I think we can solve this technically with something like what Timothy
has below. We'd have to differentiate links from non-links on the top
level nav and that might make it look a bit weird. Let me poke at this a
bit to see if there's a good middle ground.
Thanks,
John Q.
Timothy J. Crowell wrote:
> *|{{FULLPAGENAME}}|A
> **a1|a1text
> **a2|a2text
> *{{FULLPAGENAME}}|B
> **b1|b1text
> **b2|b2text
>
> That is what I use as a workaround, something like:
>
> #nolinksubmenu#|A
>
> ...would be nice.
>
> -Timothy
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Jamie Hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>> Let me be the first to say a big thank you for all Wikia's hard work on this
>> new skin! Looks amazing so far. I can't wait to hear from my community about
>> it...
>>
>>
>> With that said, I have found one 'bug' with Monaco. ('bug' or 'design
>> preference', what have you...)
>> In the monaco-sidebar, when defining a top-level header, it automatically
>> links to the page of the same name.
>>
>> For instance:
>>
>>
>> *A
>> **a1|a1text
>> **a2|a2text
>> *B|Btext
>> **b1|b1text
>> **b2|b2text
>>
>> A and B are automatically links to [[A]] and [[B]], which may not be
>> desirable in all cases.
>> On the Marvel Database, 'Top Content' is a top-level link, but we have no
>> page called 'Top Content'.
>>
>> http://en.marveldatabase.com/Top_Content
>>
>> The easy fix is a redirect, but on those wikis who don't create the
>> redirects, this could be confusing for fast-fingered new visitors...
>> In this break-out menuing style, shouldn't we be able to define if each is
>> a link or not?
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jamie Hari
>> Editor-in-Chief
>> Marvel & DC Database Projects
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/25/08, JohnQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Last Friday we made Monaco the default on 1500 of the smallest wikis so
>>> that we could test it out in a variety of environments. We found a few
>>> issues that we've been working to fix before making it more generally
>>> available. I'm happy to announce that Monaco is now available in your
>>> skin preferences so that you can check out your wiki in this new skin.
>>> We consider this much more a successor to monobook and hope you like it.
>>>
>>> In the next few days, unless we find any blocking issues, all wikis that
>>> currently have a Quartz default will be changed to a Monaco default. If
>>> you want to switch it back, you can via the skin chooser. For the wikis
>>> with fairly heavy customization (ffxi, marveldatabase, dcdatabase,
>>> wookieepedia, etc.), there should already be a custom version of Monaco.
>>> To check it out in advance just select "Monaco - custom" for your
>>> personal skin preference (you may need to un-check "see custom" so that
>>> the overall wiki setting isn't overriding your personal choice).
>>>
>>> Some wikis have already set Monaco as the default skin by themselves:
>>> http://muppet.wikia.com (admins, just go to skin preferences, scroll to
>>> the bottom to "Admin options" and you can set it there, too).
>>>
>>> There is a page here:
>>> http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/Monaco_Skin_Customization that talks in
>>> more depth about how to customize Monaco.
>>> There is a page here: http://inside.wikia.com/wiki/New_Skin_Chooser
>>> that talks about the skin chooser in more depth if you have questions
>>> about that.
>>>
>>> One nice thing about Monaco is that you can create your own personal
>>> sidebar and toolbox links (see the customization page for how to do that).
>>>
>>> Please take a look at your wiki with Monaco and let us know if you find
>>> any issues.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> John Q.
>>>
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