Project:Dirty Wiki Tricks - Revision history

Sensorfire: fixed explainxkcd link

2018-03-20T19:20:06Z

fixed explainxkcd link

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	==External link icons==		==External link icons==
	'''Description:''' Added icons to the [http://drivecomic.com drivecomic.com], [http://sheldoncomics.com sheldoncomics.com], [http://patreon.com patreon.com], and [http://gocomics.com gocomics.com] domains by using <code>[href=""]</code> as a CSS attribute selector on [[MediaWiki:Common.css]].		'''Description:''' Added icons to the [http://drivecomic.com drivecomic.com], [http://sheldoncomics.com sheldoncomics.com], [http://patreon.com patreon.com], and [http://gocomics.com gocomics.com] domains by using <code>[href=""]</code> as a CSS attribute selector on [[MediaWiki:Common.css]].
	*'''Reason:''' The [http://explainxkcd explainxkcd wiki] looks rad with custom external link icons.		*'''Reason:''' The [http://explainxkcd.com explainxkcd wiki] looks rad with custom external link icons.
	*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.		*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.

	[[Category:Overview]]		[[Category:Overview]]

Sensorfire at 16:46, 15 February 2018

2018-02-15T16:46:07Z

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	*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.		*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.
	==External link icons==		==External link icons==
	'''Description:''' Added icons to the [http://drivecomic.com drivecomic.com], [http://sheldoncomics.com sheldoncomics.com] ~~and~~ [http://patreon.com patreon.com] domains by using <code>[href=""]</code> as a CSS attribute selector on [[MediaWiki:Common.css]].		'''Description:''' Added icons to the [http://drivecomic.com drivecomic.com], [http://sheldoncomics.com sheldoncomics.com], [http://patreon.com patreon.com], and [http://gocomics.com gocomics.com] domains by using <code>[href=""]</code> as a CSS attribute selector on [[MediaWiki:Common.css]].
	*'''Reason:''' The [http://explainxkcd explainxkcd wiki] looks rad with custom external link icons.		*'''Reason:''' The [http://explainxkcd explainxkcd wiki] looks rad with custom external link icons.
	*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.		*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.

	[[Category:Overview]]		[[Category:Overview]]

Sensorfire at 17:51, 12 February 2018

2018-02-12T17:51:27Z

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	*'''Reason:''' The [http://explainxkcd explainxkcd wiki] looks rad with custom external link icons.		*'''Reason:''' The [http://explainxkcd explainxkcd wiki] looks rad with custom external link icons.
	*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.		*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.

			[[Category:Overview]]

Ret Samys at 21:30, 14 October 2016

2016-10-14T21:30:16Z

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	*'''Description:''' Added the drivecomic.com domain to [[MediaWiki:External image whitelist]].		*'''Description:''' Added the drivecomic.com domain to [[MediaWiki:External image whitelist]].
	*'''Reason:''' Adding comic pages is great for this wiki, including images only from the drivecomic.com domain is more than enough. The alternative would have been to make changes to <code>$wgAllowExternalImagesFrom</code>, which requires sysop access.		*'''Reason:''' Adding comic pages is great for this wiki, including images only from the drivecomic.com domain is more than enough. The alternative would have been to make changes to <code>$wgAllowExternalImagesFrom</code>, which requires sysop access.
	*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights.		*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights as well as reading up the right formatting on MediaWiki.
	==If and ifeq parsers==		==If and ifeq parsers==
	*'''Description:''' Added templates from http://bluwiki.com/go/Category:Advanced_templates by copying and pasting without taking the time and effort to understand it.		*'''Description:''' Added templates from http://bluwiki.com/go/Category:Advanced_templates by copying and pasting without taking the time and effort to understand it.
	*'''Reason:''' Parsers are usually part of extensions, which require sysop access. These templates work! Their formatting is a bit different, but that's no issue at all unless you want to import templates from other wikis.		*'''Reason:''' Parsers are usually part of extensions, which require sysop access. These templates work! Their formatting is a bit different, but that's no issue at all unless you want to import templates from other wikis.
	*'''Requirements:''' Basic knowledge about templates.		*'''Requirements:''' Basic knowledge about templates.
			==Mobile site==
			*'''Description:''' Used the <code>@media screen</code> property in CSS to create a different style for narrow screens on [[MediaWiki:Common.css]].
			*'''Reason:''' Skins and extensions require sysop access. And the font on the wiki as well as some other elements are not optimal for mobile viewing.
			*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.
			==External link icons==
			'''Description:''' Added icons to the [http://drivecomic.com drivecomic.com], [http://sheldoncomics.com sheldoncomics.com] and [http://patreon.com patreon.com] domains by using <code>[href=""]</code> as a CSS attribute selector on [[MediaWiki:Common.css]].
			*'''Reason:''' The [http://explainxkcd explainxkcd wiki] looks rad with custom external link icons.
			*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights for MediaWiki namespace, CSS knowledge for coding.

Ret Samys: Created page with "This page is made to document "hacks" and tricks to utilise the wiki in ways that are not necessarily obvious to the average editor. This might be important for users from oth..."

2016-10-14T20:59:36Z

Created page with "This page is made to document "hacks" and tricks to utilise the wiki in ways that are not necessarily obvious to the average editor. This might be important for users from oth..."

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This page is made to document "hacks" and tricks to utilise the wiki in ways that are not necessarily obvious to the average editor. This might be important for users from other wikis as well as for users from this wiki, to better understand the inner workings, especially considering that most of this was done to circumvent actions that would require sysop access.

==Allowing external images==
*'''Description:''' Added the drivecomic.com domain to [[MediaWiki:External image whitelist]].
*'''Reason:''' Adding comic pages is great for this wiki, including images only from the drivecomic.com domain is more than enough. The alternative would have been to make changes to <code>$wgAllowExternalImagesFrom</code>, which requires sysop access.
*'''Requirements:''' Admin rights.
==If and ifeq parsers==
*'''Description:''' Added templates from http://bluwiki.com/go/Category:Advanced_templates by copying and pasting without taking the time and effort to understand it.
*'''Reason:''' Parsers are usually part of extensions, which require sysop access. These templates work! Their formatting is a bit different, but that's no issue at all unless you want to import templates from other wikis.
*'''Requirements:''' Basic knowledge about templates.