User talk:Omega Blademan/Archive1

Skin customization
Hi there! I was looking at your wiki, and I see that you're having trouble customizing the skin. You're customizing the Quartz skin, but I think the wiki is actually using the Monaco skin. You may want to check out the Monaco Skin Customization page to see more about how to customize the wiki's skin. Let me know if I can help with anything! -- Danny (talk ) 16:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello, I just read your message on my talk page. I'm not really having that much trouble, I'm just starting out on skin customizing with that, since that was the one that had the most content in the css files that I saw. I'm actually using those tutorials, and they helped me out when I was trying to figure out why I couldn't see any changes. I will try to find the Monaco customizing help page, but the lnik you gave me led to a non-existant page... -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  17:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Oops, sorry! It's on inside.wikia, here: Monaco Skin Customization. -- Danny (talk ) 17:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that'll be good for me, now I can close the tab that the link's in and not have to go search for it again :)


 * To expand on what I was just saying, I'm starting with Quartz because it's an interesting design(Though I'm stuck on trying to align the widgets on the left side of the screen...), but I'm eventually going to try and edit the other skins at least a bit, just because they all have their interesting pieces.


 * Thanks for the help, and I've got a question, the profile things I've read about on help Wikia, are those one of the admin request things? If so, I'm not requesting it... yet. I'm just curious right now, since I would have to check with the owner of this Wiki first. -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  17:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, you should just be working with the Monaco skin. That's the skin that visitors are seeing when they come to the site. As an individual user, you can use whatever skin you like best, but for everybody else, the wiki is going to be seen in Monaco.


 * Monaco is a fairly new skin -- we just launched it about two months ago. We changed the skin because we found that both Quartz and Monobook were fairly confusing for brand-new visitors. The results that we've seen so far show that using Monaco makes new visitors more likely to explore the content, log in, and make edits. We've stopped supporting the Quartz and Monobook skins, so any new features that we add, like profiles, are going to be based on the Monaco skin.


 * You can spend time customizing the Quartz and Monobook skins, but nobody's really going to be seeing the wiki that way... So I'd suggest busting out the Monaco customization, and making the wiki look the way you want in that skin.


 * Profiles are coming... We're currently testing them out on a few wikis, and making some tweaks before we offer them sitewide. But stay tuned on that; they'll definitely be available later on. -- Danny (talk ) 17:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I understand, I basically just saw that it had the most css in the css file here and used it to start figuring out what goes with what and what not to do, but I understand completely... I actually prefer it myself.

Really? Well I guess that explains why I had been seeing the Sapphire Quartz skin, then saw the new Monaco Skin when I got on here. XD But I understand why, it's easy to use, like the pullout sidebars and such. Plus, you can move widgets XD

Yeah, I'm agreeing, I'm just going to finish up a few tests on how to customize the actual text colour, then I'm gonna go over to the Monaco skin and mess around, but as of right at this moment, this is only for me... I don't know if GB wants me to actually make skins or not yet. I might just get a screenie first.

Ah, ok, That's what it had meant then... ok, I was just curious :)

I have one more question... When I keep trying to upload images, it keeps saying the filename's either invalid or corrupt... Yet when I upload it to other sites like an image hoster named Brickshelf, it uploads fine... any clue to why it's doing that? I've been having to have another person upload the images... Or link them from the other hosters... -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  17:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * That's strange about the images... What are you trying to upload? I just uploaded Image:Twoface.jpg as a test, and it worked fine. Can you describe what's happening for you? Give me as many details as you can.


 * Also, you can just reply here on your page... I've got your page watchlisted, so I'll get notified when you reply here. :) -- Danny (talk ) 18:31, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * (Well that's easier for us XD) Well, the wiki logo is mine... I tried to upload it and it gave me an error... Hang on, I'll try to upload something as a test myself... *Goes to test* Ok, I just tried to upload a file named Toa Blade.png. I'll give you a pic once I copy this text: The file is corrupt or has an incorrect extension. Please check the file and upload again.


 * The pic I was trying to upload: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/NeoBlademanSC/SS-Avatars/toa_blade.png This picture of my Toa Blade Sprite.
 * It works to upload there and maj.com, but it doesn't want to upload here...


 * From the top when I got the message just now: '''Upload image/file
 * From My Lego Network Wiki
 * You have new messages (last change).
 * Jump to: navigation, search
 * Upload warning
 * The file is corrupt or has an incorrect extension. Please check the file and upload again.'''


 * Also, how does your watched pages being edited give you a notification? I've been wanting something like what you get for Talk pages for watched items...


 * One more thing(If you read this), is it possible to edit the CSS for the Monaco skins so they look different? Like to, say, customize the Monaco version of the Smoke skin. Would that be possible? -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  17:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi! You can set your preferences to send you an e-mail when a page you're watching is edited. Go into "My preferences"... It's at the bottom of the User profile section. You have to confirm your e-mail address, and then you check off "E-mail me when a page I'm watching is changed".


 * You can definitely customize the Monaco skin. In your preferences, set the skin for the wiki to Monaco-custom. Then you edit MediaWiki:Monaco.css.


 * There's instructions here: Customizing Monaco. You can look around at some of the wikis that have customized their skins for ideas -- feel free to copy the parts that you like! Some interesting customized wikis are Wookieepedia, Marvel Movies, Speed Racer, and Hot Wheels. -- Danny (talk ) 17:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Page protection
Hi, please don't preemptively protect articles from user edits (such as the walkthrough hub). This prevents visitors from being directly able to edit/improve the page, and can make the wiki seem a little unfriendly. Protection should only be reserved for articles that are heavily vandalized on a recurring basis. Thank you. -User:PanSola(talk/history) 02:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi there!
Welcome to our wiki, and thank you for your contributions! There's a lot to do around here, so I hope you'll stay with us and make many more improvements.


 * Recent changes is a great first stop, because you can see what pages other people have been editing, and where you can help.


 * Questions? You can ask at the Help desk or on the "discussion" page associated with each article, or post a message on my talk page!


 * Need help? The Community Portal has an outline of the site, and pages to help you learn how to edit.


 * Please sign in every time you edit, so that we can recognise you!

I'm really happy to have you here, and look forward to working with you!



-- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  18:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Oo
A lot of what? Olsonman (talk) 17:43, 17 May 2008
 * Well, feel free to be my MLN friend, my username's the same as my wikia name. Olsonman (talk) 18:45, 17 May 2008

Wait, where do you talk? Anyway, 'morning, your Bladeship. Rakoua1 22:20, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Place we are now :P
 * Morning? -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  22:22, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Rapid Page Opening
I've noticed that lately on the Wiki (since today) there has been a rapid flood of plain pages. I see many people are opening pages really fast but there's not much info in them. I personally think that you should think what to put before starting a page, I'm trying to edit and add more info but more pages keep getting opened and it's hard to catch up... - Vezon The Piraka 12:50, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I see that, I can't stop if they do anythign though... Though i'm getting really annoyed at that one page getting remade... It's being deleted NOW. -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  14:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Setting
Hi there, I'm a member of Wikia's Community team. I enabled the setting you requested. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I'll be happy to help. -- JSharp (talk) 18:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! BTW, is it possible to edit the different skin choices for everyone? Not that it's as needed(Jade is awesome :D), but I'm just curious. Also, for some reason I can't upload images, or couldn't... Any idea why? -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  19:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Temporary New Page Lockdown
Is there some way the wiki can be locked from making new pages and that only you can start new pages. We just got another page flood from Olsonman. No offense to him. - Vezon The Piraka 06:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I myself can't access any actual SERVER settings, and I'd doubt Wikia would want to help that way... Just request he doesn't start new pages as fast. For now at least... -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  13:30, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

My LEGO Network News
Yeah... how do you edit the news? I clicked on the "Edit" button but there is no news section that appears with news content in it. - Vezon The Piraka 19:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Add it under the old news like you would on the mainpage. -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  21:02, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Under the old news? But I can't on the mainpage as no news content appears. As if it has been locked to prevent editing...

So... do I just put it in the Archive? I already have. - Vezon The Piraka 06:16, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't remember locking the template...
 * And where you put it, is find the LAST news piece on the edit screen of the Template, and follow the set up it already has. That should work. *Wonders why it won't work for Vezon* -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  12:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

A New Vandel
OB, I think there is a vandel who created the following page to the right>>>>. I forgot the vandel's name but since your an ambasitor here, you can delete the page and block the vandel. NG Olsonman 17:43, 30 June 2008
 * >< Dang it, I go away for a bit and vandals come around. Thanks for telling me, and a huge thanks to PanSola for actually dealing with the vandal... -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  02:47, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

MLNO News
I think it's time for a new spot at the blank section at the colorful boxes in the main page. I think it should be like MLNO News, like events that are happening and who won the Featured MLNO User (Talking about T*I*M*P*O*S*T*E*R). And I think there should be a link to there also, because so we can have more users by a main page at a certain wikia (Talking about the M*L*N W*I*K*I*A). NG Olsonman 1:50, 2 July 2008
 * No links to MLNO. I agree that it would be good for the site, but we'd lose BZP because they have a strict no forum links policy. Rahkshi and GB will probably agree too. And why are you spacing stuff with *s? -- Omega Blademan   Sound Check   Contribs  19:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * But the news is ok right? (And I put the *s, because I don't want to mention actual words) Network Guardian User:Network Guardian:Olsonman 20:35, 2 July 2008 (UTC)