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Btw, shouldn't we better add new entries here at the end of the text? -- [[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 23:02, 9 August 2006 (CEST)
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:Not really, old stuff is getting pushed to the bottom which is nice :) [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 10:06, 10 August 2006 (CEST)
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Hi, if I add a JPG with the '|thumb' command, it doesn't show on the page (e.g. [[CPC Schneider International]]). What am I doing wrong? --[[User:Octoate|Octoate]] 01:02, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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:I also think, that the "thumb" feature is not working yet. -- [[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 03:18, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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: I'm having troubles with the permissions on the server. The Wiki needs the image folder to be chmod'ed to 777, but some of the subfolders do not have full access yet. I'm trying to chmod all of them, but how do I make sure that the newly created ones will be 777? [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 08:38, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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::if you need help or Shell-Access on the server to do chmod -r comands on dirs, just give me a call and i will set it up for you. [[User:Kangaroo|Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT]] 09:27, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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:::Problem solved indeed :) [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 16:38, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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'''Real names with the pseudonym?''' Shall we add the real names to the scene-informations as we know it? Maybe it's very helpfull to add the real name to remember the persons. So in my case i will add "Kangaroo MusiQue (Thorsten Norman Mitschele). What do you think about that? [[User:Kangaroo|Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT]] 09:48, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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:Well, absolutely, why not? I mean, there's nothing stopping you doing so anyway, and in general a real name would be welcome indeed, to go with the pseudonym... Maybe a photo too :)
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Maybe its possible to make a list of all software-houses like Ocean, Alligata etc. Where we can add some nice informations about those companies?
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: You can actually add a link yourself. If you go into The [[Games]] section you can add a link about [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Category:Computer_and_video_game_companies Software Houses] and start adding. Maybe I will add it to the sidebar as well :) - [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 22:35, 3 July 2006 (CDT)
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Why does the crap keep getting posted at the bottom of the main page... bloody spammers! [[User:Executioner|Executioner]]
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:Indeed... I have noticed your work (you always get to it faster than me!), and I really thank you for that. This is what you get for allowing posts without registering, but I think it's worth it continuing like this, at least for a while, and see how it goes... Thanks so much! [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 02:16, 22 July 2006 (CDT)
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I think it will be a good idea to do localisation. So i can add or translate Pages into german, cause my english writing is not that good as needed for the wiki. I'll do my best, but hey.. there are a few users around wich cannot write nor read english, so it will be a help for them. What do you think about localisation? [[User:Kangaroo|Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT]] 09:31, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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: I would be a little bit afraid, that this could split up our forces, as it is a lot additional work. Maybe people would start writing only in their native languages. Better to have an article in bad english (which can be corrected by other people) than having it only in a "local" language (which can't be read by other people). But that's just my opinion. -- [[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 13:12, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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Hi Themis - could you move the 'Recent Changes' stuff up towards the top of the lh navbar? It's the first thing I look at whenever I log onto a (MediaWiki-powered) wiki, and it's a PITA to have to scroll down before I get to it. Cheers --[[User:ChaRleyTroniC|ChaRleyTroniC]] 17:07, 13 July 2006 (CDT)
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:Done! It's the first thing I look at as well, so it made sense, even though from an organisational point of view it belongs where it was before... oh well! :) [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 08:45, 14 July 2006 (CDT)
  
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:: I have the same opinion like Prodatron. It's much more work and both Wikis will be different. You can see an example for that situation on the [http://wiki.gp2x.org GP2X Wiki] and this device has a much bigger userbase. I guess the most common language should be used, so we should write greek.... aehm... english ;-). --[[User:Octoate|Octoate]] 15:57, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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: I think this was discussed before... I'm not against content in other languages, but I'm worried this will lead to lots of content being in French, German or Spanish, hence for a limited audience. So I was thinking that maybe it should be allowed as long as an english translation is provided. In any case, maybe we can allow it with the provision that this will, eventually, be translated. But if we see that no translations are done, then maybe it shouldn't continue... [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 16:38, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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field a bit more to the top of the left menu will be nice, so its easier to search articles without scrolling around. Hope you can do that PLEAAAASE :-) [[User:Kangaroo|Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT]] 09:36, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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:: i dont think its clever to do it that way so it will be better to have only english as main language. the problem also will be, that the content will move away in different languages, so information will be vailable in german but are not at the english page and so on. dont know how it can be handled to have everything with the same content in different languages
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:That would be nice - I think it should be higher, too. The problem is, this has to do with the skin, and I'm not yet as comfortable with customising it... if someone knows how, please step forward! [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 16:48, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
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:: so i now have moved the search field for the "monobook" template a bit up :) TO THE TOP :-D and leaved the searchfield at the bottom also. If you want, i can delete the search-field at the bottom later, to get things a bit thinner.  [[User:Kangaroo|Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT]] 16:10, 14 August 2006 (CEST)
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I think it would be nice to have a menu link to technical documentation and sourcecode (routine collection) on the left side. You then can put articles like 'Hardware scrolling' in this categories... --[[User:Octoate|Octoate]] 15:14, 3 July 2006 (CDT)
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: That's a really good idea - it would be nice to be able to post source code here.... --[[User:ChaRleyTroniC|ChaRleyTroniC]] 17:00, 3 July 2006 (CDT)
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: Indeed it's a nice idea, and I thought about it upon looking at the source code provided over at the Zone. Will add a link when I get back from work :) - [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 22:35, 3 July 2006 (CDT)
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Yesterday, Kanga and me thought about how to do a good entry point for the articles of the Wiki and came to the conclusion that the main page wastes too much space and the sidebar gets too big. If it is ok, I will think about a new design of the main page during the weekend and maybe prepare a first design under in the "Loose Lemmas" article. --[[User:Octoate|Octoate]] 10:09, 11 August 2006 (CEST)
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:Basically, I was thinking of creating text boxes on the main page. That was my intention right from the beginning, and I thought I'd do it once there's enough stuff. I'm not too sure about how to shorten the sidebar, though... [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 22:08, 11 August 2006 (CEST)
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:: Just dont add the whole CPC Models again :-) summarize the stuff in "CPC-Models" and you won 4-Lines in the Side.Bar [[User:Kangaroo|Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT]] 22:20, 11 August 2006 (CEST)
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:::Well, I know you're somewhat right, but I'd like to hope that by having them there would motivate someone to write something extensive on a single model... later on maybe I'll pull it in (probably two entries: CPC and CPC+/GX4000)... By the way, I've managed to tidy up the Sidebar a bit. [[User:Gryzor|Gryzor]] 07:12, 12 August 2006 (CEST)
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::::Seems, that we can be happy if someones writes an article for at least one model of the old generation CPCs ;-) As the hardware is nearly the same between the first 3 models, I think one article should be enough. I modified the sidebar a little bit and changed the font size of the "mono book" skin back to its correct size of 127%. -- [[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 18:47, 12 August 2006 (CEST)
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I think we shouldn't copy the links in the sidebar on the main page. What's about sections like:
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* Welcome/Description
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* CPC scene news
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* CPCWiki related news
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* new articles (larger ones)
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* additional important links not listed in the sidebar
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-- [[User:Prodatron|Prodatron]] 17:55, 13 August 2006 (CEST)

Latest revision as of 13:35, 2 September 2006

Moving "recent changes"

Hi Themis - could you move the 'Recent Changes' stuff up towards the top of the lh navbar? It's the first thing I look at whenever I log onto a (MediaWiki-powered) wiki, and it's a PITA to have to scroll down before I get to it. Cheers --ChaRleyTroniC 17:07, 13 July 2006 (CDT)

Done! It's the first thing I look at as well, so it made sense, even though from an organisational point of view it belongs where it was before... oh well! :) Gryzor 08:45, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

Moving the search

field a bit more to the top of the left menu will be nice, so its easier to search articles without scrolling around. Hope you can do that PLEAAAASE :-) Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT 09:36, 5 August 2006 (CEST)

That would be nice - I think it should be higher, too. The problem is, this has to do with the skin, and I'm not yet as comfortable with customising it... if someone knows how, please step forward! Gryzor 16:48, 5 August 2006 (CEST)
so i now have moved the search field for the "monobook" template a bit up :) TO THE TOP :-D and leaved the searchfield at the bottom also. If you want, i can delete the search-field at the bottom later, to get things a bit thinner. Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT 16:10, 14 August 2006 (CEST)

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Yesterday, Kanga and me thought about how to do a good entry point for the articles of the Wiki and came to the conclusion that the main page wastes too much space and the sidebar gets too big. If it is ok, I will think about a new design of the main page during the weekend and maybe prepare a first design under in the "Loose Lemmas" article. --Octoate 10:09, 11 August 2006 (CEST)

Basically, I was thinking of creating text boxes on the main page. That was my intention right from the beginning, and I thought I'd do it once there's enough stuff. I'm not too sure about how to shorten the sidebar, though... Gryzor 22:08, 11 August 2006 (CEST)
Just dont add the whole CPC Models again :-) summarize the stuff in "CPC-Models" and you won 4-Lines in the Side.Bar Kangaroo MusiQue of HJT 22:20, 11 August 2006 (CEST)
Well, I know you're somewhat right, but I'd like to hope that by having them there would motivate someone to write something extensive on a single model... later on maybe I'll pull it in (probably two entries: CPC and CPC+/GX4000)... By the way, I've managed to tidy up the Sidebar a bit. Gryzor 07:12, 12 August 2006 (CEST)
Seems, that we can be happy if someones writes an article for at least one model of the old generation CPCs ;-) As the hardware is nearly the same between the first 3 models, I think one article should be enough. I modified the sidebar a little bit and changed the font size of the "mono book" skin back to its correct size of 127%. -- Prodatron 18:47, 12 August 2006 (CEST)

I think we shouldn't copy the links in the sidebar on the main page. What's about sections like:

  • Welcome/Description
  • CPC scene news
  • CPCWiki related news
  • new articles (larger ones)
  • additional important links not listed in the sidebar

-- Prodatron 17:55, 13 August 2006 (CEST)

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