Talk:Main Page/archive1

Redesign idea

I propose to use the current main page as the architecture for the categorys (actually I´m going to do some categorizing in a moment :D ).

Also I then propose to move this page to somewhere like "Overview" or something, and making a proper Main Page, like the first page you get when visiting a different game site, something like this: [1] (actually not as messy if possible :D). Anyway, I´ll just set up a nice little page to play around with should I ?

[[Ideas for the Front Page| There]]

we are. SeanHeron 14. March

Ok I got started on categorizing, and in case you don´t understand the system I´m using I´ll explain here: I think the System in use on the "Main Page" is very good (I think I had exactly the same structure in my head and wanted to implement it, but somebody else [brilliant person] did so already ). Anyway, I want to make the categories sort more or less like on the main Page thus: Root (directory for the top level Categorys)

• Spring (de)
  • Spielen
    • ....
  • ...
• Spring (Category for the english Wiki)
  • Playing (Currently Playing Spring)
    • Read this first
    • .....
  • Content (Currently Spring Project)
    • Units
    • Maps
    • Mods
    • ....
  • Development
    • Unit making
    • Map making
    • Mod making
    • Source Development
    • ....

Note that there is only one category each for Maps, Units, Mods and AIs at the moment, and I intend to split them into two: one for describing content already made (e.g. Absolute Annihilation) and one describing how to make the content (Development) e.g. Upspring. --Seanheron

Missing category display

I think there is one little thing missing in the current wiki-style: There is no display of the categories the viewed page is in. e.g Mods should have its category [[Category:Mods]] displayed, no? --Hoehrer

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TO do something like that, you have to use a template. This is already working on a few of the mods pages. To put this template in, type {{Category:Mods}}, which would look like this:

This site is kept for historical reasons, all mods here are incompatible to the current spring engine, maybe they work with an older version of the Engine.

- please use Category:Games if you search for playable games!

--Maelstrom

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I think you are missing/missunderstanding my point (I'm no native speaker, oh well ;) ).... You can classify a wiki-page in mediawiki into several categories e.g. [[Category:TODO]] [[Category:Mods]] [[Category:Fixme]] In the default-style these categories are listed on the bottom of the page, so you can select them and get an overview of all pages in this category. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_programming_language as an example (on the bottom of the page is the "Categories" section) Doing a template with a cool formatting is a nice addition to this, but _seeing what categories are used_ is needed IMHO.
On a side note: does {{Category:xxx}} doesn't classify a page inside the xxx category. --Hoehrer 14:23, 20 Dec 2005 (W. Europe Standard Time)

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I see what you mean now. Yes that would be a good thing to have. Ask Fnordia about it, he is the one that takes care of the wiki.

And no, adding a {{Template}} does not add that page into that catrgory, it just adds that page into the current page. --Maelstrom 05:51, 21 Dec 2005 (W. Europe Standard Time)

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Ok, i'll contact Fnordia.

Template: I know, I actually wanted to write a declarative statement with that sentense, but messed it up with the leading "does" :) --Hoehrer

Just wanted to point out that the default template now contains the category thing at this point (poked fnordia about it a bit more). --Sinbadev

Updating the skin

The skin I based the spring skin from (Cologne blue) doesn't seem to show this information either unfortunately. I guess I will have to create a new one based on Monobook instead for that to work. I'll see what I can do.

That might not be neccessary. I don't know exactly, but by cut&paste-ing the "catlinks" related things from the monobook style this should work just fine (with some modifications of course) --Hoehrer

Ok, to correct myself: There is no non-displayed "Categories" part in the current style. It may be suppressd by php depending on the skin or something like that :-/ So the method mentioned above will not work. --Hoehrer

Hey Fnordia ! The categories are working, woot ! Well done and thank you SeanHeron 00:10, 15 Mar 2006 (W. Europe Standard Time)

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Made some big changes by integrating a bit of css and deleteing a lot of stuff. Can't figure out how to make a css class whithin wiki markup, which caused some useless repetition.