Forum:Wikia skin update

Changes are going to be needed to accommodate the new skin change, many involving templates. The goal of this project page is to coordinate the effort to update the wiki for display on the new skin. For the moment, we're merely identifying required changes and brainstorming ideas.

Identifying "problem" pages
Changes to the skin should not affect the proper display of most pages. Some pages, however, will display incorrectly in the new skin. Initially, we will just identify these "problem" pages. If/when the switch to the new skin is imminent, the goal will switch to actually making the required changes.

Width
One of the largest changes in the new skin is the introduction of a 'fixed-width' content area. Pages will no longer stretch to fill the width of a screen. Instead, the width of all content on the wiki (Excepting the main page) will be restricted to 660 pixels in width. (See: Transition guide at the community wikia.) As much of our content was designed for a much larger viewing width, some templates, tables, and articles will not fit into a 660pixel wide area. Any pages that don't currently fit this size will need to be changed.

Category
If you see a page that looks like it won't display correctly in the new skin, please add it to Category to be determined, and if needed, start a discussion for what changes will be required either on this project page or the article's talk page. Use discretion: if the required change is obvious, there's no need to start a discussion.

Thematic changes
Unrelated to any specific page, there are some changes to the overall presentation of the wiki that will be required in the move to the new Wikia skin.

Background
There have been suggestions to change the background of the wiki away from the current 'stary' background. Mockups of these have been included above. If a change is wanted, the agreed upon background will be included here.

Navigation
The navigation sidebar will be removed. In its place, there will be 4 links alongside the wiki's logo, each with 7 sub-links. As we have more than 32 links in our current navigation, we will have to reorganize our navigational links to accommodate this new style. The finalized (i.e. agreed upon) navigation will be included here.

Comments
This page is just to collect all of the changes that will be required by the switch to the new Wikia skin. If you see anything that hasn't yet been identified above (or feel that anything needs to be clarified or revised), please do so above. -- Dammej ( talk ) 01:29, September 26, 2010 (UTC)