Hmmm.... they shouldn't... the starter kits are supposed to make the links point locally on a new wiki. In any event, for Monaco we pull the _content_ for the links from Central as a default but they show up on your wiki as local links... the links won't point back to Central.
Thanks, John Q. Leia Yeung wrote: > Yes, thank you. But, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't default > links go to starter.wikia, not central? > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:13 PM, JohnQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi Leia, > > Let me see if this answers it... > > - for the sidebar, we pull default links from here: > www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar > <http://www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar> (and > Monaco-toolbox). > - for your wiki, if you create the page > XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar > <http://XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar>, then that > will be used > instead (only admins can do this). > - for personal use, if you create the page > XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/User:ABC/Monaco-sidebar > <http://XYZ.wikia.com/wiki/User:ABC/Monaco-sidebar>, then that > will be used for > you personally (same for Monaco-toolbox). > > So starters will automatically pull from the default page > (www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar > <http://www.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar>) until an > admin writes > their own. > > Did that cover it? > > Thanks, > John Q. > > > Leia Yeung wrote: > > Damn, I need to stop hitting the "send" button so fast. What I meant > > was, are new wikis going to have starter messages that work with > > Monaco soon? An example of what I am talking about would be > > Mediawiki:Monaco-sidebar. > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Leia Yeung > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > wrote: > > > > Are new wikis going to be shown with the Monaco skins > anytime soon? > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:22 PM, JohnQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Two things I wanted to cover quickly. > > > > 1. A while ago we talked about a new skin that we were > > developing and > > showed some screen shots... that skin (Monaco) is now ready > > for rollout > > and can be previewed here: http://communitytest.wikia.com > > (keep in mind > > it's a test site... not much interesting content). Go to > > http://communitytest.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Preferences to > > select one of > > the Monaco skins. On Monday, we'll be enabling this so > that it > > is in > > everyone's preferences on all wikis ... we'd appreciate > > getting your > > feedback all through next week before we start enabling this > > as the > > default on more wikis. One nice feature is the ability to > > build your own > > personal sidebar by creating a user sub-page. You can check > > out more on > > how to customize the Monaco skin here: > > http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/Monaco_Skin_Customization . > > > > 2. As part of the work on this skin, the underlying widget > > framework was > > rewritten to be smaller and faster. Unfortunately, this > meant > > we had to > > reset the list of widgets... so if you had dropped any > on your > > sidebar, > > you'll need to pull those down again. > > http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/Widgets > > > > You can see a list of new features (both released and > about to be > > released) here: http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/What%27s_New > > > > Thanks, > > John Q. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikia-l mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Leia Yeung > > > > Glacier Wolf @ en.wikipedia, wikia > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Leia Yeung > > > > Glacier Wolf @ en.wikipedia, wikia > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikia-l mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > > > -- > Leia Yeung > > Glacier Wolf @ en.wikipedia, wikia > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
