That is SO much better. I'll actually switch mine from monobook when it is released. Great job!
On 7/26/07, John Q <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Wanted to give you an idea of what the latest designs look like... we > spent *a lot* of time trying all sorts of variations to reduce the size > of the header and take into account a lot of the other feedback we got. > > To be honest, doing this was pretty hard. There's the stuff you guys > needed us to do and the stuff we needed to do for future features and > growth... and trying to get all of that to fit in, look ok, and function > pretty well took a while of rev and rev and rev. At this point, the > feedback I'm looking for is if we've missed anything major. I'm pretty > sure I got everything... the header size is reduced, the wiki logo is in > a more prominent position again, the article comes back up the page, > we're over to the right and in the footer. > > Probably the biggest change is to the dimensions of the wiki logo... I > asked around among some admins whether whether dimensional changes there > were even a viable option and everyone said they were open to it, so we > went forward with that (more detail on this later). Below you'll find a > summary of the various things... > > Header > --------- > > Previously, the header size was constrained by two things... the Wikia > logo and the 150px-high wiki logo itself. > > - Wikia logo now on the right. > - Key wiki links moved into more prominent position. Four main links > common to all wikis, four custom links, additional custom links can be > in a sidebar box. > - We still have top content links for visitors (click rates indicate > they did find them useful)... but in a box that's dismissable for users. > - Wiki logo reduced vertically but extended horizontally. The > dimensional area is a bit larger than the typical 130x150 logo size. > We'll start helping some wikis translate their logo into the new space > but it's too much work for us to do everything, so I've also been in > touch with a community member about spearheading a group to help with > logos (either missing logos or translating them to this new dimension) > and we're looking into programmatic solutions, too. I hope to be able to > announce something there soon. > > Article, ad, and footer > ---------------------- > > - The article controls come back around the article. There is no "This > Article" box. > - Recent changes, special pages, etc. are in the tools box. That box > can be moved higher. > - We have a 300x100 ad on there now for logged-in users and will still > have the 300x250 for visitors. We still have some playing around to do > to figure out if the 300x100's are viable. We might split it in two or > it might go back to the 180x150... no answer yet until the testing is > done. > - Also, we spotted some really annoying ads on the site recently > (audio or continuous distracting movement) and we shut off that ad > provider until they fixed it. We do need ads to survive and grow (I can > hear the collective sigh from here) but we're trying to be civil about it. > - We have our footer and some link columns down at the bottom. We use > these for a variety of purposes including link exchanges to get your > wiki on other good sites to bring in traffic and users for you. We'll > get a page in place so that you have links of your choosing in one of > these columns. > > > Coming soon > ----------------- > > - There will be one skin name and people will be able to choose > between a "custom" color scheme and 12 preset color schemes (including > slate/smoke). Choosing "custom" will just pull the CSS from > "skinname.css" like normal. Choosing a preset color scheme is for those > who want some color but don't want to learn CSS just yet. Admins will be > able to set the default new skin color schemes (one of the 12 or custom) > for their visitors. We also envision a page on http://inside.wikia.com > where we can have galleries of user submitted choices ...similar to > what's found on wikimedia sites and then admins or users can just > cut-n-paste that code when they choose "custom". > > As I said above, getting all the elements to fit comfortably wasn't > easy... so at this point we're looking for major omissions in > functionality from the previous version of this skin rather than small > tweaks to fonts/colors/spacing/etc. > > Looking forward to hearing what you think. :) > > Thanks, > John Q. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > >
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