User talk:Skolander

UCX implementation
Hi! I’m Héctor, one of the Fandom Community Managers. I’m here to talk with you about the upcoming changes we will experiment on the wikis when the new UCX will be released. As a result, we’ll have to adapt the current content - mainly the design and implemented code - to ensure they’re compatible and operational.

Specifically talking, the UCX will mainly affect the Frontpage, the design (logo, background, favicon, themes), the CSS/JS used and some templates that should adapt their look to it. While the wiki will still be migrated some weeks later, I’m here to work alongside you to anticipate all the work regarding review, improvements and adaptation to the new skin.

If you agree, I’ll start soon, reviewing the mentioned elements and describing to you what work should be done. For the case of the design, I can work with the future version, that will be working once the wiki will be migrated. Regarding the frontpage, templates and the code, I can work and implement the changes now, to have them properly working both in the present and the future, but having all the changes done in advance.

Let me know if you have any comments about it and we can explore together the upcoming changes. Thanks! --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 18:20, 10 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes. My intention is to discuss with you any of the changes. Right now I can see a test version of the UCX version, what makes me anticipate what changes we need to adapt the wiki. In about 2 weeks you'll be able to see the preview, all some time before the migration itself. Let me do a quick check to the wiki, and I'll detail here what adaptations we'll need to do.


 * Regarding the ads, I'm not sure what's your concrete concern. Theoretically, the content is properly shown and wouldn't have conflict with the ads. I don't know if you had the chance to take a look to how the UCX will be, but it doesn't have the current column design the Fandom Main pages have. Quite the opposite, it's more similar to the Gamepedia style and their frontpages, including the chance to use the full width. --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 16:26, 11 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Alright, sounds good. Looking forward to seeing the preview. Skolander (talk) 18:24, 11 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi again! I've found some time to take a quick look to the UCX test version and see some differences and needed work to adapt the wiki:
 * The Main Page has lost the style for its buttons. I assume its code is not included in the common.css page but in hydra.css. In addition, you should keep in mind that with the UCX you will have a dark theme, so that style should also contrast well with it. In addition, the icons in the Shop section are a bit close between them.
 * The infoboxes doesn't have their style. You should move their CSS to Common.css
 * The table in the Outfits page has to be adapted to different widths.
 * Navboxes like Spellbreak and Cosmetics are working but they have a small width in the UCX.
 * The chest template in Equipment has a grey background that doesn’t fit with the dark theme (and its white color for text). The same page also has some custom black text that doesn’t fit with the theme.


 * You can work now with these tweaks and I'm happy to check them later. But anyway, you will be able to access to the ucx test version in some weeks and see the changes by yourself. --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 18:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Any news on the UCX preview? Skolander (talk) 11:08, 27 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello! It's available right now! :) --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 21:02, 1 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Hey again. Looks like I'll have to reformat virtually every page. How do you suggest I go about updating the templates? A lot of the time previews aren't sufficient, but if I save the changes they mess with the formatting on the live Hydra skin. Do I just have to make a bunch of new test templates and pages to copy the data into, or what do you recommend? Skolander (talk) 21:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello. There's no need to create new templates. I'm not sure if you already read all the details I've been explaining during these days, but I mostly explained the required work. You can basically copy and adapt all the neede code from MediaWiki:Hydra.css to mediawiki:fandomdesktop.css (the new page for the UCX skin). If you make changes in MediaWiki:Common.css, they will affect all skins (the current Hydra skin and the future UCX skin). If you make changes in Hydra.css for the new skin, it's useless. And if you add something to FD.css, it only affects to the new skin but not Hydra.

Regarding what affect to colors (text, background, link, borders) you have to keep into account that the new skin has the 2 themes (light and dark option), so all the content here (frontpage, infoboxes, navboxes, other templates, tables) has to be compatible with both. It implies moving all the color orders could be in Common.css to Hydra.css+FD.css, and all the existing color code in Hydra.css copied (but not moved because Hydra will lose it) and adapted (to work with both themes) in FD.css. To make the color code compatible with both themes, you can either use different classes for each theme (.theme-fandomdesktop-light and .theme-fandomdesktop-dark) or use CSS variables (this is what I've been doing in all the rest of wikis).

I can directly try to help you with anything needed, but if you need more info or help, you can optionally go to the #ucx channel of our official Discord server. Let me know how can continue helping you. Thanks! --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 08:34, 4 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi! How do you feel with the new skin and how I adapted the wiki? If you're fine, you can go to the Admin Dashboard and click on the MARK AS READY button to confirm the future migration of the wiki. --CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 16:32, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It's gonna be a while before I migrate it. Lots of templates to remake and formatting I need to redo to fit the new width. A lot of tables simply can't be fixed with a css change. Been putting it off because it's daunting. I'll get to it eventually. Skolander (talk) 20:32, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Gonna return to working on getting the wiki FandomDesktop compatible now. Wanted to ask before I begin, if it currently / planned to be possible to set the default content layout width to "expanded" for unsigned in users? Would save me from a lot of hassle. Though I don't expect this is possible. Skolander (talk) 15:28, 13 July 2021 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, no. The default look for visitor without account is with the default content width and showing the right rail. You would have to adapt all the content for it, but also trying to have it adaptable to a wider width. CuBaN VeRcEttI (Contact) 15:44, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Changing the wiki background
Hello again.

Originally made this request on your talk page, since I can't access my own talk page through FandomDesktop for some reason, and it's a hassle to switch each time.

Can you inform me how to add a pattern to the background, or a custom image? It's not an option in the Theme Designer, even though I swear it used to be. Examples: Zelda & Dragonball Wikis. Thanks. Skolander (talk) 18:47, 15 July 2021 (UTC)