GuildWiki talk:Tip of the day

So I guess everyone start populating the tips before we can do something useful with them. :) RoseOfKali 21:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

How long?
How long should these be? The ones suggested right now are suited to have a box of their own (main page?). However, I thought of them in terms of short one-liners that can be placed in a small space. Here's how mine'd go (same topics): The idea is to strategically place links in the tip that lead the reader to the articles that explain the information in depth. -- ◄mendel► 00:16, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Use the "Leave Guild Hall" button on the Guild Roster to directly return to where you were before.
 * You can take advantage of the Signet of Capture earlier than usual if your Guild Hall has a skill trainer.
 * Use the Signet of Capture to acquire a non-elite skill before you can buy it.
 * When underground, use the World Map to quickly see a large version of the Mission Map.
 * Identifying any item always raises its merchant price and often pays for itself.
 * You can learn any skill that is unlock on your account with a Skill Tome.
 * Every skill trainer offers all non-elite for his campaign that is unlocked on your account.
 * I second this notion, although I cannot think of a single tip at the moment. Less is more. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 00:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, starting this article was kind of like brainstorming, really, since we didn't have anything specific in mind. I like your one-liners, and most tips so far can be broken down into several of those.  The only thing is that they may not make sense to someone who is not already familiar with the topic, but it may entice them to do research on it.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 03:50, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's the idea, get the readers to dig deeper into the wiki. It is ok to keep adding long tips to the page, we can shorten them later. -- ◄mendel► 11:13, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * How about GuildWiki talk:Tip of the day/Condensed for the shortened versions? RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:52, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Let's keep them on one page for now; we can break it up later when we know how we want to implement this. -- ◄mendel► 02:09, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Tips widget
There's a tips widget for the Monaco skin sidebar, and its tips are at MediaWiki:Tips. PanSola has already added the ones listed above, it seems. -- ◄mendel► 02:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The widget is also embeddable into regular wiki pages, from where we can style it using CSS. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 02:50, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Tips -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 00:42, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It doesn't show up in monobook, and clicking "next" fails in ?useskin=monaco . -- ◄mendel► 02:57, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It was showing up for me earlier when using ?useskin=monobook. Now it's just not showing up at all in monaco either o_O -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 03:13, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Nvmind, it came back. I was having problems with Next/Previous too, but I thought it was my slow internet connection... -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 03:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I see it in Monobook fine (this time changing my prefs instead of only doing ?useskin). It just lacks widget styling so it's not in a box. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 03:17, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * actually, I randomly see it in Monobook and not see it. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 03:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Same as Pan for me, and the buttons don't work.--Łô√ë [[Image:Gigathrash_sig_G.jpg|Roar.]]îğá†ħŕášħ 03:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Current theory: it's not supposed to show in Monobook, but when viewing in Monaco, the cached result may carry over to Monobook. On the other hand, Monobook's lack of widget can also cache and carry over to the next time the page gets viewed in Monaco. Resulting in Monaco viewers see it most of the time (but not always), and Monobook viewers don't see it most of the time. -User:PanSola (talk to the ) 03:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)