User:Helge.at

See http://www.osafa.org/english/User:Helge

Helge's Wiki Ideas

Maybe useful for Appropedia:

• Wording changes, for better usability (can easily be changed with sysop privileges)

Thank you. We had already personalized some messages, but these really add to the usability. This is especially important for Appropedia, which will probably attract many non-tech focused users. --Lonny 02:48, 2 November 2006 (PST)

• Beautiful URLs in the form www.appropedia.org/ArticleName
  • Set the path in LocalSettings.php to $wgArticlePath = "/$1";
  • Place the following code into a file named .htaccess in the root of the server (add more folders in the first line if needed to exclude from being rewritten. use a folder "nowiki" for random future content you don't want to be rewritten.):

RewriteEngine on

# Don't rewrite requests for files in MediaWiki subdirectories,
# MediaWiki PHP files, HTTP error documents, favicon.ico, or robots.txt
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(stylesheets|images|skins|extensions)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(redirect|texvc|index).php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/error/(40(1|3|4)|500).html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/favicon.ico
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/robots.txt
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/nowiki
# include these last two lines if you use the analog stats
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/failed_auth.html$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/stats

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?title=$1 [QSA]

Your solution is better than most of the ones I have tried, especially with the added exclude from being written lines, but I am still having a problem with pages breaking at an ampersand. See this page at our test wiki buildcapacity.org for an example. --Lonny 02:48, 2 November 2006 (PST)

• Set "text-decoration" of links to "underline" (I believe this enhances usability)
• Replace the title "Main Page" (on top of the page plus in the browser title) by something that makes more sense. Do that by "moving" (=redirecting) Main Page to a new name. See http://www.osafa.org/english/Main_Page for a demonstration.

Another great idea. I just changed it to "Welcome to Appropedia", which also solves the clumsiness of the previous double headings. --Lonny 02:48, 2 November 2006 (PST)

• Consider moving discussions to the bottom of articles. See the bottom of this page for an example (see source code).

I think that this is a very good idea, especially for the social networking component of Appropedia. Is there a way to have the discussions show up below all other page content such as Categories? --Lonny 02:48, 2 November 2006 (PST)