Hi Patricia, Appreciate the feedback and testing -- thanks. Not sure why the video justification did not work first time round --- but as you say, seems to be working now.
What browser did you use for testing (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome?) Cheers Wayne On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Patricia Schlicht < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wayne > > I followed the steps and found that after some initial hickups, this works > fine. I couldn't find anything that didn't resolve when I retried it again > and repeated the steps. Initially the intro video became off center, so I > went back, switching from Monobook to Vector Skin and reversed, to see if > the problem would reoccur, it didn't. Seems fine to me so far. > Cheers, > Patricia > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> For some time we've been thinking about changing the default skin (the >> look and feel of the WikiEducator site - see: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin). >> >> The Wikimedia Foundation have conducted extensive usability research >> resulting in the development of the new "Vector" skin. The Vector skin has >> removed much of the clutter of the standard Monobook skin (the current >> default skin you see on WikiEducator.) You've gotta love the open source >> model -- together we all benefit from collaborative improvements. >> >> You can preview the new Vector skin by: >> >> >> - Visiting the Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>website >> (unless you log in to Wikipedia and have another skin as your default) >> - Changing your preferences to use the Vector skin in WikiEducator >> (see below). >> >> In practice this decision will mean that the default skin will change to >> the Vector skin. (This will not effect the user preferences of existing >> users who prefer to use a different skin.) >> >> *How you can help* >> >> >> - Over the next two weeks, we request that users (especially our >> advanced editors) test the new Vector skin and let us know by return post >> to >> this list if you're experience any problems. Instructions for changing the >> skin are provided below. >> - We will need a little help to revise any screenshots based on the >> old skin. Please let me know if you can help out with changing the >> existing >> screenshots. >> >> Assuming there are no major objections or problems resulting from out test >> period above, I propose that we change our default skin on WikiEducator to >> Vector. >> >> *How to change your skin and assist with testing* >> >> >> - Login to WikiEducator >> - Go to "My preferences" >> - Click on the Skin tab >> - Select the "Vector" option >> - Click on Save. >> >> I think the new skin will have considerable benefits for newbies joining >> our project. >> >> Cheers >> Wayne >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org/> >> Director, International Centre for Open Education, >> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >> Founder and elected Community Council Member, >> Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20/> >> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >> Skype: WGMNZ1 >> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and elected Community Council Member, Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
