Thanks Wayne. This is fantastic and i have not experienced any difficulties so far. All systems are go :).
Cheers! Victor. On Oct 11, 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]
