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That front page is not going to take well to a giant ad box on the content page. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Angie Shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Sending this message on behalf of Gil who is unable to get online right > now. > > The release of the Monaco update has been delayed. There will be no > changes to the site tomorrow, June 10th, as previously mentioned. The > update is tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday, June 17th. There are a > couple reasons for this: > > 1. *We want to give everyone more time. *More time to see the changes in a > live environment on http://communitytest.wikia.com, more time to > communicate with your respective communities about any changes to be made in > preparation (logo updates, infobox templates, etc), and more time to give us > feedback. We've noticed that not all of our active admins and user are on > this mailing list, so we will be sending out a global talk page message > tomorrow announcing the changes. This will likely result in a new wave of > feedback, and we want to have time to respond to everyone's questions and > concerns. > > 2. *We are making some changes to incorporate your feedback.* We are > refining our ad logic to ensure the highest quality content experience (i.e > no ads on stub pages less than < 400px) and we are removing the fixed width > parameter for main pages (we may need revisit this, but we will discuss > that with each community individually before that happens.). These changes > will be live on community test in the next couple days if not sooner, and we > will keep you posted so you can check them out. > > Please add http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia's_New_Style to your watchlist if > you haven't already so you can keep up with any changes. > > We know change is tough, and we are all learning from this as we go. Please > continue to be patient with us, and to share your voice. > > Angie > > > Gil Penchina wrote: > > I have some important news. Wikia is making some changes to the way > that our wikis look, and we'll see these changes rolling out site-wide > over the next few weeks. > > Wikia has grown tremendously over the last few years. Since our launch > in 2004, Wikia has grown from one shared server to more than 6,000 > communities supported by 84 servers and a nine member community team > offering help from around the world 24. Wikia is home to the most > passionate communities on the internet and I'm always excited to see the > amazing and beautiful sites that you're creating. Our goal is to enable > you, our most important customers, to build the world's best resource on > every topic. > > Wikia provides more than free hosting and bandwidth. We offer technical > support, great new features and extensions, promotional opportunities > and community support. Those services are provided free for all users, > with costs paid by advertisers. > > However, the internet ad market is changing and we have to change to > keep up. Our challenge is to offer an attractive package to our > advertisers, while maintaining the best user experience possible for our > readers and editors: > > * We have to standardize the way our site looks across all wikis, using > the Monaco skin for anonymous users. In the past, communities have used > various skins -- Monaco, Quartz or Monobook. That's a luxury that we > can't afford to offer any more, as advertisers strongly prefer a > consistent look-and-feel. > > * Based on your feedback, we're making some changes to Monaco that > return it to more of a Monobook look and feel and moves the content > higher on the page. > > * We're going to roll out a more flexible ad server that will let us > vary the size, location and placement of ads. > > The changes will be rolled out site-wide over the next few weeks. > There's a lot of information about what's coming up on this page: > http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia's_New_Style . I'll hit the highlights > here, and then you can read more about it on that page. > > The big changes will be: > > * Every wiki will use Monaco as the default skin but we will continue to > offer choice for registered users who want to set their preferences > > * The edit bar and the content area will move up, replacing the area > where the banner ad was. > > * Article pages will have ads in the content area. Logged-in users > will only see one ad unit on article pages -- a 300x250 ad unit at the > top right. (On pages where a 300x250 ad would disrupt a table, the ad > will render as a banner ad) > > * The logo will return to the Monobook 135x155px Wiki.png image. > > * Main pages will be redesigned to accommodate a 300x250px ad unit. > > * Ads will be removed from many pages used by our most active users and > will only appear on article pages, image pages, preview pages and > category pages. > > Obviously, this will be a period of adjustment, especially for wikis > that have been using Monobook. The community and content teams will be > working with many communities over the next few weeks to help make the > transition. I know that many people are attached to the Monobook skin, > and I hope the new Monaco gives people more of the Monobook feel, with a > number of advantages that make the wiki experience better. For example: > > * The Monaco skin is easier to customize to fit a particular community's > look and feel. There are more opportunities to add color and images to > the skin. > > * The page is now optimized, so the content loads faster. > > * Monaco is easier for new wiki users to understand. The majority of > internet users still don't realize that there's an "edit" button on > Wikipedia. That's because on Monobook, all the important links and > buttons are written in 8.5-point type. Monaco is designed to make the > important stuff stand out, like the edit button and the search box and > we've seen increased usage of both. > > * When wikis have switched from Monobook to Monaco, they've seen huge > jumps in the number of readers, contributors and user logins. As an > example, Teletraan-I: The Transformers Wiki switched to Monaco in April. > Comparing January (in Monobook) to May (in Monaco), the wiki's traffic > jumped up 46%. Anonymous logins went up 223%, and use of the search box > went up an amazing 541%. People clicked on items in the navigation > flyout menus 38,000 times in May, and the number of active editors went > up 51%, from 78 in January to 118 in May. > > Overall, we feel that the changes will improve the health and growth of > the entire Wikia community by converting more viewers into contributors > to make our communities more vibrant. At the same time, the changes will > give us the resources to ensure that every wiki will be able to continue > to count on Wikia for support and great service for years to come. > > Thank you for your continued support and for the amazing work that you > do every day to build a great resource on every topic. > > User:Gil > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > -- "I had a handle on life, but then it broke"
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