We're caching the info that shows up in the menus, so we probably can't
do random for performance reasons. We could probably do /# to specify
how many to show up to the max that we're caching. I think it's easy
enough to add... but let us get to the end of the week and see how the
caching is going so we know what our limits are.
John Q.
Victor wrote:
> Something else, with the magic words, is it possible to have one so it
> can display a random number of links from a chosen category?
>
> As #category1# and #category2# appear to just show the most viewed
> pages in that category... having
>
> #categoryrandom-<categoryname/id># and it displays (for example) the
> top 6 links.
>
> Maybe have it work on the first 2 are cycled between the top 10 viewed
> articles, and the following 4 are purely random.
> If that's not possible, then just have it as purely random then.
>
> And Timothy, your example you showed with {{FULLPAGENAME}} will make
> the initial link (IE: Top Content) not clickable??
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Timothy J. Crowell
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> 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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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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