Forum:Profile tools
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Hullo!
Wikia is rolling out some new community oriented tools - currently seen on Halopedia, FFXIclopedia, Grand Theft Wiki, AoC and StarCraft. SSB is next on our list of wikis to get the new stuff. Therefore I have arrived to help organise this with you :)
Our current plan is to roll out some of the Profile tools - that is, Profiles, Avatars, Awards, Gifts, Friends and Userboxes - first, along with a tool called Site Scout. (There are more, such as user levels, but they will not be available until later.)
In order to organise this we need for users and especially admins to take a look at all the help pages linked above, read up about it and be prepared for the changes. We would also like to check when you think you would be ready for the tools. There will be a few things to set up - links to the help pages, announcements and some backend stuff. Not too big, but better to be in place in plenty of time.
We have a beta site live at http://beta.super-smash-bros.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page - please check it out. It can go live fairly soon. When viewing that version, please note the address bar after clicking links - it is easy to find yourself back on the normal site. Also note the database is shared so changes made on live/beta sites affect both (so some changes shown below you will not want to do until it is live).
Hope this brightens your afternoon! Kirkburn (talk) 18:50, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Stuff to do
To ensure users know about these features we recommend doing the following things:
[edit] Main page
For the main page, we've got an extra few things to be added. See for example http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page. These extensions can be placed on your main page or community portal to "surface" social activity on a wiki. The first two are used together, as only one or the other will ever show.
| Meet the Community | Welcome User | Site activity |
|---|---|---|
| For logged out users, this hook allows you to display avatars of the community. You can specify the number of avatars to show and the number of rows to show them in. | For logged in users, this will display any open friend requests, gifts or other social notifications. | This is a visual version of recent changes that you can display on your main page. It also includes some of the profile activities that don't currently show up in recent changes. |
| <loggedout><randomuserswithavatars count=15 row=5></randomuserswithavatars></loggedout> | <loggedin><welcomeUser></welcomeUser></loggedin> | <siteactivity limit=5></siteactivity> |
More info on w:c:help:Help:Profile tools#Supporting extensions
[edit] Custom fields
You will need to put some custom text fields in - they are shown on http://beta.aoc.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UpdateProfile/custom
For example, "favourite race", "favourite feature".
Info on how and where to do this - w:c:help:Help:User Profiles#Custom.
[edit] Sitenotice
Don't forget to add a sitenotice to tell people about the new stuff! See w:c:gta:MediaWiki:Sitenotice for an example. Don't forget to increase the MediaWiki:Sitenotice id of course :)
[edit] Site Scout
You will probably also wish to link to the new Site Scout extension on MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar. The page can be found at Special:SiteScout.
[edit] Profiles
Fill out your profiles and start friending/gifting everyone you know on the wiki!
[edit] Discussion
I really like them. If you guys are having problems accessing the special pages, add "beta" in the url. For example, http://beta.super-smash-bros.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UpdateProfile, http://beta.super-smash-bros.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UploadAvatar, http://beta.super-smash-bros.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UserActivity. I noticed you'll get an error message in all the special pages, so just remember to add "beta" in the URL. Here's my profile [1] and here's what those tools above look like [2].--Richard 21:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
For one of the custom fields, I put in a "Friend code" option. Admins can make up custom titles at MediaWiki:Custom-info-field1, MediaWiki:Custom-info-field2, MediaWiki:Custom-info-field3, and MediaWiki:Custom-info-field4.--Richard 21:20, 28 April 2008 (UTC)