Template talk:Project

Msgbox style
Personally, I think this would look better using the mini msgbox.

Opinions? – ultradude25 ( T at 04:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The problem is, the msgbox style doesn't really fit with the rest of the wiki style... rounded corners, that can't be viewed on all browsers are just not good as a "standard". I just hadn't gotten to the point of trying to correct it yet. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  04:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Opera is the only current browser that doesn't support rounded corners, even IE9 does, but that isn't an official release yet.
 * Why should everyone else have to have square borders just because old browsers and Opera won't show rounded ones? It's not like the whole thing breaks if your browser doesn't support it. – ultradude25 ( T at 04:41, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The problem is the general rounded corner style... do you see it ANYWHERE else on this wiki? MCW chose Vector as it's default skin, I'm assuming because of the streamlined look, with it's square corners. All of the infobox templates have been done with square corners. There is nothing but these notice boxes that have rounded corners. They simply do not fit with the overall style of MCW. And considering this is a wiki about a game that deals mostly with square blocks, I think the square style is much more appropriate in general. So no, I do not want to see the msgbox style applied to this particular template. -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  06:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * You can easily make all the msgboxes square, my main point in changing it is because it's much more compact and will allow you to easily globally change its style since it's using a template. – ultradude25 ( T at 06:57, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Alright, I've fixed and updated the template to have a distinct lack of roundness, and the template  ing everywhere should be a thing of the past.
 * EDIT: Oh and yes, I do see it somewhere else on this wiki, the license templates have border radius. – ultradude25 ( T at 08:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * LOL! You surprised me... also made me laugh at myself... thanks! and yes, your proposed version is better than mine :D -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  08:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Well I'm going to take that as a yes and apply the changes. – ultradude25 ( T at 16:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Nocat
I have inadvertently created a circular reference in my main HESI Category by adding the Project template to it. The simple solution would be for me to just remove the Project template from that category, but I think it should be there, personally. What I'd like to do instead is to nullify the automatically-added categories for this particular instance of the Project template. To do that, I would normally add a  parameter to the Project template, and if it is unset (or set to zero) then the template would behave exactly as it does currently. If, however,, then the categories that are added from within the .. tags would not be actioned. I tried doing this myself (without saving the modifications), but I could not get it to work. The parser functions seem to work differently here to what I am used to. For one thing, there is no  or   here for setting up parameters. If someone could implement this idea for me, then I'll be able to see how things are done on this wiki. Thanks in advance for any help offered. &mdash; Augur &#x2710; 22:23, 29 July 2013 (UTC)


 * You don't need #define or #local for that, all you need is a single #if: . I don't actually know what #define or #local do, since I've never edited on a wiki with the extension(s) that add them enabled. 「 ディノ 奴  千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 01:06, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I must be doing something wrong. I tried what you suggested, and just left the  section blank, but it didn't work, it disabled all cats by default. How I would normally do it is to set   to zero if the first parameter is not already set, using , then check to see   it is still zero. If so, we add the cats. If not, we don't. Simple. Something like this template I made for the UESP Wiki, although that one uses a   instead of an  , but it's the same idea. &mdash; Augur &#x2710;  06:49, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * isn't built into MediaWiki; it's part of the MetaTemplate extension, which was written specifically for the UESP wiki. We do have the Variables extension installed here, which provides a similar #vardefine function. -- Orthotope talk 07:25, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Dinoguy forgot a pipe. –ultradude25 ᐸ Talk Contribs – 07:28, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I just had a look at Special:Version, and I see you have the Variables extension here. The  function should be the same as  . I might just give this another go, but this time in a sandbox. &mdash; Augur &#x2710;  07:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks for the help everyone, and I see you have it working now, Ultradude. Awesome, thanks. &mdash; Augur &#x2710; 07:36, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * As Ultradude said, I forgot a pipe in the code I showed you. If I'd recommended  instead (note the pipe in   now), it would've worked for you just fine. In any case, it's working now, and with any luck I've managed to teach *someone* *something*, even if only to always double-check any advice (and code!) I offer. =D 「 ディノ 奴  千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 07:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Remove category project
In my opinion, pages using this template should not get added to Category:Projects, unless added to a category that has the same name as the project. Basically Category:Projects should be a hub for all the project main categories. – KnightMiner  (t·c) 23:19, 13 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Agreed, the category should list projects, not pages that are part of projects. If there's some need for a list of all project pages, that could be added as a different hidden category. -- Orthotopetalk 00:38, 14 December 2014 (UTC)