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It seems that despite the beta testers and the oodles of comments left concerning the change, Wikia is still going ahead with their change in look. | It seems that despite the beta testers and the oodles of comments left concerning the change, Wikia is still going ahead with their change in look. | ||
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You can read about the [[w:c:GuildWars:GuildWiki:Community_Portal/Leaving_Wikia|issues that led us to look for a new host]] and see the [[w:c:GuildWars:GuildWiki talk:Community_Portal/Leaving_Wikia|reaction from our contributors]]. | You can read about the [[w:c:GuildWars:GuildWiki:Community_Portal/Leaving_Wikia|issues that led us to look for a new host]] and see the [[w:c:GuildWars:GuildWiki talk:Community_Portal/Leaving_Wikia|reaction from our contributors]]. | ||
I post this here not so much to encourage Tardis to leave as to let you know that you are not alone in being worried about moving from stability to the unknown. | I post this here not so much to encourage Tardis to leave as to let you know that you are not alone in being worried about moving from stability to the unknown. | ||
Whatever you decide, I hope it works out well for you. This is a great resource and I hope to see it continue to flourish where ever it might be hosted. —''[[w:c:GuildWiki:User:Tennessee_Ernie_Ford|Tennessee Ernie Ford]]'' <small>([[w:c:GuildWiki:User talk:Tennessee Ernie Ford|<span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; background-color:#eee;">TEF</span>]])</small> 04:56, October 6, 2010 (UTC) | Whatever you decide, I hope it works out well for you. This is a great resource and I hope to see it continue to flourish where ever it might be hosted. —''[[w:c:GuildWiki:User:Tennessee_Ernie_Ford|Tennessee Ernie Ford]]'' <small>([[w:c:GuildWiki:User talk:Tennessee Ernie Ford|<span style="font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; background-color:#eee;">TEF</span>]])</small> 04:56, October 6, 2010 (UTC) | ||
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I've been trying it out for the last several minutes. It's not as completely terrible as I thought it'd be. I didn't really like Monaco as I started on Monobook, but got used to it and worked out how to make it work for the wiki. I'm not saying I ''like'' the new wiki skin at the moment. It needs modifying and altering a bit to work better. It also looks ''quite'' odd due to the fixed width and other things. ''But''...I think it may be possible to work with it. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:27, October 7, 2010 (UTC) | I've been trying it out for the last several minutes. It's not as completely terrible as I thought it'd be. I didn't really like Monaco as I started on Monobook, but got used to it and worked out how to make it work for the wiki. I'm not saying I ''like'' the new wiki skin at the moment. It needs modifying and altering a bit to work better. It also looks ''quite'' odd due to the fixed width and other things. ''But''...I think it may be possible to work with it. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:27, October 7, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:Looks wise, it's more modern. Whether it will be better, we'll see, but it took a couple of minutes to get used to the navigation. I actually think we won't end up moving. I hope we don't, but I must say, I like the look. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 18:00, October 7, 2010 (UTC) | |||
::It's not a bad look. Though it needs some tweaking, it does seem like something I'll be able to get used to. [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] 21:41, October 7, 2010 (UTC) | |||
:::Good to hear, I've started [[Forum:New Wikia skin - Things to do]] to be a sort of contents page for other forum pages to link off from it to sort out the tweaking and editing process. [[Forum:New logo or Wordmark]] is currently the only one I've added as it's one of the more noticeable things. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:05, October 9, 2010 (UTC) | |||
:::I'm not too keen on the new skin and have reverted back to monaco, however wikia keep tinkering with things and revert me to the new look. They've now tinkered to such an extent that i cant get monaco back and on the new look i cant seem to move adverts and recent changes boxes to the left side of the screen, its really irritating! [[User:Revanvolatrelundar|Revanvolatrelundar]] 16:09, November 3, 2010 (UTC) | |||
::::At some point the option to use Monaco will disappear all together, once wikia's sure everything's stable so says their [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia%27s_new_look_-_FAQ FAQ for the new look]. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 15:43, November 5, 2010 (UTC) | |||
==Opinions== | |||
I have to say this skin is surprisingly... good. A lot more than it was given credit for. I've designed two wikis with the new style and they actually came out quite well. By the way, I believe our wiki's name is TARDIS Index Files, plural, not TARDIS Index File, singular.. Someone should probably fix that. A background wouldn't hurt either. Manga Maniac 20:25, October 11, 2010 (UTC) | |||
*Where does it say we are plural? On all the logos and all pages referring to it, it is in singular form. --[[User:The Thirteenth Doctor|The Thirteenth Doctor]] 20:29, October 11, 2010 (UTC) | |||
::Hmm... must've been my imagination... ah well. [[wikipedia:The Simpsons|Mistakes were made!]] Still, a background wouldn't hurt, and as it stands the wiki looks a bit, dare I say it, plain. Perhaps putting 'TARDIS Index File' in another font? Or giving the color a slight tint of blue? [[User:Manga Maniac|Manga Maniac]] 20:36, October 11, 2010 (UTC) | |||
:::I rather like the plain, clean look. It lends a bit of encyclopaedic class to the wiki. --[[User:Tangerineduel|Tangerineduel]] 13:52, October 12, 2010 (UTC) | |||
::::I'm inclined to agree with Tangerineduel; even [[wikipedia:Main_Page|that other wiki]] got rid of their background. [[User:Rob T Firefly|Rob T Firefly]] 17:57, October 12, 2010 (UTC) | |||
Where the hell are the talk/discussion pages????????????? [[Special:Contributions/68.146.64.9|68.146.64.9]] 04:08, October 24, 2010 (UTC) | |||
* Never mind. Wikia's decided to become a blog and copy facebook so instead of a "Discussion" link there's a dinky little "Talk" link with a number next to it that's going to message on every page where a huge number of comments are made. I'm not a fan of the new look at all. [[Special:Contributions/68.146.64.9|68.146.64.9]] 04:20, October 24, 2010 (UTC) | |||
** It also took me a while to find the Page History. Why do people make changes if all it does it make it less intuitive and harder to find what you need? The IMDb underwent a bunch of changes last week which rendered it completely useless, in my opinion. [[Special:Contributions/68.146.64.9|68.146.64.9]] 21:53, October 24, 2010 (UTC) |
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