Talk:Main Page

Ok, I put the Header with the branches in a template Template:FoCW_Header.

The template is alled with arguments in first line. {{{1}}},{{{2}}} are replaced.

{{FoCW_Header|Fellowship Of The Celtic Woods|Welcome to the FoCW Wiki!}}

I tried to leave the first two <div> open to have the rest of the page in a fixed layout. But when calling the template looks like all open tags are automatically closed.

so I need the next two lines

<div id="container"> <div class="wrapper">

To fix the rest of the page.

and I would like to get rid of these two lines somehow.

You can look at the page source, for the styles the wiki uses. I think the body of the page is style bodyContent

i tried putting bodyContent { width: 718px } in MediaWiki:Common.css this fixes the page but makes it alined to the left, dunno how to center it.

the whole style definition is in: http://focw.dragoncairn.net//wiki/skins/monobook/main.css

You cannot edit that just override in Common.css

bodyContent

I modified that style. Now in MediaWiki:Common.css but how do I center it ?

--Takiro 17:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

text-align:center ? --DragonCairn 14:50, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Structure

• I think it would look better to change the structure of this page to something like this:
  • Welcome
  • Unofficial
  • Index
  • Announcements
    • How to handle secrets and the editing help should be moved to the appropriate Editing-help page and a link to that page added here
    • Request for Admins should go here as well
    • Fellowship-bot announcement should go here as well
    • the last two obviously only if they're still needed
• This (and other pages) would tremendously benefit from some nice pictures/artwork.

--Ermabwed 08:11, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Created Help:Editing with the information from How to handle secrets and Should need more info. Expanded and added information. Meant as a replacement as stated above. --Ermabwed 21:27, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Last days

Let's use this page to discuss DC's announcement.

• I've sent him an email asking for details on bandwidth/month and the associated costs. A quick search gave that you can get hosting|VPS for about $5|$10/month with >=50GB bandwidth, maybe less if you search more thoroughly.
• What speaks for funding the wiki as it is now?
  • convenient
    • no move needed
    • no setup of a new wiki/domain needed
    • nobody else has to deal with the financial side
• What speaks for moving the wiki to another server?
  • software updates (currently using a pretty old version of the MediaWiki software (yes, I prefer up-to-date software)
  • wiki extensions and wiki features that are currently not available since DC isn't involved in EL or the wiki anymore.
  • maybe better connectivity (I for one am getting frequent time-outs when connecting to the wiki)

Of course the above list could be enhanced, this is just what came to my mind first.

Personally I'd be both willing to donate to the wiki (in fact I'll chip in some bucks to keep this site funded until we reach a decision here as soon as I know the numbers) or pay for a different host as I could use a host for other sites I'm involved with anyways but don't exactly need that either.

--Ermabwed 08:07, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

• I believe its time for the wiki to move to another server.
  • For all the reasons Ermabweb posted (improving the wiki; we need a person that answers the requests of the editors).
  • Reading DragonCairn text I see that he's not interested in the game or the wiki anymore, why should he have to deal with the funding and the bandwidth usage of the sites?
  • Even if donations are made now I believe this problem will only be postponed for some months. (In the past I've seen several messages announcing the near end of the wiki).
• I see that all the work Ermabwed, Gampa, me and others had is in risk of being lost, so until everything is decided I'll stop my edits on the wiki.
• My work is not related with computers so I can't help with the move but I'll donate money to keep the new site up.
• (I really hope that other persons enter this discussion.)

--Zarkuu 16:34, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

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• I talked to Krrick and we're in the process of getting ready to move the dragoncairn.net domain to another server. I'll try to have the wiki locked for editing once we're ready to move.--Ermabwed 17:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)