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Wintersday

Let's be lazy this year, let's just change the left and right image to a Wintersday theme? It's already there, it doesn't involve any random icons, and it appears to be the simplest route. - Endeavor 06:24, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Like how I did it for Halloween (personal css), I would be more than happy to alter the red header and the wiki's logo to something Wintersday. - Infinite - talk 08:24, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Take a peek at User:Infinite/vector.css and/or User:Infinite/monobook.css, if you want. You must copy the code into your personal vector/monobook css to preview it, or use some fancy script I have no knowledge of. To me, that is enough decorationfor the holidays. - Infinite - talk 10:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Its probably worth noting that the only line you need to copy from infinite is:

div#column-content
{
  background-image: url(/images/thumb/0/04/User_Infinite_Wintersday_Header.png/1381px-User_Infinite_Wintersday_Header.png);
}

Since the rest is already in the common.css. (Also, using /images/a/a0/User_Chieftain_Alex_skin_header.png instead of infinite's image works too (same image but with transparency on right hand side to avoid blocking stop/starts of cyan. works too --Chieftain Alex 18:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

I hope that was fixed with a recent software update, but back during Halloween, the pre-set theme overrides the personal one, even after various cache clears and stuff (which is why it is all of that). - Infinite - talk 20:17, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, even though the exact same lines of code are on the common.css? Chieftain Alex 20:36, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, it was really weird. It used to overlay the other skin, instead of replace parts of it. :\ - Infinite - talk 21:21, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Guys

Wintersday is over. 20:13, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, theres no wintersday theme, so its just the update. Unless you've got a crystal ball handy, wanna think of some random featured article and stick it there? Chieftain Alex 22:33, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Is Heart of the Mists ready to be featured until we know the January happenings? - Infinite - talk 22:35, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Never mind, definitely too premature to feature the main PvP hub. - Infinite - talk 22:37, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Stick with the previous map of the WvW, or is that Seige pic ok? (personally I like blowing things up) Chieftain Alex 22:39, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Definitely works, excellent thinking. :) - Infinite - talk 22:41, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

A dynamic action shot is a lot more appropriate for the main page than a boring map. —Dr Ishmael 22:44, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Box Shadow

Hello, when I made this edit, I had in mind the removal of the line box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 0 0 .75em; from the common.css mainpage styles. The extra table manually puts the shadow on the outside box such that it works in internet explorer (giving it the same appearance as chrome and firefox did before the fix) - putting the shadow on the inside box doesn't work for i.e. (currently you have two shadow effects working on the main page at once - its not subtle :P ) -Chieftain Alex 01:26, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Add dailies?

It would be nifty to have the current dailies listed (or linked), sort of similar to how the GW1 wiki lists Nick etc. DryHumour 23:07, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

QUICK! Konig is gone, replace the lore section with the PvE stuff and put dailies in PvE's current location! -Chieftain Alex 23:12, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing in regard to dailies, now that they change everyday. I would add monthlies as well. -- Rohar (talk|contribs) 22:59, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

The cycle listings were useful for GW1 because there was no easy way to see them in-game other than walking around to all the NPCs. In GW2, all you have to do is log in to any character, and BAM! Dailies are right there on your screen. Also, they aren't completely random - they rotate on a weekly schedule (pending final verification on Monday, but it's holding out so far). No need to clutter the main page with them this time. —Dr Ishmael 23:10, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

That pre-supposes that you are at your gaming machine (rather than, say, at work ;-) and can log in. It would be nice to have a page with the schedule though, if someone has the time to write it up. DryHumour 23:38, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

How about Daily? —Dr Ishmael 00:06, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Thx, that's exactly what I was looking for! Didn't realize it had already been updated (doh!) DryHumour 00:09, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

How about a link to the Daily on the main page instead of burying it. Please! KJZ 01:11, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Achievements is already linked on the main page, it's not really buried.--Relyk ~ talk > 02:44, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

I added Laurels to the main page editcopy right after Karma. This in addition to archivements should cover the whole Daily Monthy thing. - Yandere 06:48, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Synchrotroned. —Dr Ishmael 13:32, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

I did really appreciate the convenience factor the front-page Zaishen quests had on GW Wiki. There's something to be said for making information like that very obvious to visitors, and I know personally that logging in with a character only to find out the dailies would be way easier with a different character is a minor annoyance. 66.90.216.233 00:34, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Register an account, create a userpage, and transclude the {{daily}} template onto it, along with whatever other quick-access info you want. Bookmark it. Bam, you win the internet. —Dr Ishmael 01:41, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Suggestion

Shouldn't there be a link back to the main GW2 page on the front page? If it's there, it's insufficiently obvious IMNSHO. --OBloodyHell 19:20, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm much more likely to have the wiki page up, and it would be convenient if I could go directly to the forum or something by clicking something on the left-side navigation. This seems like A Real Good Idea. --OBloodyHell 19:22, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Lookie over here, I think that solves the problem. —Dr Ishmael 19:51, 27 April 2013 (UTC)