GuildWiki talk:Style and formatting/Armor

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New skill boxES
The old syntax is SOOOO ugly, I merged all of them into a single template, and tweaked it slightly. This is one of the situations where I feel like the change doesn't need to go through a vote.

That said, I am proposing a NEW skill box, not this new one you are looking at, but a differently layed out one. See User:PanSola/Enchanter%27s_Armor for how it looks.

Again it is a horizontally-inclined box. It does NOT suffer the same penalty that landscape skill boxes have, namely the text reading width being too wide. In fact, the text reading area remains the same. The ONLY difference is that screnshots are moved next to, instead of on top of, the actual info we are providing.

Since armor articles typically have enough sections to start with a TOC, and always have a TOC section, this box makes better space efficiency than the original one. And it reduces the chance of overlapping with the trading/crafting information tables, since it's a lot shorter.

I am soliciting feedback on this Armor box2 template. I also don't feel like bothering with a vote, but if ppl think there should be one, set one up. -PanSola 15:44, 15 March 2006 (CST)


 * Here is User:PanSola/Stylish_Armor, showing how the box looks when there are two different armor art. Not as elegant as I'd liked, but still beats current system IMHO (users don't have to scroll a full page down to read info and the collector table no longer look so crammed). -PanSola 15:54, 15 March 2006 (CST)

I'm gonna ditch the Armor box 2 idea. Proposing Armor box 3 next weekend. -PanSola 18:54, 16 March 2006 (CST)

Armor box 3

 * Source code: User:PanSola/Armor box3
 * Examples:
 * User:PanSola/Enchanter's Armor AB3
 * User:PanSola/Stylish Armor AB3

The original pictures uploaded for each armor will still be used, just relocated to teh gallery. This way the info box remains compact, and the textual info are actually easy to find and to read (as opposed to needing to scroll down). The shorter box also reduces overlapping/crowding problems with other tables at low resolutions.

This is such an unimportant change that I'm not going to bother with a vote. A lack of opposition implies consensus. -SolaPan 11:48, 22 March 2006 (CST)
 * I actually like that better, that way you get both the icons and the actual armor picture. --Rainith 11:56, 22 March 2006 (CST)
 * Additionally, we can get the icons without actually buying the armor (though I prefer the background effect from the equipped view). -SolaPan 12:09, 22 March 2006 (CST)
 * I think this is much better too. Also solves the problem that the pictures almost always come in different sizes and proportion. -Thundergrace 21:53, 23 March 2006 (CST)

Since it's been over two weeks from the most recent feedback, and there are only positive and no negative feedbacks, I'm implementing the changes now. -SolaPan 23:04, 4 April 2006 (CDT)


 * I didn't realise this discussion was going on :) Would you mind if I created some icons to replace the male and female characters that are used? They don't show up very well at all on my computer. 21:43, 5 April 2006 (CDT)


 * I think that would be a good idea, I just checked and if you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have noticed the characters myself. --Rainith 01:07, 6 April 2006 (CDT)


 * yeah go ahead. It shows up much better on Opera than on Firefox. -SolaPan 03:40, 6 April 2006 (CDT)

Headgear Articles
Will Factions introduce new headgear? If so, should we split the headgear articles? -SolaPan 12:09, 22 March 2006 (CST)