User talk:NXTBoy

Welcomes

Welcome to the team. ^_^ --Blocco|^{Userpage-Talkpage} 21:23, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll have a crack at the templates in a day or two

NXTBoy (talk • contribs)

21:28, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome NXTBoy. --Camoy

Welcome to the Wiki! Don't hesitate to send a message my way if you have a question! :) --Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 22:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Wiki templates

Hey, I can't find any documentation on creating wiki templates. Any help, please? --Mattchewy (Profile | Talk) 00:04, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Have a look on the MediaWiki site. There are some good tutorials there. Main problem I'm experiencing at the moment is that MrDoomBringer hasn't installed enough plugins. So no conditional templates at the moment. Have a look at the source code for my signature for an example template.

NXTBoy (talk • contribs)

08:11, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Signature

I also saw that you created a cool template for your signature. One of the cool features of a Wiki is auto signature. At the top left hand side of your screen, you will see a set of links. If you click on the "My preferences" tab and scroll down, you can enter a custom signature. With the "Raw signature" box checked, you can enter this code that I fixed up for you. I just removed the date part, as the software will add the date for you.

<small style="font-size: 75%; line-height: 1.33">— [[User:NXTBoy|NXTBoy]] ([[User talk:NXTBoy|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/NXTBoy|contribs]])</small>

So if you paste that into the bar you will, your new signature will look like this:

— NXTBoy (talk • contribs) 22:22, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Now, when leaving somebody a message, or posting on your talk page, all you will need to do is write four tildes like this ~~~~ and your signature will appear. Much easier than pasting your template in every time. Hope that helps!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 22:20, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

At the moment, I just type three tildes(~~~), and that inserts my template with the current date. That means that If I change my sig, it'll update site-wide.

NXTBoy (talk • contribs)

07:34, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

That, is very smart!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 18:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

RobloxOverflow

Topic continued from userpage:
Have a look at my proposal for a StackOverflow style site for Roblox here! started by NXTBoy

What, kind of like this? (Don't spread it.) ---Mr Doom Bringer 19:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I won't spread it, but since when was that made? --Blocco|^{Userpage-Talkpage} 19:44, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Long time ago, you can see the dates that they've been posted. We have plans for that that I can't reveal, just letting you know before you go crazy with building a copycat system that we won't be able to use --Mr Doom Bringer 00:05, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm not building a copycat system: said "Copy-cat" system is being given out for free. In many ways, StackExchange seems better than that, at least on the asking questions front. It has source-code highlighting too, which at the moment, your site seems not to. Although that site does allow things other than questions...

Also, it seems your site doesn't allow users to answer questions, only Roblox admins. Obviously, you'll get a much faster response if the entire usergroup can answer

Could you reveal why you wouldn't be able to use the StackExchange system?

NXTBoy (talk • contribs)

15:36, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

MrDoom, you do know that in releasing community, you would be opening the floodgates to spam and off topic. Then nothing would ever get answered there. I think that it should be left a bit hidden. --Camoy 10:37, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

It looks like there's a built-in anti-spam rating system to remove off-topic posts. I think that'd work better than the current forum system. --GoldenUrg 02:07, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

CSS

Tossed in your edits, I'll make the changes to the templates. The sizing you have may need some tweaking to work properly. ---Mr Doom Bringer 20:31, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Meh, never mind. Go ahead and do what you want to, don't be afraid to use the rollback button if the site explodes. ---User:Mr Doom Bringer (Talk) 20:39, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Yup, you're right, the size does need tweaking. The examples on my userpage are working now: Take a look. Thanks for the change

NXTBoy (talk • contribs)

21:42, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

DIV verses Table

I've got an issue with your new templates. While they are well built they're built on top of DIV tags. In any other basic website this wouldn't be an issue, however MediaWiki is built on top of the concept of tables and that's how most of the plugins etc. installed on this wiki are built. Moreover tables are more uniformly interpreted across browsers, meaning that a DIV can act funny where a table will act as it should.

I'm working on your /Object2 subpage right now, attempting to tweak it a bit to fit into the other template that I've already set up utilizing the CSS.

As it stands I would rather use DIV tags where necessary, such as my use in the Template:Function template set as it's used to auto-align the boxes on a page. Outside of that I'd rather use tables. ---User:Mr Doom Bringer (Talk) 20:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

I've modified your template to better align with the existing template and to use tables in favor of divs. It can be found at User:NXTBoy/Object3. This modification should allow for a hot drop replacement of the Template:ObjectList page without editing while preserving your modifications to the sub pages. ---User:Mr Doom Bringer (Talk) 21:20, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

And one last nitpick for the day. When making templates try to make the variables descriptive. "1" and "2" may be faster to type, but it's a heck of a lot easier to understand when they're named "name" and "image" instead. ---User:Mr Doom Bringer (Talk) 21:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Often, it is incorrect to use a table. Although admittedly, it's perfectly valid for the member list. But for single-box templates (like category up, and the LeftNoticeStart), it's just plain wrong. Also, divs are displayed better cross-browser than tables, unless you're using IE6, in which case all bets are off. Tables are only for tabular data. If you use 'em for layout, you're doin' it wrong.

Also, I'm fine with you changing the colors. Admittedly, my color-scheme wasn't very roblox oriented. Which template parameters did you feel were poorly named?

NXTBoy (talk • contribs)

00:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)