User talk:Zantam03

New skin
I've created a new skin, and fixed the background problem.

To begin, replace:

with this:

body { background-image: url('http://www.art-virtue.com/painting/history/ching/PuRu/snow-20.jpg') !important; } { border-width: 0px !important; background-color: transparent !important; } { background-color: #DAD59E !important; } .color1 { background-color: #818465 !important; color: #EFCE9B !important; } .accent, #link_box, #link_box_dynamic { background-color: #EFCE9B !important; border-width:0px !important; } .toc, #catlinks, .neutral { background-color: #FFFBB9 !important; }
 * 1) wikia_header, #background_strip
 * 1) wikia_page, .selected, .widget

--Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 15:32, March 16, 2010 (UTC)

Holy cow thanks a lot man! :-D Great stuff :-D Looks very nice now :-) -- Zantam03 15:38, March 16, 2010 (UTC)

I know. :) Sometime later I'll also add some more fixes. Any personal suggestions for me to work on? --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 22:11, March 16, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, no :-P Well I have some ideas on my mind but I don't think you can help me with it until I actually uploaded it on this Wiki; I wanna make some small pictures, upload them, place them on the main page and use them as redirects. I've seen it on some other wiki's and it looks nice.

Hmm, maybe you can change those tabs at the top of the user page? There are orange squares around them... that's all I can think of right now.. what fixes are you gonna add?? -- Zantam03 22:36, March 16, 2010 (UTC)

I can fix those quite easily - and the Wiki text, as well as the green button's colours will be changed. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 10:01, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

OK, add:

a.wikia-button, a.wikia-button:visited, span.wikia-button a, span.wikia-button a:visited, input[type="submit"], input[type="reset"], input[type="button"], button { background-color: #808080; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #808080 20%, #666666 70%); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 20%, 0% 70%, from(#808080), to(#666666)); border-color: #FFFFFF; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #262626, 0 -1px 0 #262626, 1px 0 0 #262626, -1px 0 0 #262626; color: #000000; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #262626; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #262626, 0 -1px 0 #262626, 1px 0 0 #262626, -1px 0 0 #262626; color: white !important; }

/* IE Styles */ a.wikia-button, span.wikia-button a, input[type="submit"], input[type="reset"], input[type="button"], button { filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColorStr="#FF808080", EndColorStr="#FF666666"); outline: 1px solid #262626\9; }

/* Hover and Active states */ a.wikia-button:hover, span.wikia-button a:hover, input[type="submit"]:hover, input[type="reset"]:hover, input[type="button"]:hover, button:hover { text-shadow: #FFFFFF 0 1px 1px; }

a.wikia-button:active, span.wikia-button a:active, input[type="submit"]:active, input[type="reset"]:active, input[type="button"]:active, button:active { color: #000000; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #666666 20%, #808080 70%); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 20%, 0% 70%, from(#666666), to(#808080)); } { background-color: #818465 !important; color: #EFCE9B !important; } { color: #EFCE9B !important; }
 * 1) user_masthead_tabs > li > a
 * 1) header_username > A

To the skin - then Ctrl+F5 it to see. There prolly will be more changes - because Wikia released a huge upgrade after I made it. Oh well, it's easy to fix. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 10:12, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

also: as for speech templates use this or this. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 10:37, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

-- Thanks :-) The first one looks great presuming I can change the pic? And can als place the pic on the right? Btw, why are you doing all this?? :-P -- Zantam03 10:39, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

There's a parameter to change the image - this - I can't make it go on the right though. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 10:45, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

- It looks nice. But do I have to make a new template everytime I wanna use another picture? -- Zantam03 10:52, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

Nope, you just give it a parameter when adding it to the page. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 11:53, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

The RTE isn't very kind to templates, so I'm gonna write some help pages on it. The pictogram is missing because of Wikia upgraded, --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 15:15, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

Great
I think the background and everthing is EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!--Knightrez 06:03, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

You got a great taste on the color choice of this wiki, great job!

Tell me how you did it.

ALSO, the Records of the Three Kingdoms page is supposed to be Records of Three Kingdoms, correct name of the novel.--Knightrez 06:21, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

The wiki is getting bigger and bigger soon it will have 150 articles! it is time to create articles on major charactors, like Zhao Yun, Sun Ce, Zhang Fei--Knightrez 06:55, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

--Thanks :-D Yea this is how I always had it in mind. Also thanks to Zipwire for the help with the skincolour (and many other stuff)! I'm happy with how it looks.

What's your source on RotTK being RoTK? Baidu translates sanguo zhi as Records of the Three Kingdoms and Kongming also has it listed as Records of the Three Kingdoms.

As for major characters. Cao Cao, Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo articles will soon be updated because I'm reading about the CADZ now in which they participate.

Does your talk page work properly here? Or still virusses? -- Zantam03 10:25, March 17, 2010 (UTC)

All these adds
All these adds are coming on to the middle of pages could you get rid of it? Knightrez 02:28, March 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * I only see one add; top of the main page, but I can't remove that one and Wikia has also forbidden it to remove it. -- Zantam03 08:35, March 18, 2010 (UTC)

Virus real bad
The virus is real bad. This wiki doesn't look the same anymore. Not only that all the wikias I visit have changed and some things are not right.

For example: The 5 star ratings (rate this article) thing is gone. can't delete added categories and the search bar has changed. Is it the same to you? or a virus? -- Knightrez 10:15, March 18, 2010 (UTC)

- The searchbar has changed because of an update of the Wikia system, maybe the other things you experience also come from this update? Most of the stuff you mention works fine with me though.. -- Zantam03 13:50, March 18, 2010 (UTC)

I think JavaScript is disabled - those things are powered by JS. Google how. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 13:52, March 18, 2010 (UTC)

Reply
The speech template - I see no green. If you want to give the quote different colours, use the font tag.

CPW doesn't have a lot of infoboxes, but Wikia templates has a lot of those and more. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 14:14, March 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * The infoboxen header colour can be changed, when you import it, tell me what colours and I'll get to work on it. As for the green, try using a higher colour depth in your Windows settings - at least 16 bit colour is recommended. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 21:10, March 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Quick copy and paste job, a bit of editing... and it should be done. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 22:01, March 18, 2010 (UTC)

What's a Javascript Zapwire? Where do I get it? --Knightrez 09:15, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Zapwire
How did User:Zapwire get here? Hoping he's willing to contribute. --Knightrez 10:05, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Sgv
Ive giving up hope on creating Automobile Wiki. Not many visitors....... :-( --Knightrez 13:15, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Dong Zhuo forces
Are you gonna now create articles on Dong Zhuo's forces like TRA Zhang Rang, Jia Suo, Zhao Zhong.... :-) Knightrez 15:43, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

-- first I'll finish the CADZ, then I'll write bios and update the spotlight section -- Zantam03 15:49, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Create
Are you gonna create a article about Dong Zhuo? :-) --Knightrez 15:56, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

-Yep.. why? -- Zantam03 15:57, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Well... because your'e working on the CADZ and visitors will be wanting to see Dong Zhuo's biography. --Knightrez 16:08, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Fictional?
Is Zu Mao a fictional charactor? did he really participate in YTR? --Knightrez 16:09, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

- No way, he helped Sun Jian escape from Xu Rong. (Sun Jian gave Zu Mao his scarf or something so the enemy mistook him for Sun Jian). His role in the YTR was very small. He was an officer of Sun Jian (and Sun Jian was an officer of Zhu Jun, so Zu Mao was of low rank). He didn't do much. Porbably assisted Sun Jian and killed some troops but didn't do anything special so he's hardly mentioned during YTR.

I think...
I think some of the infobox pictures should have historical images. All visitors will see is just RTK potraits. They want to be able to see old chinese printing or paintings. --Knightrez 02:22, March 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Those old chinese prints are just as fictional as the RTK portraits. -- Zantam03 00:48, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

Ok --Knightrez 11:06, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

Admins
My objective is to become the adminis of this wiki :-D --Knightrez 02:36, March 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Then first you gotta read the rules because you're surely not applying to them :-D The header 'Differences between Fact & Fiction' has become a subheader for a while now... fictional stuff must never be in the 'life' header and there are other things you're doing wrong. Read the rules and read them carefully. Also, it's "an arrow", not "a arrow". -- Zantam03 11:27, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Gottcha. Im reading the rules now, no problem :-) --Knightrez 11:56, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Sidebar editing
You can also edit the sidebar! Check this wiki and look at the sidebar (it's not english) --Knightrez 13:37, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Help
Automobile Wiki isn't getting a lot of visitors. Do you have any tips or suggestions to tell me? so i can get more visitors thanks :-) --Knightrez 05:25, March 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Are there any car forums you visit? If yes, then make a topic there about your wiki. Or add the link of your wiki to your signature on that forum. I think I've posted a link to my wiki on about 9 different forums. -- Zantam03 21:44, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

Changed
Ive changed the skin at Automobile Wiki. Thanks to Zapwire. Tell me how you think? Dfegg 13:39, March 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * let's just say its not a skincolour combination I'd choose :-D but you like it, so.. -- Zantam03 21:45, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

Contributers
This wiki has 130+ articles. When are the first contributors other then us are gonna show up? --Dfegg 08:58, March 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * - No idea. If you type 'Three Kingdoms Wiki' in Google, then you'll find this site on the first page, so that's a good thing. But I don't know when more contributors will come and frankly, I don't care :-D I just wanna make a good Wiki and I think that's what I'm doing right now. Eventually people will come. -- Zantam03 09:04, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Copy
I'm gonna copy(move) some of the articles from Sanguozhi wiki to here. Most of them are perfect. --Knightrez 09:18, March 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * no, don't. Why do you think I never copied them? Because they're shit. -- Zantam03 09:23, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Okay, don't worry I'll change those articles. --Knightrez 09:26, March 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * ......ok -- Zantam03 09:27, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

I checked the Sun Jian article from SGZ Wiki. I think it's good. --Knightrez 09:30, March 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's horseshit and won't be allowed here. Did you really read the rules?? -- Zantam03 09:31, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Okay.... No need to be angry. I'll just follow orders to you. --Knightrez 09:35, March 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not angry... just a little annoyed because I've said many times "quality over quantity". Meaning I prefer to have really good articles and not 1000 half-assed unfinished crap. -- Zantam03 09:41, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

I thought you were angry, because you used big words S**T. --Knightrez 09:44, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

I get your point. You don't want 1000 articles with stubs. The word is PERFECT pages. --Knightrez 09:46, March 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Let's just say that when you write an article I want you to write down everything you know. Also, a while ago you started various articles and said you will updated them (Sun Tzu for example), but instead you just create new unfinished articles. -- Zantam03 09:58, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Its because i can't get enough time --Knightrez 10:00, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

I can...
I can lock the background and make the sidebar transparent. The page transparency is good though! However, it's school and I won't be able to do it until 3:15 PM AST. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 11:35, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Copied!
The Chunyu Qiong article is copied from RTK!! I managed to catch it. Somebody did it. it's also from the SGZ Wiki.--Knightrez 13:40, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Wait! I checked the history of the Chunyu Qiong article on SGZ Wiki. You copied it. Oh well....--Knightrez 13:57, March 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * SGZW was one big copy/paste site. Everybody who contributed there copied and pasted. Why do you think I don't want any SGZW stuff here? I hope the other new articles you just copied aren't copied from SGZW... -- Zantam03 14:59, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Han Fu
The Han Fu article needs you to expand it. Thats as far as I know until.... --Knightrez 14:32, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Spotlight
I got a reply on the spotlight. Go to my User:Knightrez talk page. And to the Spotlight Request and read it. --Knightrez 03:45, March 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Nice, Ok so wee need about 55 more articles. Dunno how we can change the Special:MyHome though... I'll ask Zapwire about that. -- Zantam03 07:43, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Featured
I think the main page should have a Featured Article section. I know how to do it. If you me want to. --Knightrez 05:51, March 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * I have the Spotlight Template, which is basically the same. Isn't your 'Featured Article' section on Automobile Wiki a copy of my Spotlight? -- Zantam03 07:41, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Community-corner

As for transparent sidebar... add this to Monaco:

.widget { opacity: 0.9 !important; }

For the locked background, add  directly after the   in the background image part. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 10:26, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Background
You've change the background and locked it. I don't really like this new one. I like the old one, like User:Merrystar said. --Knightrez 11:05, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Also when you locked it. It will only show the top left of the mountain. even when you scroll --Knightrez 11:08, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Also I don't like the transparency. I see right through the sidebars which makes it difficult to see. --Knightrez 11:17, March 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * just experimenting a bit... -- Zantam03 12:55, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

The Spotlight
Are you gonna change the spotlight TRA to CADZ? --Knightrez 15:10, March 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, after I finish the battle article. -- Zantam03 15:21, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Hi there,

Nice work on the wiki. I enjoyed reading the battles and the warriors pages allot. I'm currently working on my Sengoku period wiki. If there is anything I can do to improve this wiki I will be happy to do so.

I am trying to make a background for my wiki. How did you make your background in this wiki?


 * Hey there, thanks :-P I remember you editted some stuff here a couple of weeks ago when I still had a default skin, didn't know you still lurked here. You're from the Koei Wiki arent you? If you like to improve this Wiki, go ahead :-) Just make sure that whatever you write down is 100% historical.


 * Nice Wiki about Sengoku (Samurai Warriors?). I can help you with your background. I'll post the stuff you need to do on your talk page on your wiki. Also, perhaps we can link to each other? Similar subjects... -- Zantam03 19:52, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Infobox
Nice infobox on the Zhang Jiao page. I'd knew we'd have to upgrade to new and better infoboxes. --Knightrez 03:34, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

View
What this: (this Wiki is best viewed in 1366x768) on the main page? What does it mean? --Knightrez 05:47, March 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * the resolution of your monitor in which I'd like the visitor to watch this page. -- Zantam03 09:32, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Blog
I think you should create a blog on your page or anywere. So people can share their own thoughts. Check out User:Knightrez blog. --Knightrez 09:03, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

I used experienced that before
It's quite tricky to get rid of. In the end, I just used templates to get the bullets.. --Zapwire (talk/blog/edits) 09:35, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Battle infobox
I think you should put a special infobox for battles. Just like this new infobox for characters. --Knightrez 10:26, March 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * I already have it, just no implemented it yet. Gonna implement it on the YTR now, so check back in a couple of seconds. -- Zantam03 10:43, March 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's up, have a look at The Yellow Turban Rebellion. I think it looks good. -- Zantam03 10:59, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

infobox
You changed the battle infobox. great! --Knightrez 13:04, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Also. A lot of visitors

Hulao gate
Great! You've added a infobox to Battle of Hulao gate. Maybe you could do the same to SiShui Gate. :-) --Knightrez 13:41, March 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * sure, if you list the officers in Chibi from A to Z, as stated in the rules ;-) -- Zantam03 13:43, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

pic
Got a pic for Battle of SiShui pass? --Knightrez 13:56, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Transparent
I can't stand this transparency on the sidebar, but if you don't mind, i guess i'll have to get used to it. :-| --Knightrez 14:09, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

Spotlight
You didn't even change the TRA spotlight to CADZ and now your at Battle of Jiqiao. --Knightrez 14:23, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

You've added the CADZ template spotlight now. --Knightrez 14:26, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

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