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RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - -no longer matters- - 07-21-2015
(07-21-2015, 04:54 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote:Awesome I'll look into this more! Really appreciate the help!(07-21-2015, 04:19 PM)War Siren Wrote: Not sure which the one I'm using is. I'll have to look at the other templates available maybe switch it out.
Looks like a Bancroft-based template, so colors are done in HTML.
I'd highly recommend using something like this if your trying to find the code for a color! (it's free and web-based)
https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/
The hex code is what you'd want to replace to change the colors. For large replacements, I'd suggest copying all the wiki code into a plain-text editor (notepad works!) and using the replace command. It can save you a lot of time.
If you've got questions on editing stuff, lemme know!
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Martiallais - 07-21-2015
(07-17-2015, 12:08 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: *looks around aimlessly* ...if anyone ever needs help with making a wiki, please bother me. I like helping lol
I...really may need to take you up on this. *nods slowly* I've got a lot of the info blurbs and tidbits ready, even a template (and permission to use it) but am just clueless and kinda freeze up when I start working on it.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Qhora Bajihri - 07-22-2015
Hoo, I needed to do that pretty badly. Not finished, but I'll thank this thread for reminding me.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Cailean Lockwood - 07-22-2015
Just updated mine with slight changes and additions, but nothing big.
As for meta-gaming, I have Vachir's entire background written there, and I have yet to be approached by someone who pretended to know it ICly without having Vachir tell them. So from my experience, people have either been good at not meta-gaming, or just not read my wiki, though I have posted the (tiny)URL for it in my search info for anyone to read.
I can also imagine people looking at Vachir's background info and go "lol, too long, didn't read". And I have gone with the standard template, so I guess it looks boring which could also make people avoid it. XD
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Amielle - 07-22-2015
I keep meaning to create a page, but whenever I try, I always have a bit of a crisis of confidence and wonder who on earth would want to read it. Â I'll have to force myself this weekend, I think.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Cailean Lockwood - 07-22-2015
(07-22-2015, 03:46 AM)Amielle Wrote: I keep meaning to create a page, but whenever I try, I always have a bit of a crisis of confidence and wonder who on earth would want to read it. Â I'll have to force myself this weekend, I think.
I had that too, but my alternate use of the wiki is to kinda remind myself of Vachir's past and traits etc. Like, if I can't remember his twin sister's name, I can just look it up on his wiki. XD
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Amielle - 07-22-2015
(07-22-2015, 03:50 AM)Vachir Crimsonborn Wrote:(07-22-2015, 03:46 AM)Amielle Wrote: I keep meaning to create a page, but whenever I try, I always have a bit of a crisis of confidence and wonder who on earth would want to read it. Â I'll have to force myself this weekend, I think.
I had that too, but my alternate use of the wiki is to kinda remind myself of Vachir's past and traits etc. Like, if I can't remember his twin sister's name, I can just look it up on his wiki. XD
I never thought of that! Â I keep notes using notepad, which isn't ideal!
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Corelyn - 07-22-2015
(07-22-2015, 05:52 AM)Amielle Wrote:(07-22-2015, 03:50 AM)Vachir Crimsonborn Wrote:(07-22-2015, 03:46 AM)Amielle Wrote: I keep meaning to create a page, but whenever I try, I always have a bit of a crisis of confidence and wonder who on earth would want to read it. Â I'll have to force myself this weekend, I think.
I had that too, but my alternate use of the wiki is to kinda remind myself of Vachir's past and traits etc. Like, if I can't remember his twin sister's name, I can just look it up on his wiki. XD
I never thought of that! Â I keep notes using notepad, which isn't ideal!
I do the same thing. I also just have a massive information obsession, so I like to have somewhere to keep all my information or have a nice place to reference people if they ask a question about my character(s).Â
I don't much shy away from keeping more "confidential" stuff on there because it amounts to a test for others for me. With that knowledge at your fingers tips, are you still honest and good enough with your character to keep meta out of it? If not, well, then I likely wouldn't have wanted anything to do with you in the first place. If so, great! Maybe some of that information will actually benefit people in starting RP.
I also have a habit of combing through others' wikis for layouts and features I find aesthetically pleasing and ganking them for my own use. ^_^; I am always working on Corelyn and Dail'a's wikis to improve them or add more info.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Berrod Armstrong - 07-22-2015
*squints at*
*continues to fiddle with the default template while trying not to break it*
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Cato - 07-22-2015
(07-22-2015, 08:04 AM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote: *squints at*
*continues to fiddle with the default template while trying not to break it*
I know the feeling. I'm terrified that when I edit something I'll somehow ruin the template. Not surprising, I suppose, given that my solution to technical problems is to thwack something until it works again!
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Kellach Woods - 07-23-2015
i've p much stopped updating mine. A) barely anyone reads it and B) most of the important details i know off hand.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Cato - 07-23-2015
(07-23-2015, 07:18 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: i've p much stopped updating mine. A) barely anyone reads it and B) most of the important details i know off hand.
I'm sure there's plenty of people who read other role-player's profiles. There's just no real way to show it. I'm firmly against any sort of 'page view' counter though - that sort of thing just encourages popularity contests and e-peen stroking.
It existed for the site used back on the WoW server I played on and ended up being removed as a feature due to many role-players abusing it, flaunting it and generally just tricking it to be seen as much more popular than they actually were.
Though to be fair it is easy to feel like people aren't reading stuff. It's why feedback is important and a friendly message given to someone in response to an intriguing post/story/profile can mean a lot.
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - banndsand - 07-23-2015
(07-23-2015, 07:26 PM)Graeham Wrote:(07-23-2015, 07:18 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: -snip--snip-
I've had people message me on the RPC before saying they've looked at my wiki page and are interested in setting up RP. If it's happened to me, it's not that uncommon.
 Especially with how my pages are only half-done at best... Speaking of which, I should probably finish sorting out the backstory for some of them...
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - FreelanceWizard - 07-23-2015
(07-23-2015, 07:26 PM)Graeham Wrote: I'm firmly against any sort of 'page view' counter though - that sort of thing just encourages popularity contests and e-peen stroking.
Beyond this, it's a computationally expensive thing for MediaWiki that interferes with caching, so we've turned it off for performance reasons.
Popularity contests are harmful in more ways than one!
RE: "Ugh I need to update my character's Wiki" - Jana - 08-07-2015
I got bored at 4 AM and went on a bit of a Rumor Rampage. I need to add some to my own character's page though...