Yes, that's that good idea. :) John Q.
Cizaña wrote: > John, > > This is rather just a curious note, while i was going back and forward > between skins since im checking colors, i notice there is no link with > (preview) for the customs (neither quartzs or monaco) so some one that > wants to know how the wikis custom looks it will not be able, i know > experts wiki users can add "?useskin=monaco&usetheme=custom" (without > quotes) and will see it but not every one knows that. > > Would it be a good idea to put a link beside the *"See custom wiki > skins* (recommended)"? > > Ciz > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:09 PM, JohnQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > small correction... for heavily customized wikis, you can just add > "?useskin=monaco&usetheme=custom" (without quotes) to the end of any > page url to preview it. Right now the skin chooser lets admins set > "custom" but that sets it for the whole site... this way you can > preview > without doing that. > > Thanks, > John Q. > > > JohnQ 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
