GTA Wiki talk:Community Noticeboard/Mobile Infobox Project

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From User Talk:Ducksoup I think it sounds like a great idea. I'm not the best at making templates myself (I just copy and paste the code then change accordingly) but I know there are several other members of the staff team who are. Some of these are Smurfynz and WildBrick142. LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 15:44, May 20, 2015 (UTC)
 * Just go ahead and dig into it. LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 20:46, May 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * Re: Infoboxes


 * Hi Andrew. As Tom says, there are a few of us active in template/infobox design here. Reading our Noticeboard, you'll note that in between the politics there has been a bit of discussion recently around templates and infoboxes. Some mention has been made of Mobile compatibility but generally that mention has been along the lines of "who cares". Up till now we would rather have a great user experience in one format (full browser) and a poor experience in another (mobile) rather than a mediocre experience over both by "dumbing down" the templates to work in both.


 * Like Tom, I would be keen to improve that, but not at the expense of our active readers. I would see us working with the Wikia engineers in a sandboxed environment within GTA Wikia to update templates and have duplicate "test" pages before rolling changes out to the live pages. smurfy (coms) 21:12, May 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Smurfy!


 * That's understandable. I think the new markup - even in its beta form - is far past "mediocre", but I imagine that was a quick word choice.


 * Either way: OK, I think that sounds fair. I think there should be some assurances that (should the engineers put work into the "test" community) you'd merge the changes into the main wikia, but that's a minor hurdle to clear. Is that reasonable?


 * Yes, although the mediocre comment was based on the current code and our own capability/enthusiasm levels to try to make it work well in both, not necessarily its actual capabilities, nor does it reflect the new markup capability to potentially make it easier to achieve good results in both views. Absolutely the aim would be to migrate successful test templates into 'production' as soon as they are proved to be working well in both. smurfy (coms) 22:19, May 20, 2015 (UTC)


 * Fantastic. I'll coordinate to make it happen. You're a champ for helping us out with this project - thank you so much. I'll... do something nice for you one day. Not sure what. I'll come up with something. I'm creative.


 * Thanks again! Ducksoup (talk) 23:29, May 21, 2015 (UTC)
 * Cool, I have some ideas for co-ordination and "project management". I did notice Adam jumped in last night (my time) but quickly reverted whatever he tried on a "production" template. I'm just a bit busy with real life work but should have something implemented in the next 24 hours. smurfy (coms) 00:50, May 22, 2015 (UTC)