User talk:Victor-195

Hi, welcome to Command & Conquer Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the RA3:Main Page page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- AthCom (Talk) 07:10, 16 April 2009

RA3 Faction Avatars
Those were just the avatars given out by EA (at some time.. I don't know why they distributed them anymore), but sorry, I don't have them any larger than that. AthCom 08:54, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Contents Box.
Can you give me an example of what you're looking for? ;) AthCom 10:02, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, well. On my talk page, it just appeared. I'm not that much of a computer professor; I'm more of a layperson in that area of expertise. Perhaps you could ask Mikael the how and what. ;p AthCom 09:37, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Categorization
Yes, to add an image to a category you can add the  in the description. Also be sure to check out the revamped article writing guidelines in the help section.

It's ok to leave a message on my CnC wiki talk page. I'll get a notice that a message has been left no matter which wiki I sign in on.

Cheers and thanks for taking an interest! - Meco (talk) 07:18, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Image clarification
Ah, when categorizing you need to add the categorization code, which looks like (see Help:Category). Categorizing pages and files works the same way.

If you look in Category:Soviet images you can see the format. Note the capitalization.

You're getting the hang of naming files, but you've gone a bit overboard. For example: BadgerBomber_RA3PremiereEditionBonusDisk_Cncpt1.jpg should just be BadgerBomber_RA3_Cncpt1.jpg. We add the Premiere Edition Bonus Disk part in the image description.

Keep up the good work. Cheers! - Meco (talk) 03:31, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

CharBox
My first objective is to remove the char infobox duplication and replace them with a template with a easier to use, shortened name. (I hope to do rename every template like this: Box.) The look-and-feel is not final, it was something to get started with.

For the CharBox, I'd like the final to be a fusion Template:Unit and some of the "behind-the-scenes" features integrated into CharBox, like selectable colours and complete data optionality. This is something I have not had time to return to.

Once we are comfortable with CharBox' look and feel we will be using it for all infoboxes to ensure uniformity. So don't get too comfortable with anything else just yet. :)

Please leave CnC related messages on my CnC talk page, not my Wiki talk page. Thanks! - Meco (talk) 02:56, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

That's the idea! I've fiddled around with CharBox but the changes haven't made their way to the rest of the wiki yet (servers are still updating.) If you want to see how it looks now use the "preview" function in the editing screen. Feel free to fiddle around with it if there's more that needs to be done. - Meco (talk) 04:57, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: Congrats
Thanks. (: AthCom 21:34, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


 * It's a nice job. Want to be a sysop? I guess you've earned it. The others are: Tkangaru, Meco and Saffy Nurbs. I'm guessing that with 4 sysops, this place is going to run more smoothly. 4 Will also be the max. AthCom 08:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Information boxes
Hi! I've spend the last bit upgrading the SC wiki infoboxes to see how the upgraded look works out. Currently only CharBox and UnitBox are upgraded on the CnC wiki. If there are no complaints about the look-and-feel, I think we're ready to start porting the relevant ones over. A few of the objectives is to have a unified look-and-feel, and to have all side infoboxes be named " Box".

To that end, I think the CnC wiki is ready to receive FactionBox, BattleBox, and WarBox.

The conversions aren't simply copying and pasting. Some variables and their display code aren't needed here on the CnC wiki and must be removed. Conversely there may be some things that need adding. Also, the way the background colour is selected may need to be modified. CharBox and UnitBox on the CnC wiki already show how to do this.

Naturally there will then come the grunt work to convert uses of the old templates to the new templates, but since almost all articles are in need of complete overhaul, this can be merged into a general improvement effort.

Think you can take a shot at this? Cheers! - Meco (talk) 10:43, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Tanya
The Tanya (RA Universe) article speaks for itself. It's the line of the character Tanya in RA1, RA2, etc.

The other one.. is the Tanya in Red Alert 1. Just that one. Tiberium universe. RA1 ís the prequel *sort of* to Tiberian Dawn. That's why there are no references of RA2 in that article. AthCom 08:52, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey
Up for a red alert 3 match someday? Maybe with the Shock Terapy mod. Let me know! CKeen

No problem. I always try to do my best :D CKeen

RA3 Timeline
The dates were from this article. --Tkangaru 09:04, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

RA2 moving etc.
About the latter.. I seriously do not know. About the former.. I don't know either. When I came here, it used to be "RA2:Conscript" for example. I don't know what the guidelines are today.. Perhaps you should seek out Meco, he's waaay better in page building than I am. Perhaps you should ask both questions there. Sorry. AthCom 09:08, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Test Page
I've moved it into your own namespace (User:Victor-195/Test). That's usually how such things are done. Don't forget to delete it when you're done. :) - Meco (talk) 00:39, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure, looks nice. (Though I don't see the difference with the Command & Conquer Wiki.) AthCom 09:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * No, I haven't.. But that's because I'm real shitty with that sort of thing. AthCom 10:34, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure. AthCom 16:07, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Use the Forum
You may want to start a forum discussion for wiki-spanning changes. Moving the poll there might be better, especially given how the poll box is too wide to fit in the columns.

If you're thinking about using wide images, note that the wiki's main page is designed to operate at a minimum width of 1024 px, and a good chunk of web denizens are still using 1024 px width. If your image forces a horizontal scrollbar, you'd better think twice. - Meco (talk) 07:55, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

CnC Skin Suggestions
Please leave your suggestions below. :D I'll be sure to take them into consideration. ;)

maybe we could make it so that it looks like a green tiberium crystal. dark, shiny green or somehow have a diffrent 'theme' colour/skin for each side. (Soviets get a red theme colour with some steel or something, Empire has a sunburst, Nod is red as well but darker, Scrin are dark and purpleish) not sure if that makes sense but that's my idea.--Yellow 13 16:17, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Yellow 13. Pages about the soviet union should have a red theme and perhaps a communist background, while pages about the GLA should have a red theme with a GLA background (I'm sure there is one somewhere). Like, all pages concerning soviet units will have that background and the red theme. It is going to be quite long to do but I can assure you it's going to look great. CKeen

General suggestion for discussion: this is what the forums are for. And whatever ends up having, remember that usability is the #1 priority. Background that make the text difficult to read, whether that be the content or text links, are an absolute no-no. - Meco (talk) 08:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

IRC
Victor, if you're not to busy, would now be a good time to show you an IRC channel? --EightyOne (talk) 00:15, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Go to the Wiki IRC node, put in your username and select "#gearspedia" from the drop down list. --EightyOne (talk) 00:18, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Custom skin
Hi Victor. I do specialize in designing custom skins for wikis. I'd be glad to help implement a new skin for the C&C Wiki. Let me know what you have in mind and/or what you need help with. JoePlay (talk) 18:36, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Without knowing exactly what you mean, MediaWiki:Monaco.css affects all "normal articles", specfically the following code:

background: border: color: }
 * 1) wiki_page {
 * If you could be more specific, I'm sure I could give you a better answer, heh. JoePlay (talk) 21:59, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * "What I mean is if you change the colors of the widgets and such is there a code that you could use so that the items on the page are those colors too?"
 * I'm sure there is, but I'll need to know what items you're talking about in order to give you the code.


 * "And is there a way to change the colors only on the Wiki Header?"
 * Of course... the code for that is


 * 1) wiki_header {
 * JoePlay (talk) 16:46, 23 June 2009 (UTC)


 * You can make a box using background color and/or border, like this: http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1466/userdatabox.jpg
 * Is that what you mean? JoePlay (talk) 01:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Here's the code for it and the parameters I used:

background: border: padding: }
 * 1) userData {
 * The code for the part that says "Create a new wiki" is:


 * 1) request_wiki {
 * JoePlay (talk) 01:59, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

RE: Sitenotice
You need to change the number in MediaWiki:Sitenotice id (just add one to it). If it doesn't exist just create it with "1". This resets it so that people who dismissed the previous sitenotice will see the new one. --EightyOne (talk) 18:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not quite. Just click on the redlink above, and enter "1" in the editing window. This the number that needs to be changed when you update the sitenotice. To check it works, dismiss the current sitenotice before you change the number. It should reappear after the number is changed. --EightyOne (talk) 18:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Inactive Sysops
They will not be removed. Period. http://images2.wiki.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/5/5c/Scribe.jpg/15px-Scribe.jpg Tagaziel (call!) 15:15, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

CSS cheat sheet
My "cheat sheet" is a free Firefox add-on called Firebug. It is a very powerful and useful tool. Not only can you see all the code used on any section of any page, you can even edit the code in the program's interface and see the changes happen live on the screen as a sort of preview. JoePlay (talk) 17:51, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * When using it just to help with skin customization (CSS), which is what I use it for, it's fairly easy to understand after you play with it for a few minutes. Once it's installed, you'll see a little bug icon in the bottom right corner of your browser window. Click the icon to bring up the Firebug interface. Then click on Inspect in the upper left corner of the interface and move your mouse around the screen. You'll see a blue outline appear over different sections of the page as you hover over them, as well as the code for those sections appearing on the right side of the interface. When you've highlighted the section of the page you want to inspect and/or edit, click the left mouse button. This will "lock on" to that section so that you can view and edit the code related to it in the interface. I highly recommend it if you want to learn more about customizing the C&C Wiki skin. Let me know if have any more questions or if there's anything else I can help with. JoePlay (talk) 22:26, 24 June 2009 (UTC)


 * How I use it for customizing Monaco.css is exactly what I described in my previous message. Since Firebug lets you edit the code in the interface and shows you what your edits look like in real time, you can tinker with it until it looks like you want. Then just copy/paste the code into Monaco.css. Another method I use is creating what I call a personal monaco.css file. To do this, I create User:JoePlay/monaco.css (do not capitalize the 'm' in monaco) - of course in your case, it would be User:Victor-195/monaco.css. What this does is allow you to make changes to the skin that only you will see. In fact, when using this method, you don't even have to save the page to see the changes. You can just click the Preview button and, as long as your code is correct, it will show you the effect of the edits you just entered. Then after you've finished designing the custom skin, you can simply copy/paste the code to MediaWiki:Monaco.css (don't forget to have the wiki's default skin set to custom). JoePlay (talk) 17:04, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mention that if you haven't already checked it out, this page at Wiki Help (and the pages linked to from that page) has some good tips and info as well. JoePlay (talk) 17:08, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, you can open Firebug when you're viewing any page to Inspect and view/edit the code for any section on the page. No, there can only be one custom skin. JoePlay (talk) 01:25, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Absolutely. You can create your own personal skin using User:Victor-195/monaco.css and it will only be seen by you. If fact, you can do this on all wikis that you contribute to. When I said there can only be one custom skin, I meant the skin that everyone sees. The reason for that is because when the wiki's default skin is changed to "custom," it only uses the settings found on MediaWiki:Monaco.css. In other words, there is only one "custom" option when changing the default skin. JoePlay (talk) 17:16, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Yep, you can do that to. If you want to use your own logo, you'll need the direct URL of the image. For example, the current logo can be found at File:Wiki.png, but the direct URL to the image is http://images1.wiki.nocookie.net/cnc/images/b/bc/Wiki.png which you can access by clicking on the image itself when viewing its file page. Here is the code for using your own logo:

background-image: url(http://URL HERE) !important; }
 * 1) wiki_logo {
 * Just copy/paste the URL for the logo you want to use inside the parenthesis. To "hide" the logo, meaning don't display a logo at all use this:

background-image: none !important; }
 * 1) wiki_logo {
 * JoePlay (talk) 21:51, 26 June 2009 (UTC)