@Victor:
{{FULLPAGENAME}} did not work, I am now linking to Special:Top and
Teklogs:Community portal.
-Timothy
Sysop of Teklogs (<tech.wikia.com>)
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:37 PM, JohnQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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