User talk:Skynet Defense Network

Welcome Skynet Defense Network

--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 14:16, 12 September 2010 (BST)

Hi!

Hey man, I'd be happy to help you out. But it's easier for me to give you a hand if you give me a specific thing to help you with. For example, do you need help with making a group? Or coding? Or just the rules in general? I'd be happy to help you with any of this and more, as would lots of the members of the wiki. Regards, -- LEMON #1 16:50, 12 September 2010 (BST)

Thanks for responding :) I think the basics are pretty much covered in help, so I won't ask you how to put an image in here, size it, locate it, etc., or how to make templates. I think I can figure that out. Hope. I guess the most advanced topic that I can think of, which may still be covered by help (I'll check), would be like can I set a background image? Can I put together a visual theme using custom images and colors? Skin the wiki, so to speak? Thanks Skynet Defense Network 22:40, 12 September 2010 (BST)

Oooh, that's a tough one. Essentially, when it comes to changing the content outside the regular editing box, we can't change the background of that, or skin the top or sidebars of the wiki :(. As for having 'backgrounds' in the normal page area, there are a couple of pages that do it, but it's pretty hard (I tried once and failed pretty bad). There's an example here of a user called VI who made a background image unclickable by shoving a div overlay ontop of it, is that what you'd like? Also, there was a user who tried this once, which is also possible, but that's all I got atm. -- LEMON #1 09:25, 14 September 2010 (BST)

The first is perfect. I just want to be able to spice it up a bit and that works fine. I can still add text content, right? This is gonna hurt my head really bad too, huh? Skynet Defense Network 14:54, 14 September 2010 (BST)

Yeah, you can add text and everything, but yes, it's a minefield of headache inducing code, or so I remembered when I dared to copy it :( -- LEMON #1 06:25, 15 September 2010 (BST)

Perhaps we should start with something a little less difficult. To start with, I have no sense of style. All I can figure for this is adding some terminator pictures I can snapshot from the films but where, how? any ideas on sprucing things up at all? Skynet Defense Network 18:58, 15 September 2010 (BST)

Hi, I'd be willing to help as well. An easy way to spruce up a group page is with the Group Box. It's the box at the top right of many group pages. A few examples are CORAM, The Big Prick, and Richmond Hills Regulars. To use it, just add following information to your page and update the info in parenthesis.

{{Groupbox|
group_name=(Group Name)|
group_image=(Group Image)|
group_abbrev=(Group Abbreviation)|
group_membership=(Group Numbers)|
group_leaders=(Group Leaders)|
group_goals=(Group Goals)|
group_recruit=(Recruitment info)|
group_contact=(Group Contact Info))}}

If you have some more specific ideas, feel free to ask. ~ 20:01, 15 September 2010 (BST)