Need help setting up infoboxes and navboxes | Miraheze | Page 1

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 9:53 AM

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Navboxes don't really exist, and this type of infobox also doesn't seem to be compatible

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 10:41 AM

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FANDOM infoboxes require extension PortableInfobox

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enable it in extensions admin menu, parser hooks tab

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after that you might need to purge wiki's cache (there must be "Purge" button near "Edit") or make empty edits on templates pages for them to start working

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navbox was probably made w/ FANDOM dev wiki's Navbox builder, this a bit more complex but still easily fixed

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I gotta check something

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 10:58 AM

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Installed it and purged cache, but there's no change on the items themselves

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and ironically, only the infoboxes we want to use don't seem to work

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 10:58 AM

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then try edit and save it w/o changes

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articles too

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dump import is getting tricky if extensions weren't enabled beforehand

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:02 AM

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I have to modify the page for it to even save. If I remove the extra characters I added to fix it, it counts as a revert and breaks again.

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marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:02 AM

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strange

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what's your wiki? pizzatower?

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:03 AM

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Yup

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:03 AM

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migrating by yourself, or the entire community decided so btw?

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:04 AM

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everyone on staff agreed

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we want to "close" the Fandom wiki, which Fandom doesn't allow, but we'll delete all pages anyway since we can't lock or archive that wiki

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:06 AM

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mass delete might get your accounts banned and make FANDOM staff put other admins

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it's trash, yeah

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:07 AM

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speaking of which, Fandom also had columns that a regular wiki doesn't have, and I don't know how to replicate that.

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I thought there was a way, but I don't remember

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:07 AM

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marble ravine mass delete might get your accounts banned and make FANDOM staff put other admin...

damnit

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:07 AM

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you should focus on beating FANDOM's SEO really, but it requires the entire community effort

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but that's another topic

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:08 AM

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dusk blaze speaking of which, Fandom also had columns that a regular wiki doesn't have, and...

lemme find

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:12 AM

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dusk blaze speaking of which, Fandom also had columns that a regular wiki doesn't have, and...

this extension

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I suggest to try different skins for more organic look, like Cosmos or Timeless

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as for infobox - very strange behaviour, never encountered that before
I modified the category part of infobox, seems to be working now

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also purge button doesn't work ThinkerMH

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:17 AM

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The purge button seems to work...? Is a message supposed to pop up?

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same story with the Fandoom extension btw

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:18 AM

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tried empty edit on main page too?
any extension just take some time or action to start working

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:18 AM

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dusk blaze The purge button seems to work...? Is a message supposed to pop up?

yeah, but it doesn't for me
unless I manually do purge in URL

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:19 AM

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if I save an empty edit, it does nothing at all. it doesn't even show up in history

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:20 AM

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hmm, you need yet another extension enabled, TemplateData, it's also for infoboxes

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:21 AM

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dusk blaze if I save an empty edit, it does nothing at all. it doesn't even show up in hist...

well, empty edit shouldn't show up in history, it's empty after all, it's just used to successfully kick cache ThinkerMH

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:23 AM

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one issue fixed I guess

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:23 AM

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it's strange that it requires some change

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the import process is fully completed tho?

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I've added <includeonly> tags here, and TemplateData works now too

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:25 AM

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marble ravine the import process is fully completed tho?

I think the XML import was completed? A bunch of images failed to import and I haven't received a message that shows it was completed

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one infobox also stays broken

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:27 AM

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I guess you'll have to make some change in all infoboxes, in case of character one I've moved <includeonly> before <infobox> and modified part which applies category

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in enemy infobox I've added both <includeonly> and </includeonly>

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@simple urchin any idea what could broke here?
PI templates start working only if actual edit was made, purge and empty edit don't do anything

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:29 AM

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that works now too, the actual template page is now empty though

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:30 AM

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should have close the tag after infobox, not at the bottom of the entire page

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done

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how these tags work, in short

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:35 AM

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Got it

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:35 AM

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alright, now navboxes

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:36 AM

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still haven't gotten the main page stuff working properly

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(I can hear you sigh audibly)

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:38 AM

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replace the code in Module:Navbox page with code from here:
https://dev.fandom.com/wiki/Module:Navbox

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idk what's going on and can only suspect that if import is still in progress it might mess up things

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I remember being advised to wait for finish

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can you try enable skin Cosmos? in extensions menu

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at least for the test

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:42 AM

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marble ravine replace the code in `Module:Navbox` page with code from here: <https://dev.fand...

so far literally the only thing that worked right out of the gates

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also enabled Cosmos

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:43 AM

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it's funny because it's the only Lua module that doesn't bring loads of headache lol

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may I edit main page?

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:45 AM

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marble ravine may I edit main page?

Go ahead

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:47 AM

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before I'll save, got you another extension to enable - RandomSelection

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:48 AM

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also enabled

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seems to take a while to activate, or it doesn't make use of the <option> tag

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:52 AM

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no, it should

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hmm

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the DYK template is fine

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:55 AM

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maybe the real issue all along is that this wiki is cursed

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:56 AM

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xd

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let's wait for this one a little

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I recently made DYK template on my wiki and it has no problems, so something on import 🤷

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:57 AM

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let me try to edit the template (nope)

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:58 AM

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template works fine, but refuses to render on transclusion

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i.e. template:right

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 11:58 AM

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also tried to purge it, nothing

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 11:59 AM

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wait a second

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nope, tried to recreate usage in template on my wiki and it still works, I'm lost ThinkerMH

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again, if the import isn't finished then it might be the reason for some hiccups

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I suggest to create new support thread for other stuff, as we fixed infoboxes and navboxes now

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 12:15 PM

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👍

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I'll wait about 24 hours first to make sure the import is done

untold harness Aug 4, 2023, 1:29 PM

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Yeah purge button been broken for a while now (It is supposed to direct you to a page to confirm you want to purge the cache). Can still access it via the index.php?title=pagetitle&action=purge though (Replacing pagetitle with well the title of the page to purge

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 2:00 PM

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yeah, has to go w/ URL, but it still has no effect

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 2:39 PM

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hey, it suddenly started working

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5 hours later

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 2:44 PM

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woo

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 4:18 PM

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@dusk blaze seems like your discord link on wiki expired

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 5:56 PM

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also uploading images is not advisable when file import in progress

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 7:34 PM

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marble ravine also uploading images is not advisable when file import in progress

Didn't know it was still going, is there a list or something of things that still need to get through?

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 7:34 PM

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marble ravine <@456226577798135808> seems like your discord link on wiki expired

also wtf

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it did, weird

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 7:36 PM

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dusk blaze Didn't know it was still going, is there a list or something of things that stil...

to be honest, I don't know if image import even started, now that I found your phab request

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 7:37 PM

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squint

marble ravine Aug 4, 2023, 7:38 PM

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I'm low level (?) volunteer lol

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I'm actually interested in Pizza Tower lol, I can help you w/ set up and fixes in your server, if you don't mind
if something goes beyond my competence, however, that can be escalated here

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 8:00 PM

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We're good for now, we just need assistance on the wiki side of things

dusk blaze Aug 4, 2023, 10:10 PM

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I've been trying to send an image several times now and Discord keeps blocking it, so I'll describe it

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either someone signed up and started trolling the wiki, or something is going wrong with default Miraheze images getting attached on random articles

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apparently this is the result of some absolute shitskulls over at Fandom picking the most default and stupidest names for images

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marble ravine Aug 5, 2023, 1:17 AM

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you need to /auth to send links and images here
for starters, try to disable Wikimedia/Miraheze Commons attachment

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in additional settings menu, Media tab

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also, I told you to create new threads for new problems, please
this one is already resolved, meaning that volunteers would skip it, most likely, I just saw your message because I'm still following here

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