User:Mendel/Talk Archive 10

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Archive sizes
-- ◄mendel► 19:44, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
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Archive sighses
&mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 20:43, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * User_talk:Entropy/Archive 24: -- ◄mendel► 21:05, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, I should archive now, get ahead of the game. Pity that User:Warwick/Archive size is broken, too. -- ◄mendel► 21:15, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Randomness
Hi.

1) I apologize for this. 2) I've noticed what you said, but have yet to formulate a suitable response, which I also apologize for if it bothers you.

A F K When Needed 15:38, June 26, 2010 (UTC)


 *     -- ◄mendel► 19:56, June 26, 2010 (UTC) & 04:22, June 27, 2010 (UTC)

Custom navbar/font-size in other skins, mediawiki
So, I like having a small-font navbar and I like being able to customize my sidebar. However, it seems that setting my prefs to the Monaco skin isn't ideal. Plus, there are other wikis that don't seem to offer a sidebar option.

Is there some way of modifying a  so that it will absorb a   or  ? Poke has produced this script, to offer admin tools for use on GWW. (Works in conjunction with a personal js.) However, it's well beyond my meager understanding of wikicode. I was hoping that there might be a simpler method that would allow me to add simple links; I don't expect to be able to add tools. ( Please note the licensing, in which Poke requests that the code not be ported. )

Any suggestions for where to go for this type of thing? Or was that a rabbit I saw up your sleeve? Thanks! &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:45, July 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, to prevent any misunderstandings, what you seem to want is to use monobook (not monacobook), and you want to add some links to the sidebar. It is no problem to add tools. So, woudl you like to add to the contents of a box on the sidebar, or would you want to create a new navigation box? What links/tools do you want to have added, and where do you want them?
 * If you want to make a mockup, use firefox to save the complete website, then add the links in the html, and make a screenshot; also, show a "diff" of what you did. -- ◄mendel► 19:05, July 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * The short version (pending a mock-up) is that I want to customize the navbar(s). If there's a cascading menu box called, "navigation", I'm content to modify it. If not, I'd like to add one.


 * Less importantly, I'd like to be able to control the font size of the navbar and "tabs" (the mediawiki topmenu). Ideally, I'd also like to add links and control the order.


 * Generally, I find that I dislike most mediawiki skins (fonts/colors distract from articles, have too many rarely-used links, not enough of my frequent-flyer links). Even the Wikipedia skins always have that huge language list (which most people don't need most of the time).


 * As I write this, I realize this is a much more complicated request than I originally thought. (Since, in effect, I'm asking for help in overlaying skin features on an existing skin...while pretending that I'm not creating a new skin.) Obviously, Poke has done that for a specific skin, on a specific wiki, using a highly flexible script to adjust links/content. I guess I was hoping that there was a simple, generic, solution that would work on multiple sites. That's probably unrealistic. Lemme think some more about this, see if I can either simplify the idea or provide a mock-up that clarifies how my proposal benefits the user. Thanks. &mdash;Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 20:06, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * The cascading flyouts are a Monaco feature; you can customize that for yourself if you're using our "custom" skin, which I'm calling Monacobook. I can dig through the Wikia help to find the file you need to create to do this, but IIRC there are provisions.
 * The new Wikipedia skin does hide the language list somewhat; but the old monobook doesn't have "dynamic" navigation: you see some links in some boxes on the sidebar, and it's simple to change them or add new boxes, but to make flyouts means expanding the skin somewhat. That's what we have here. (If you do a mockup, zip everything up and email it.) -- ◄mendel► 21:19, July 1, 2010 (UTC)