Wiki changes

And that last and most annoying bug is fixed too. Which means all issue introduced with the upgrade are fixed now and additional features have been added.

Go edit some wiki pages, it's easier than ever. ;) Pages in the guide are always a good start: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/wiki/Entropia_Universe_Guide

 

We'll now start the 2nd iteration of a couple of major wiki updates. Again features will break and be fixed in the coming hours/days/weeks.

The update will not really change much on the front-end but will ultimately enable nice features in the near future.


EDIT: Hm, it proceeds much smoother than expected.

 

Alrighty, except a few tiny issues everything is back to normal now.

I said the update would bring mainly improvements on the back-end (which it did) but there's one exception to highlight: Search has been improved significantly, example: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/w/index.php?search=welter

The series of major updates isn't done yet and we might manage to implement the next one later this week already. It's the most tricky, with the biggest impact, probably breaking a lot and requiring adjustments that may take months to be finished...

 

Next round of disruptions and feature breakage...

 

Alrighty, this round is done too. Nothing remains broken and we have a few new features.

One or 2 smaller upgrades are scheduled but these will be for specific features and are not expected to break much. When they are done we are through with all of the backend upgrade potentially breaking stuff and the purpose of this thread.

 

Starting today we'll implement another set of changes, some major and many minor. Most again on the backend shouldn't be noticed from a user perspective but also at least one major that should be noticed (even almost in the true sense of the word ).

 

Thanks, I didn't do anything with the look, credits go mainly @emorgan and some @RAZER.

And good you bumped this thread, wiki is currently under heavy redesign, so strange behaviour might occur.

Any comments on the new look would be really appreciated.

 

Yes, it's that time of the year again... ;)

Starting today we'll roll out some wiki upgrades and improvements, first mainly back end related but afterwards also new features for editing and such. The whole process might take a while (weeks), there might be disruptions, and worst case loss of a couple of edits.

 

Alrighty, first round of platform & back end improvements is done, faster than expected and little is broken.

So next we'll be looking into features and changes one can really SEE ;)

Oh, btw, off-topic, there are new forum features too!

 

Alrighty, the first new feature is in now and it's simply a modern notification system!

Just a rough overview:

When you are logged you'll see in a little "balloon" with a number next to your user name in the top menu bar indication that you have X notifications. Clicking the balloon will display the notifications.

For example, you get messages when one of your edits is reverted, when someone writes on you talk page, when a page you watch is edited, when someone thanks you for an edit, etc etc etc.

Speaking of thanking people for edits, that can be done from the history of each page for each edit, check out the PA history for example: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/w/index.php?title=Port_Atlantis&action=history

There are a couple of settings available for notifications, for example which types you get per email or on wiki, you can also switch notification completely off, and more. You can access your settings, when logged in, via the "Preferences" tab in the top menu bar of following this direct link: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo

You want to try it out? Go edit a page and I'll thank you for that, pages belonging to the guide are always great candidates for random edits: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/wiki/Entropia_Universe_Guide

 

Another day, another feature, this time a rather 'nerdy' one. We finally have basic Lua support on the front end.

This is the final major cornerstone of the "tools phase" outlined in the past-present-future thread (fuck, did we really achieve everything outlined in that 2.5 years old image around the time specified in that image? We should have announced a citizenship system or something )

Lua scripting also enables much more complicated templates editable by everyone willing to work with Lua.

Btw, Lua is still a wide-spread scripting language for games (guess EU is missing on that list), so if you want to get into game development learning Lua actively on the old shabby wiki might be beneficial ;)

There's the Hello World module: http://www.entropiaplanets.com/wiki/Module:HelloWorld
And there the reference manual: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual

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