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Hey have a look at [[User:Manning/temp|this page]]. It's an alternate design for the [[Amplifier_(FX_block):_list_of_amp_types]]. It's not finished, but I thought I'd get your opinion before I go any further. Cheers [[User:Manning|Manning]] 01:44, 3 August 2011 (EDT)
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== Admin ==
  
Also, I had a couple of thoughts on configuration.
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Hello! Can I ask if I can have admin and bureaucrat rights? '''[[User:Egghead|<span style="color:magenta">Egghead</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Egghead|Talk to me!]]) 09:05, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
  
1 - I think having defined URL paths '''<nowiki> http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/somepage</nowiki> '''<br>
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==Reply on user forums==
is better than '''<nowiki> http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/index.php?title=somepage</nowiki>.'''
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My full name is Dove Windsor. My address is 46-48 Highfield Street, Leicestershire, England, LE2 1AD. My email address is dovewindsor@gmail.com. My username is "Egghead". Can you direct me to the user forum link? '''[[User:Egghead|<span style="color:magenta">Egghead</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Egghead|Talk to me!]]) 09:26, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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:I'm curious! What is a user forum? '''[[User:Egghead|<span style="color:magenta">Egghead</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Egghead|Talk to me!]]) 09:28, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
  
This is set in the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUsePathInfo $wgUsePathInfo] parameter.
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== Please update help link ==
  
The main reason it is better is that the links look better when pasted into other places (such as the forum).
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Could you point users to the forum in the help link in the sidebar?
  
2 - Somewhere in the parameters for the default Vector Skin is the option to underline all links (which Wikipedia has as a default). Currently the Axe Wiki doesn't, which makes it really hard to tell when text has been hyperlinked. I can't actually remember where this is set.
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It looks like you already know how to do this, but you can change [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] to change the line <code>** helppage|Help</code> so that it reads <code><nowiki>** https://forum.fractalaudio.com/|Help</nowiki></code> instead.
  
Anyway, just some thoughts. Cheers [[User:Manning|Manning]] 02:01, 3 August 2011 (EDT)
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I'm asking because it looks like someone from your wiki ended up on the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:W6qivmde4wucuz79 MediaWiki support desk] and we won't be much help there.
  
==PDF's and stuff==
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== Please update help link ==
Hey, we can keep the discussion here on your page, I'll know when you have replied as your page is on my watchlist. Also, when you leave a comment type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> at the very end, that signs and dates it.
 
  
PDFs are still not supported properly by MediaWiki, and you will probably never be able to upload a PDF and search it because PDF is a commercial format and Mediawiki is open-source. Having said that, there are methods - see [http://www.appropedia.org/Help:Porting_PDF_files_to_MediaWiki http://www.appropedia.org/Help:Porting_PDF_files_to_MediaWiki] for a good summary.
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Done!
 
 
Peaker - LOL, sorry about that. I was on auto-pilot. Thanks for double-checking.
 
 
 
As far as the table - it should format properly on mobile devices as I used the "wikitable" template. Standard HTML tables can go horribly wrong. That is all the information I was planning to use for the table, each line of the table can then link to a full article for each module. I'll do an example and put the link here. Cheers [[User:Manning|Manning]] 05:03, 3 August 2011 (EDT)
 
 
 
:'''Update''' - I've created the first subpage (59 Bassguy). You can click to it from [[User:Manning/temp|the temporary table]]. [[User:Manning|Manning]] 20:59, 3 August 2011 (EDT)
 
 
 
== Official manual ==
 
 
 
On the topic of PDF's is it your plan to import the entire manual? If so, I can probably help with that as I have access to all the necessary software. (I also now have the manual as a Word document in case you want a copy).
 
 
 
The other necessary block of work would be wikilinking all the text. This would take some time, but it is far from impossible.
 
 
 
If that is the plan, then it would be good to have a naming standard to indicate it is directly from the manual eg "MAN:The Section Name". [[User:Manning|Manning]] 18:45, 3 August 2011 (EDT)
 
 
 
:Hi, I already converted the current manual and integrated it into the wiki.
 
:I split it into paragraphs and used templates to separate it from user contributions.
 
:This allowed me to add manual content to individual topics where applicable.
 
:I did this using the DOC I got from Matman, and the Save-To-Mediawiki feature in Libre Office (successor of OpenOffice).
 
:Of course the layout isn't 100% the same and I didn't embed small images. The text in the templates should not be edited, as it is Fractal's.
 
:Most pages start with a disclaimer about the manual conversion.
 
 
 
::Oh cool. Obviously the text shouldn't be changed, but what about wikilinking - is there any problem with doing that?  Also I've been working on getting the Navbar and Navbox templates working, as they make creating automatically updated tables of contents really easy. Scroll to the bottom of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_anthems this page] and open the "Lists by Country" - that is the navbox template. It is used through all of Wikipedia.
 
 
 
::Going back to your first question, which PDFs are you talking about, apart from the user manual? [[User:Manning|Manning]] 03:17, 4 August 2011 (EDT)
 
 
 
Wow, Bassman amp page looks good. Lotta work man. Navbox is also cool.
 
PDF: in fact the manual is the only one. And maybe the MFC manual too.
 
I guess wikilinking wouldn't be a problem. Always to consider:
 
- are the results worth the effort / do many people use it
 
- are things still easy to manage when the manual is updated, or when you and I aren't around :)
 
[[User:Yek|Yek]] 03:29, 4 August 2011 (EDT)
 

Latest revision as of 01:22, 1 May 2021

Admin

Hello! Can I ask if I can have admin and bureaucrat rights? Egghead (Talk to me!) 09:05, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Reply on user forums

My full name is Dove Windsor. My address is 46-48 Highfield Street, Leicestershire, England, LE2 1AD. My email address is dovewindsor@gmail.com. My username is "Egghead". Can you direct me to the user forum link? Egghead (Talk to me!) 09:26, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm curious! What is a user forum? Egghead (Talk to me!) 09:28, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Please update help link

Could you point users to the forum in the help link in the sidebar?

It looks like you already know how to do this, but you can change MediaWiki:Sidebar to change the line ** helppage|Help so that it reads ** https://forum.fractalaudio.com/|Help instead.

I'm asking because it looks like someone from your wiki ended up on the MediaWiki support desk and we won't be much help there.

Please update help link

Done!