we were happy to switch away from it. And then with 1.17, mediawiki changed the way some things are handled and we just never had the time/motivation to fix it. -- Prod 01:13, 7 August 2011 (CDT)
  • In BlueCloud, a link for uploading images is not easily accessible.
  • Absolutely no BlueCloud customization works.
    This is a weird one; I've implemented the same changes to User:SilverCrono/bluecloud.css both here and StrategyWiki, and the changes only happened at SW, before and after clearing my cache. Prod, you have any idea why this is happening? --—SilverCrono[T/C] 20:02, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    There's a lot of differences in the loaded js/css between the sites, it could be a function missing or something. -- Prod 20:50, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
  • In BlueCloud, enlarge the font. People who wear glasses and have terrible vision, find it incredibly difficult to read.
    This can be dealt with by people changing the font on their browser. -- Prod 12:31, 7 August 2011 (CDT)

Power

  • In Power, navigation templates display awkward white backgrounds, when they should be transparent. (Could be fixed by rewritting templates).
    I would suggest avoiding Power, as it's based on Monobook, and I don't think purple is really a chrono colour :). -- Prod 17:36, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    But it's my favorite Dx. Edit: Now using BlueCloud, since it's pretty popular and looks nice. Another bug with Power are the buttons. Publish, preview, and save are oblong and misshapen. --— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 17:40, 6 August 2011 (CDT)

Menu on the left

On the menu on the left of the wiki, the "Recent changes" link appears twice. Moguta 12:59, 23 August 2011 (CDT)

Comments

  • I did a re-sync just before we made the announcement about this site being "ready". I'm hoping that was the last one required unless there is some very important reason why we need another. However, this didn't include the image space, so any new images in the last week will need to be done manually. -- Prod 17:38, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Cool! Because I planned to manually transfer over those edits anyway. You just saved me an hour! :)--— Radical D (bother \ stalk) 17:40, 6 August 2011 (CDT)
    Got pretty much everything before - this. -- Prod 17:44, 6 August 2011 (CDT)

Discussion meeting

We need to get everyone together on IRC to do some of the maintenance tasks and discuss some of the outstanding issues. How about this Saturday afternoon? -- Prod 01:31, 31 August 2011 (CDT)

I'll be traveling that day... I'm actually on leave until 9th Sept. But if I can I will try to stop by. And by Saturday you mean the 3rd. Just to clarify. :D Zeypher 12:54, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

Updates

I've enabled some additional caching. Should make it a bit faster for non-logged-in users. Also fixed the search suggestions (the search box tries to auto complete what you type in) and enabled user js/css (check from your prefs pages). -- Prod 07:01, 3 November 2011 (CDT)