Board Thread:2017 - A Year of Ambition/@comment-1824169-20170222063839



I know all of these updates are technically centered around convenience, but this one even moreso than usual. I remembered how to use Wikia's massive gaping backhole to dodge the JS review process this time, so these changes should be active as soon as you refresh your cache.

Page Creator
I'm especially happy about this one, seeing as how cleanup has been such a big topic on the wiki's mind as of late.

Have you ever been in the mood to start some cleanup, but gotten discouraged by the fact that looking up a stub's creator and leaving a message is such a tedious process? Discourage no longer, because there's a script for that!

The extension adds the name of the user who created the page you're currently on, as well as a link to their Message Wall, right under the name of the page itself. This means no more going to History to hunt down the original creator and find their message wall! With just a single click, you'll be on their Wall to leave a message! It's that simple!

Save Key
I can't be the only one around here who's accidentally pressed "Ctrl+S" out of habit trying to save a Wiki page and thus had to cancel out of downloading the page itself. This extension basically just enables us to save the pages we're editing with that exact setting, finally putting Wikia's editor on par with Microsoft Notepad!

Why this isn't a default feature I will never know.

User Avatar Finder
You ever wanted to add someone's avi to your friends list, but ended up getting frustrated by them constantly changing their avatar and forcing you to update the image you're using? Be frustrated no more, for this extension automatically displays a user's current avatar without the need to manually download it and upload it to the wiki!

To use this script, simply include the template name and the username of the user in the page you're editing like so:

You can also change the size of the avatar (minimum size: 16 x 16px, maximum: 150 x 150px, default: 100 x 100px), (leave the px out) like so:

Example:

Results in the following:

Font Awesome
Ever wondered where those neat icons on the custom siderail module came from? No? I don't care, this extension exists anyways and it's pretty neat. It basically allows you to use any icon you want from the Font Awesome website, making it easy to spice up a page without adding a bunch of tiny pictures.

To use these symbols on your pages, simply insert a  tag with   class. Example:

Insert icon class... List on Font Awesome.io. Example:

Styling:

I myself have already made use of this extension on the custom siderail and the infobox for Clockwork (Earth-83).

That's it for this update. As always, these are fairly minor changes, but I hope you find them as useful as I do! Have a great day! 