Template talk:Community Portal

OMG more community portal bs.xoxo 06:36, 12 July 2010 (BST)

Yes sir. 17:11, 12 July 2010 (BST)

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I think it should be made to look so the top header is just pure green like the bottom of Template:NBox and then the rest with the same border, etc. I would prefer the template look different to the small links templates below it- it doesn't fit as well with the rest of the main page imo. I would try this myself but I fail too much at code I haven't done myself and couldn't actually achieve it so we might need AHLG or aichon or RHO to do it. --

 

 

 

 

04:25, 19 July 2010 (BST)

It's actually not possible to do what you want using tables in the way that we were currently using them (a quirk in the way the wiki software handles borders in tables is to blame), but if we switch it to using div elements for some of it instead, I'm guessing you want it to look like this?

Community Portal

Featured Article Featured Article Guides:First Day in Malton is for people who come to the wiki after (or hopefully on or before) their first day in Malton — or for those who wish they had done so. (more...)

Community Projects Misanthropy is holding a writing contest for anyone to enter. The Mayoral Election is now over. Thank you to all candidates and voters for making this an event to remember. (Victory Speech.) Building Information Center - A major collaborative effort of the Urban Dead community to update Building Danger Levels for use of all UD players. NecroWatch - A community collaboration aimed at collecting NecroNet scan information and making it easily available to everyone.

I like this design better as well (plus, I cleaned up the code a bit). I'd also suggest fixing the way the edit links work and what they link to, that way wikinewbs don't have to sift through as much code to find what they need to edit. —Aichon— 18:21, 19 July 2010 (BST)

Fucking love you man, that's EXACTLY what I meant! I think it should be like this, so it matches the above two bordered obejcts on the main page. --

 

 

 

 

02:18, 20 July 2010 (BST)

Awww man, I just added it, no issues on my computer so hoping I didn't break anything unwittingly, but it looks miles better, thanks heaps Aichon, you don't know how many props you get for doing that. XX --

 

 

 

 

14:51, 20 July 2010 (BST)

Also, lol at my edit summary saying "thumbs up" instead of "fingers crossed" :/ --

 

 

 

 

14:58, 20 July 2010 (BST)

Looks okay on my end, and yeah, I was wondering about that. :P —Aichon— 20:53, 20 July 2010 (BST)

Looks a lot better. I have been shown who is the boss. Not like it wasn't already obvious. ~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | space for lease} 20:58, 20 July 2010 (BST)

Eh, I contribute how I can. I don't have the ambition to try and take on a new project like FA, so I leave that to the folks that can actually come up with the ideas and push things along. I just help clean up some details at the end. ;) —Aichon— 21:44, 20 July 2010 (BST)

This Month in Urban Dead

Vapor suggested this would be a good place to bring this up. As an offbranch of Project Timeline I've been working on a collation of events by month, currently housed at User:Bob Moncrief/ThisMonth. I was wondering if there would be support for adding a "This Month in UD History" portion to the Community Portal table. I'd also like any input people may have on content/format etc. Right now the page has a combination of in-game events, mechanics changes and pre-2005 backstory from the Wiki. Thanks so much! Bob Moncrief 19:36, 24 June 2012 (BST)

Yes. And while we're at it, fix the featured article update procedure. Nobody does it any more so it should be made more automatic. ~ _{20:19, 24 June 2012 (UTC)}

Good idea. I may make a revamp of the good/featured article voting my next project (once I finish going through the last of the history pages to collate into the backstory timelines). Bob Moncrief 20:55, 24 June 2012 (BST)

It would probably be good to revamp voting but I was more referring to the process of updating the articles which appear featured on the main page. Its been a manual process for a long time but it rarely gets updated.
So here is a mock up of how Community Portal might appear with UDThisMonth included.

Community Portal

Featured Article Guides:First Day in Malton is for people who come to the wiki after (or hopefully on or before) their first day in Malton — or for those who wish they had done so. (more...)

Community Projects The Cult of Personality Tour has begun! Why not join in the fun? Kill a survivor today! Listen to the Urban Dead community's first podcast, the RCC Fireside Chat, while you play! The Minor Mission List for survivors has been set up. Current target: N/A.

This month in Urban Dead history: November 2008: Reclaim the Nich November 1st, 2009: Samhain Slaughter 3 at Dowdney Mall November 5th, 2006-2010, 2012 and 2015: The 5th of November takes place in Ridleybank November 10th, 2005: First Siege of Caiger Mall begins. November 10th, 2006: The Third Siege of Caiger Mall ends with the first fall of Caiger Mall. See the other November events from UD history...

Thoughts? ~ _{21:32, 24 June 2012 (UTC)}

I edited the ThisMonth template so "This Month" and the month appear on the same line. Other than that, looks great! Bob Moncrief 21:37, 24 June 2012 (BST)

Good idea. And the Community Portal should go for a redo. Conversion to a useful links page, of sorts, would do better. (I'll get that started soon.) --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 00:31, 25 June 2012 (BST)

We have one of those, too. UDWiki:Community Portal. It could also use an update, though.~ _{07:20, 25 June 2012 (UTC)}