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An old question about hits counter from Enabran

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hi Joe,
Enabran asked some time ago if it is possible to retrieve the hits counter. I tried to install a stable version of Extension:HitCounters on the French wiki. It seems to work. You'll need to run an maintenance/update.php after installing the extension with the following in the LocalSettings.php file

wfLoadExtension( 'HitCounters' );

It should keep the old values. As you wish, but I think there will be a happy, happy editor ;-) Cheers! --LIMAFOX76 (talk) 13:57, 3 June 2020 (PDT)

I will look into it! Thanks! -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 11:20, 4 June 2020 (PDT)

I can see the hit counter back on the french wiki - can someone please add it to the german wiki? Enabran (talk) 14:23, 14 November 2020 (PST)

Installed. Unfortunately, it didn't retain the old numbers, and there was no way to recover those. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 16:21, 2 January 2021 (PST)

oh, thank you! Any number is better than no number ;-) Enabran (talk) 00:51, 3 January 2021 (PST)

There is one way: Hit the refresh button x times to gain x counters :-D Enabran (talk) 01:00, 3 January 2021 (PST)

Or by incrementing the number in page_counter.sql table in the DB directly -- CylonU87 ^{I don't feel like a copy.} 20:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hit counters are, in general, worthless data point generators anyway as they cannot be individually identified and categorized. They're very, well, "Web 1.0" and beyond obsolete. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 21:31, 4 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

TOS/G80 unproduced scripts

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Greetings fellow Colonial!

I'm interested in assisting in regards to the summary pages of unproduced scripts of the 1978 series and its follow-up in 1980, but there are a few problems in this regard. First, it appears the wiki hasn't been updated in quite some time regarding these scripts (so I'm unsure if this is an active project or not). Second, the link to the Battlestar Pegasus page is dead. I have a few scripts printed out from the '78 series a few years ago, but I'd need access to the other scripts (especially The Beta Pirates, which I've wanted to read for many yahrens). Is this wiki still active, and can I assist? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ninth Lord of Kobol (talk • contribs).

Hello! Yes, the wiki is still somewhat active. I mostly maintain the English one at this point, with assistance of two other admins: User:Enabran of the German language Wiki and User:LIMAFOX76 of the French language Wiki.

As to the scripts, I have digitized PDF copies of the ones I've collected over the yahrens. I just need to re-upload them again (I'll upload them to the Wiki directly and update the links to the specific episodes). I'll start with "The Beta Pirates" and go from there. :-) -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 14:22, 29 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Battlestar Wiki's new skin

Latest comment: 1 year ago5 comments3 people in discussion

Hi Joe,
I hope you're well. I discovered the new skin you implanted for BW. Is that normal if everything is still in a white background even if you modified the css page to adapt? Thanks for your answer. Cheers! --LIMAFOX76 (talk) 06:24, 20 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Howdy! Things are OK -- I hope things are good for you! For the background, it is adaptable, and there are three options if you click on the wheel/gear icon on the upper menu bar: Auto, Light and Dark. You might be on "light" or "auto," so if you click on Dark you should get the "darker" red theme.

I'm trying to figure out what to do for the "light" theme (so I've left it alone for now), and might try something that invokes the cream/light brown paperwork from the series.

I'm tweaking the theme as I go as well, so if you have any thoughts or suggestions, let me know. Cheers! -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 23:38, 20 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Things are good for me as well, thanks! Regarding the skin, I chose the Dark theme, yet it is still white. Did I miss something in my parameters??

Small update, it seems that the dark and light themes are linked to the browser main color theme. I managed to change it in Edge and Firefox but I had to purge the cache. If I switch the browsers' theme back to light, it comes back to the light mode. --LIMAFOX76 (talk) 20:54, 21 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

I loved the old cream-coloured theme developed by Paul Gu. I don't think that theme would work in the current versions of Media Wiki, though. But if you have the CSS of that light theme, maybe we can use the same colours in the current Citizen based theme? -- CylonU87 ^{I don't feel like a copy.} 20:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

For the "light" version, I was aiming towards the cream color, to mimic the paperwork in the series. We had something like that for the "Case Orange" update blog back in the day. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 03:45, 4 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

SSL certificates

Latest comment: 1 year ago6 comments4 people in discussion

Hi Joe,
Hope you're fine. There is an issue with the SSL certificates on all Battlestar wikis and Buck Wiki. It says that they are not valid anymore and block the page's loading. Is it possible to update the certificates so no warning message appears ? Thank you very much. Cheers! --LIMAFOX76 (talk) 10:23, 20 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

This is remedied now. Thank you! -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 15:58, 24 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi Joe,
The SSL certificates have expired again, preventing images from loading on all pages. Sorry to bring bad news as a greeting! I really love this site, so, thank you for creating and maintaining it. I hope you are doing well! --Allatariel (talk) 15:48, 25 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Greetings! They've just been renewed, and I'm working on some server updates to boot. Hope you are doing well too, and thank you for your support! :-) -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 17:43, 25 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

FYI. The mobile version is showing some insecure content warnings. -- CylonU87 ^{I don't feel like a copy.} 20:35, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Interesting. Anything specific so I can try to replicate to remedy? -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 03:44, 4 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Images

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I can't see any images on the website.

This is remedied now. Thank you! -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 15:57, 24 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Caprica fonts on German site

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hi Joe,
I hope you're fine. Is it possible please to add the two "Caprica" fonts on the German wiki root directory? It is already configured to have them, so it will appears as soon you import them. Thanks a lot! Cheers! --LIMAFOX76 (talk) 20:52, 26 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Will do! -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 02:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Old WikiFrakr content and other language wikis

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

WiiFrakr had some fantastic and hilarious content back in the day. Sadly this was lost in time. Is there a way to restore those pages back if a backup is available? Maybe instead of a separate sub-wiki, those pages can live under a namespace on the English Wiki. Similarly, the other language wikis which existed are lost. Is it possible to restore them too? -- CylonU87 ^{I don't feel like a copy.} 20:39, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

I believe a backup is available, but I haven't gotten to it, as I haven't prioritized it. As to the other language wikis, I don't believe there was much in the way of content, beyond the German and French versions that were restored. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 03:42, 4 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

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-==Design Improvements==
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-Just a few minor design improvements.
-*<s>1. On the image pages the mime/type text is white font on white background. The text of this or background box colour should be changed in the css to be black. </s>http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4151/bsgdesignimprovements11xv.png
-** Done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:49, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
-*2. The tiny little logon man perhaps changed to something more relevant, bgs logo or viper insignia http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2377/bsgdesignimprovements27up.png
-*<s>3. Redirect image should be inverted, this is how it look right now </s>http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1546/bsgdesignimprovements30lv.png
-** Done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:49, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
-* [[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 08:13, 29 March 2006 (CST)
+== An old question about hits counter from Enabran ==
-: When considering design changes, please keep in mind that not everyone reads the site using the default theme. I, for one, find the black background with bright text extraordinarily hard -- downright painful -- on the eyes, particularly in contrast with just about every other program and web site I use. I'm using the straight Monobook theme in my preferences. As a result, there are already some boxes that are all but unreadable unless I highlight the text in them.
+Hi Joe,<br/>[[user:Enabran|Enabran]] asked some time ago if it is possible to retrieve the hits counter. I tried to install a stable version of [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HitCounters Extension:HitCounters] on the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. It seems to work. You'll need to run an <tt>maintenance/update.php</tt> after installing the extension with the following in the <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> file
-: (Ironically, I used to feel just the opposite, but the predominance of white-background websites and GUIs has shifted my preferences. It's easier to go with the flow than to find ways to change every single GUI system I use). --[[User:UncleMikey|Uncle Mikey]] 10:20, 29 March 2006 (CST)
-::Would it help on the boxes if we specified the white foreground? Granted, this would go against the rest of the text on the page, but I'd think that it'd make it look closer to how it is intended. However, you still have the blue links (unless that can be specified as well). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:12, 29 March 2006 (CST)
-:::Might help. It seems to me that there ought to be some way to make sure that template boxes &c integrate with the theme (using style-sheet names for things, &c), but I haven't messed enough with Mediawiki themes to know exactly how you'd do it portably.--[[User:UncleMikey|Uncle Mikey]] 16:16, 29 March 2006 (CST)
-::::You're absolutely right. That would be the correct way to do it. I too, however, lack that [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_styles|knowledge]], and so I end up reaching for the quick/easy/ugly hack. Day has mentioned looking into such things in the past. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:25, 29 March 2006 (CST)
-:::::I'm pretty good with CSS. I'll look into this, but I don't want to commit to a project I won't have time to see through properly. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 29 March 2006 (CST)
-:::::: I would feel comfortable commiting to this project, time-wise. I feel confident enough in my CSS skills that I either know or know how to find out anything that would be needed to be done... I just need to remember to email Joe about which files do what and that kind of thing. Then... Do we put the CSS labels in spans and divs in the Wikicode, then? Or somehow mesh it into the XHTML generated by MediaWiki? --[[User:Day|Day]] <sup>([[User talk:Day|talk]])</sup> 01:34, 30 March 2006 (CST)
+ wfLoadExtension( 'HitCounters' );
-::::::: I'm not too pro in the likes of CSS but perhaps in the meantime something like the redirect image could be made as a red arrow with a transparent png background then it would ok on both a white and a black background? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 03:38, 30 March 2006 (CST)
+It should keep the old values. As you wish, but I think there will be a happy, happy editor ;-) Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 13:57, 3 June 2020 (PDT)
-== Sysop Privs on Battlewiki-Deutsch ==
+: I will look into it! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:20, 4 June 2020 (PDT)
-I think that I currently lack sysop privs over at the German-language version of the site. I was pondering helping in the import/export effort to get completed pages moved over there. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:02, 17 April 2006 (CDT)
-: You're now an admin over at Battlestar Wiki-Deutsch. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 22:04, 18 April 2006 (CDT)
-==System Clock==
+:: I can see the hit counter back on the french wiki - can someone please add it to the german wiki? [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 14:23, 14 November 2020 (PST)
-The clock appears to be over an hour slow. --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 03:23, 18 April 2006 (CDT)
-: It's a minor issue that I cannot change at server level (I've already tried a month or so ago).  I was going to contact the host and note this, but never got around to it.  It's minor, so it's not priority right now (but it's on my to-do list nonetheless). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 22:06, 18 April 2006 (CDT)
-== All Projects Link ==
+:: Installed. Unfortunately, it didn't retain the old numbers, and there was no way to recover those. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:21, 2 January 2021 (PST)
-Could that be ponited to [[Battlestar Wiki:Project List]]? --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 12:37, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
+::: oh, thank you! Any number is better than no number ;-) [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 00:51, 3 January 2021 (PST)
-: Done. Great idea Shane! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:42, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
+:::: There is one way: Hit the refresh button x times to gain x counters :-D [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 01:00, 3 January 2021 (PST)
-:: Weird. It works point to that page when I view your User page, but when I goto the main page and hover over the link, it goes stright back to catgoery listing. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 12:49, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
+::::: Or by incrementing the number in <tt>page_counter.sql</tt> table in the DB directly -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 20:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
-::: Did you try a hard-refresh? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:52, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
+:::::: Hit counters are, in general, worthless data point generators anyway as they cannot be individually identified and categorized. They're very, well, "Web 1.0" and beyond obsolete. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:31, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
-:::: I just purged the server-files. It works now :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 12:53, 20 April 2006 (CDT)
-==Email validation==
+== TOS/G80 unproduced scripts ==
-It has come to my attention that my email address is "not yet authenticated". I have clicked the "Confirm your e-mail address" button but i dont get anyhitng sent to me. I have checked my emails and spam box but nothing from BSWiki? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 12:17, 23 April 2006 (CDT)
-: Have you checked to ensure that the e-mail address you provided in your preferences is the correct one?  Even if it looks right, try re-entering it again from scracth, then apply the changes. If not, I'll confirm it from my end (which means going into the DB itself). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:26, 23 April 2006 (CDT)
-::Just checked email address and its all correct. Tried submitting again but wont be able to know if its worked until i get home from work tonight. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 04:21, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
-:::Nope, still no activation link. :( --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 12:24, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
-== SVG Images ==
+Greetings fellow Colonial!
-Could we support SVG images? The timeline image I am working on has SVG capabilities and it is a growing file format. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 13:23, 23 April 2006 (CDT)
+I'm interested in assisting in regards to the summary pages of unproduced scripts of the 1978 series and its follow-up in 1980, but there are a few problems in this regard. First, it appears the wiki hasn't been updated in quite some time regarding these scripts (so I'm unsure if this is an active project or not). Second, the link to the Battlestar Pegasus page is dead. I have a few scripts printed out from the '78 series a few years ago, but I'd need access to the other scripts (especially The Beta Pirates, which I've wanted to read for many yahrens). Is this wiki still active, and can I assist? {{unsigned|Ninth Lord of Kobol}}
-:Its still not supported by many browsers. I say stick with PNG for now. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 04:19, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
-::Mediawiki will fall back to PNG rendering if SVG isn't supported on the browser. I don't see a problem. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 10:08, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
-:::I learned something today :) --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 10:25, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
-:::'"In browsers such as Internet Explorer and Safari, a plugin is needed to view SVG content. ...Internet Explorer users must separately download it." -[[Wikipedia:SVG]] As fun as using new, better things is, it's not practical to exclude large portions of your user base. Content negotiation is at best a bad solution, at worst not a solution. --CalculatinAvatar 13:39, 29 March 2006 (CST)' -[[Image talk:ColonialColors9.png]]
-:::Given [[Wikipedia:Common criticisms_of_Internet_Explorer#HTTP_and_MIME]], I still don't see content negotiation as a strong solution, barring Mediawiki behaving in a disturbing manner by giving IE the image as PNG regardless of what it requests. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 22:04, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
-SVG should be enabled now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:19, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
-== New Extension ==
+: Hello! Yes, the wiki is still somewhat active. I mostly maintain the English one at this point, with assistance of two other admins: [[User:Enabran]] of the [[:de:|German language Wiki]] and [[User:LIMAFOX76]] of the [[:fr:|French language Wiki]].
-Mind if ya give it a testing? http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calendar_extension It would be cool if you could setup like a private wiki so I do some code work on it. You know I'm worth it! :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:09, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
+: As to the scripts, I have digitized PDF copies of the ones I've collected over the yahrens. I just need to re-upload them again (I'll upload them to the Wiki directly and update the links to the specific episodes). I'll start with "[[The Beta Pirates]]" and go from there. :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:22, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
-: I set up the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/hangarbay Hangar Bay] for testing.  Did you need FTP access as well? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:19, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
-::Yeah. You can find me on Gtalk.  Need to be able to edit that Localsetting.php file. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 12:22, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
-== Pointer ==
+== Battlestar Wiki's new skin ==
-Just in case you missed it, something new appeared [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr./Archive#Slander|here]]. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 21:37, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
-: Thanks for the keen eye! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:20, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
-== Main Page Redesign (part 2) and other ==
+Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're well. I discovered the new skin you implanted for BW. Is that normal if everything is still in a white background even if you modified the css page to adapt? Thanks for your answer. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 06:24, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
-I think we are ready to submit the current design at [[Battlestar Wiki:Main page]] for depolyment on the front page. IF you think it's a go, we just have to create the backend pages on the same "[[Battlestar Wiki:Main page]]" (subpages that would be sysop locked) so we can use those as for the places to edit the information and that is controled.) The only thing that we would have to work on as a community is the Featured Picture and Article process as of the data used right now is jsut a mockup.
+: Howdy! Things are OK -- I hope things are good for you! For the background, it is adaptable, and there are three options if you click on the wheel/gear icon on the upper menu bar: Auto, Light and Dark. You might be on "light" or "auto," so if you click on Dark you should get the "darker" red theme.
-The "News" front, even for site news has a new home at [[Battlestar Wiki:News]] so the "Current Events" link would need to be changed.
+: I'm trying to figure out what to do for the "light" theme (so I've left it alone for now), and might try something that invokes the cream/light brown paperwork from the series.
-We wouls still be workong on [[Battlestar Wiki:Main page]] to make the design use CSS so people can switch skinjs between the default and the monobook skins. That is the next step, but since most people use this skin, right now the hardcoded values are fine. (we do this at the Hanger Bay site, which is werid. jsut tried looking at the preferences, and it fails. (I'll work on this.)).
+: I'm tweaking the theme as I go as well, so if you have any thoughts or suggestions, let me know. Cheers! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:38, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
+:: Things are good for me as well, thanks! Regarding the skin, I chose the Dark theme, yet it is still white. Did I miss something in my parameters??
+:: Small update, it seems that the dark and light themes are linked to the browser main color theme. I managed to change it in Edge and Firefox but I had to purge the cache. If I switch the browsers' theme back to light, it comes back to the light mode. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 20:54, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
-With that in mind, I pretty much got he Calender ext. working and possiable could get cite.php to work on the Hanger bay so we know the setup. That's about it. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 12:57, 29 April 2006 (CDT)
+::: I loved the old cream-coloured theme developed by Paul Gu. I don't think that theme would work in the current versions of Media Wiki, though. But if you have the CSS of that light theme, maybe we can use the same colours in the current Citizen based theme? -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 20:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
-: Calendar extension enabled. I'll begin implementing the new main page at present. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:54, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
+:  For the "light" version, I was aiming towards the cream color, to mimic the paperwork in the series. We had something like that for the "Case Orange" update blog back in the day. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 03:45, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
-== Cite.php ==
+== SSL certificates ==
-I just noticed something when working on the Hangerbay...u need...
+Hi Joe,<br/>Hope you're fine. There is an issue with the SSL certificates on all Battlestar wikis and Buck Wiki. It says that they are not valid anymore and block the page's loading. Is it possible to update the certificates so no warning message appears ? Thank you very much. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 10:23, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
-<pre>
+: This is remedied now. Thank you! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
-require_once( "extensions/Cite.php" );
-require_once( "includes/DefaultSettings.php" );
-</pre>
-in the LocalSettings.php file. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 12:11, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
+Hi Joe,<br />The SSL certificates have expired again, preventing images from loading on all pages. Sorry to bring bad news as a greeting! I really love this site, so, thank you for creating and maintaining it. I hope you are doing well! --[[User:Allatariel|Allatariel]] ([[User talk:Allatariel|talk]]) 15:48, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
-: That's odd, seeing as this is included by default... I'll try it anyway. --[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:36, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
+: Greetings! They've just been renewed, and I'm working on some server updates to boot. Hope you are doing well too, and thank you for your support! :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:43, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
-: I just included it (and made a note on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php) the alternative method. So Cite now works. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:53, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
-== Friend status? ==
+:: FYI. The mobile version is showing some insecure content warnings. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 20:35, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
-: ''Discussion moved to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum]].'' -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 22:44, 7 May 2006 (CDT)
-==Extension which would be really useful==
+::: Interesting. Anything specific so I can try to replicate to remedy? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 03:44, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
-Would it be possible to add the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ShowHide_Extension Show/Hide extension] here? It will be useful to have an 'edit' control panel on the main page and also for showing and hiding possible spoilers? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 08:45, 9 May 2006 (CDT)
-:One problem with this ext. Javascript. To find all "normal" users with javascript enabled would be like a good thing. It also creates my favorite issue of not fullfilling it's "job" as if something like that is placed at the bottom of the page, you would still have to scroll down to read more text. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 10:57, 9 May 2006 (CDT)
-::Surely javascript is _already_ in use here to work the current show/hide used for the contents box --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 11:35, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
-::: It is, AFAIK. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:46, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
-::::So this extension wouldnt make any difference to anyone than it already does. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 12:54, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
-::::: That seems to be about right, from what I know anyway. Maybe Shane knows something I don't... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:57, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
-:::::: Safri is one broswer, and I.E. at certain secruity settings disables the show hide code. But as I said before, you would still have to scroll down if a large show/hide box was created because it's "inline". --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:25, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
-== german episode list does not work any more  ==
+== Images ==
-Hallo,
+I can't see any images on the website.
-*1)
+: This is remedied now. Thank you! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:57, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
-We have a german episode list. It is installed under all german episodes. It is at present the only instrument we have for the fast episode navigation and thus the most important.
-http://www.battlestarwiki.org/de/w/Vorlage:Episodenliste
-Now it does not work any more. I do not know about the technical stuff. I am working here only as a translator. Could you please look for the german episode list and make it run?
-*2)
+== Caprica fonts on German site ==
-I began her as an IP. Now this is not possible any more. I am quite shure, that I never had began here as a translator, if I could not do this as an IP. At present we are only three active members in the german section. Would it not be better, to allow the IP editing, to get more people there. I have established a link to the german battlestar wiki in the german wikipedia battlestar article. I think, if an IP editing would be possible, we could get more people to work there.
-Thank you for your attention.
+Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're fine. Is it possible please to add the two "Caprica" fonts on the German wiki root directory? It is already configured to have them, so it will appears as soon you import them. Thanks a lot! Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 20:52, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
-*[[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 11:29, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
+: Will do! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
-: Tirkon: I'll take a look at the episode list, it's likely a simple issue. As for the IP address... I'll consider lowering the block on anonymous editing, if it spurs up valid contributors. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
+== Old WikiFrakr content and other language wikis ==
-:: Odd, it seems to work now... Where exactly doesn't it work, may I ask? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:41, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-::: on http://www.battlestarwiki.org/de/w/Vorlage:Episodenliste itself and on http://www.battlestarwiki.org/de/w/Hauptseite (Link {{Episodenliste}}) ... There also is a second problem, which is not present on wikipedia: If I click to "compare two versions", it does not show me the differences, but it wants me to download an "index.php" -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 17:27, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-::::It's working for me as well (on both the main page and from the template (vorlage) page itself. I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.3. The diff function (compare two versions) also seems to be up. However, Joe and I are both running English-native settings for OS and browser... perhaps there's something to do with i18n at one of those levels? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 21:08, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-:::::Joe and Steelviper, thank you very much for your help. :o) I tried german firefox and everyting is O.K. But it does not work (for me) on german Internet Explorer (new version), while on original Wikipedia it is O.K. I will use Firefox for the further translations. Thanx for this hint. -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 21:51, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-== wikipedia Battlestar template for german users ==
+WiiFrakr had some fantastic and hilarious content back in the day. Sadly this was lost in time. Is there a way to restore those pages back if a backup is available? Maybe instead of a separate sub-wiki, those pages can live under a namespace on the English Wiki.
+Similarly, the other language wikis which existed are lost. Is it possible to restore them too?  -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 20:39, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
-Hallo, I have a further question. This template in the german wikipedia links to the english Battlestar Wiki. How could it be changed to link to the german Battlestar Wiki?
+: I believe a backup is available, but I haven't gotten to it, as I haven't prioritized it. As to the other language wikis, I don't believe there was much in the way of content, beyond the German and French versions that were restored. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 03:42, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
-http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:User_Battlestar_Wiki
-Thank you -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 17:37, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-::Thanx, it runs well now. -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 21:50, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-:::A further question: I need the picture for this template. As far as I know, the upload of pics to german wikipedia shsll be disabled in near futur and it is strongly recommended, to uploded to commons. This also would it make easyer for other international Battlestarwiki users, to use the pic. Because you are the copyrighter, I would beg you to do so with the matching licence and then please tell me the link. Thank you -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 22:16, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-::::Funny, the link to the template was just deleted from my german wikipedia user page. After that the template was deleted from official german wikipedia. An administrator reproved me, not to use "such" templates in the official german wikipedia (without explaining, what "such" is). I should only host it on my personally side, where it was moved to now. Seems, as if german wikipedia administrators are much stronger. -- [[User:Tirkon|Tirkon]] 22:48, 13 May 2006 (CDT)
-== Favicon ==
-Joe... I'm not sure when you did it, but the new favicon appears... garbled in my Firefox. I think it's because of the image scaling. I'm guessing that it's just the logo shrunk down way. Personally, I think such a small picture should be MUCH simpler. Just thought I'd weigh in on that. I'm not demanding a change or anything, just piping up. --[[User:Day|Day]] <sup>([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]])</sup> 00:27, 14 May 2006 (CDT)
-==Persimmons?==
-I would like to ask your permission to use your likeness (from the image for your user page) in a project I'm working on. It's just a little banner I'm putting together for the Galactica BS fan art forum (not going to be on the front page of anything, just in a post or two (if the original ends up being quoted). I'm actually done with yours but posting it once is as good as publishing in these days of caching, so before I even posted a preview of it to photobucket I wanted to clear it with you. I just used your pic as is, with some minor changes in scaling, rotation, and shadow. I'm not 100% done with it, but it's looking pretty good. I'd rather not spoil the "surprise" of what exactly I'm doing until closer to unveiling, but I could promise a preview before it is "published" (aka posted into my fan art thread). Just drop a note here (or on my talk, or email, or whatever) letting me know. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:49, 16 May 2006 (CDT)
-: Sure. Hack away. :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:24, 16 May 2006 (CDT)
-::Preview has been sent to your gmail account. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:25, 18 May 2006 (CDT)
-== Bot ==
-I am ready to test the bot again. See if runs under the bot name. If it does, we can set it to auto run  every 3 or 6hours. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:06, 7 June 2006 (CDT)
-== RFC ==
-Joe, I figure you've got the paged Watched or whatever, but I thought I'd draw your eye, anyway. I'd very much like to hear what you're thinking regarding [[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane|this RFC]]. I know that, due to the way it's been edited, the page is somewhat confusing to read, but I feel this needs the attention of the full body of administrators. --[[User:Day|Day]] <sup>([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]])</sup> 21:47, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
-: I'm working on a response now. I just want to make sure that my position (and possible solution) is clear, since the page does seem to be confusing due to its choppy flow. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 22:08, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
-::Joe, if possible, can you please contact me via GTalk before you post? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:14, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
-:: Cool, Jow. Just making sure it was on your dradis. --[[User:Day|Day]] <sup>([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]])</sup> 22:57, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
-==Email Validation (2)==
-Earlier i posted to your [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.#Email validation|talk page about the problems]] I was having with email validation. Well I kinda forgot about it for a while but the issue has cropped up again now I am an administrator of thw wiki. I posted more details about it to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard#Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admins noticeboard]]. The email address that i am trying to validate is '''mattsims'''''@evilmerc.com'' Cheers --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 15:08, 1 July 2006 (CDT)
-:Maybe some experimentation could be done over at the hangarbay to try to troubleshoot this? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:19, 6 July 2006 (CDT)