Anjow Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Also note that if you're registered already, you won't see the new skin unless you select it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjow Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Some other thoughts:- Try and use third-person narrative when writing an article.- Some editors/admins will be needed to maintain consistency and a naming convention - ordinary users can't rename articles. Example: there is an article 'Tightening Cranks'; linking to 'Tightening cranks' will not link to it because of different capitalisation. When creating the former article I mistakenly used capitals for both words when that was not correct, and I can't change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 - Some editors/admins will be needed to maintain consistency and a naming convention - ordinary users can't rename articles. Example: there is an article 'Tightening Cranks'; linking to 'Tightening cranks' will not link to it because of different capitalisation. When creating the former article I mistakenly used capitals for both words when that was not correct, and I can't change it.Hmm yeah noticed that. Any idea how to sort it if you're an admin? (new to this too..)Seems to work now? I got redirected from Tightening_cranks to Tightening_Cranks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjow Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 (edited) I'm afraid not. I know that at least for now, one can redirect. Here's how, with an example of how I fixed the Tightening Cranks page name:1. Went to the Tightening Cranks page, clicked edit and copied the entire contents.2. Searched for Tightening cranks, no article found, clicked on create the article.3. Pasted contents of Tightening Cranks page and saved it. We now have two pages exactly the same - however we don't want this, we want one central page.4. Returned to the Tightening Cranks page and clicked edit. Deleted the entire contents.5. Inserted a redirect by adding:#REDIRECT [[Tightening cranks]]So now we have solved the problem of having the wrong name, AND when someone incorrectly links to Tightening Cranks, they won't get a blank page; they'll get redirected to the right page.Edit: You got redirected because I just added the redirect ...And it was the other way around, you got redirected from Tightening Cranks to Tightening cranks.I'll put more emphasis on using the third-person narrative - for those who don't know what it is, it means you don't say 'I think...' or write as though it is you talking to someone. It's the style used in formal documents and it maintains a more professional feel. Examples:1st person: "I decided that..."3rd person: "It was decided that..."1st person: "I think that..."3rd person: "Some think that..."Also don't make your articles biased. Don't put your own personal opinion into them. Edited May 11, 2007 by Anjow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Nice work seems to be coming together a bit. Again I reccomend either clearing your cache or pressing ctrl + f5 to see the changes to the skin I've made, looking a bit better now.edit: except in fecking IE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Yeah, in IE it looks very fecked.I don't mind putting my hand up, volunteering to help moderate it. Even if I do say so myself, my spelling grammar and punctuation is pretty good (I think) so if this new fangled Wiki needs to have immaculate punctuation etc. I could go through and correct errors.Wow, i sound like a penis don't I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 The skin doesn't look too bad on my IE.P.S I justed PMed you tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Yeah, in IE it looks very fecked.I don't mind putting my hand up, volunteering to help moderate it. Even if I do say so myself, my spelling grammar and punctuation is pretty good (I think) so if this new fangled Wiki needs to have immaculate punctuation etc. I could go through and correct errors.Wow, i sound like a penis don't I? Should look ok in IE now, just ctrl + f5 on any page that looks messed upThe skin doesn't look too bad on my IE.P.S I justed PMed you tom.NOTE: ANYONE CAN EDIT/ADD STUFF TO THE PAGES!! when you're on a page and you notice a mistake/think something should be added, just click the 'edit' link on the left hand side (quite far down) and edit away and press save. Changes appear instantly. To add a page, make a new link (look at the existing links on the page to see how they're done) and click save, then click the link you just made and add the info The wiki is seperate from the forum, so you will need to sign up to it seperatly (although guests can edit too). I'll integrate to 2 at a laster date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Starting to take off now , I'll be watching it's progress closely and adding content / categories . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Skin doesn't look bad now, nice job Thomas.Lets hope this works out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Needs quite a few more skin edits first just to tidy it up, but a link will be appearing soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Made some more skin changes, coming along nicely now. Refresh is recommended.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Few more changes done... any suggestions for the skin let me know (working on moving the [edit] link to the right hand side of titles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jones Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 This is rather cool, i can see this improving the forum loads, clearing up the forum alot more i guess.Good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Welll good idea.W00t..my Magura Piston topic is in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjow Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) If you have a link to your topic in the wiki and have some spare time, you could rewrite the contents of your topic as an article in the wiki - then other people can expand on it. Edited May 12, 2007 by Anjow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I personally don't think Dans magura lazy piston advice is very good, when you can just run the break with no or little tpa and it sorts it.People will be ripping their brakes apart for no reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) I personally don't think Dans magura lazy piston advice is very good, when you can just run the break with no or little tpa and it sorts it.People will be ripping their brakes apart for no reason.Each to their own...Although, I've tried your method of not using as much TPA, and my brake still felt shite, so I decided to properly clean the whole system, and see if that would solve anyting, and it did.Different people will have different problems, your brake might be fine apart from too much TPA, whereas other's might be really old, and have gunk and what-not stuck to the pistons.My method worked for me, so I though i'd share it. It seems to have worked for a fair few other people too, even after trying to use less TPA.EDIT: Spelling. Edited May 13, 2007 by Dan6061 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Can someone do me a favour?If you have NOT already registered an account with the wiki, can you try logging in with your forum username/pass? Should work (hopefully ) let me know if it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Plod Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Hey I just tried it. Works fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 worked for me aswell tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Excellent, ta Just paid for it actually so once I install it as soon as you login to the forum, you will be logged into the wiki too (and vice versa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Plod Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Excellent, ta Just paid for it actually so once I install it as soon as you login to the forum, you will be logged into the wiki too (and vice versa)Sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 (edited) Each to their own...Although, I've tried your method of not using as much TPA, and my brake still felt shite, so I decided to properly clean the whole system, and see if that would solve anyting, and it did.Different people will have different problems, your brake might be fine apart from too much TPA, whereas other's might be really old, and have gunk and what-not stuck to the pistons.My method worked for me, so I though i'd share it. It seems to have worked for a fair few other people too, even after trying to use less TPA.EDIT: Spelling. Yeah that's fair enough but maybe just a little edit just to say try running you brake with little or no tpa and if that dosn't work try this, becuase even maguras site says that lazy pistons are due to using too much tpa.How come it's all been locked to prevent editting? Edited May 13, 2007 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.