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Stream: brlcad

Topic: BRL-CAD Wiki

Naseef (Mar 13 2018 at 08:30):

I couldn't access BRL-CAD Wiki after changing theme to standard

This page isn’t working
brlcad.org is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

Naseef (Mar 13 2018 at 08:32):

How can I access the wiki again?

Sean (Mar 13 2018 at 13:52):

How can I access the wiki again?

I think themes are stored as local cookies -- tried deleting your local cache/cookie files?

Sean (Mar 13 2018 at 13:53):

also, try going to http://brlcad.org/wiki/Special:Preferences

Sean (Mar 13 2018 at 13:53):

hm, looks like it might store your preference in the db

@Naseef I changed your preference manually in the database. couldn't quickly figure out what's wrong with the standard theme though -- doesn't throw an error and there's no indication in logs what's wrong

Sean (Mar 13 2018 at 14:18):

looks like "nostalgia", "standard", and "brlcad" are off-limits

Sean (Mar 13 2018 at 14:19):

(check Preview first!)

Sean (Mar 13 2018 at 14:22):

disabled the bad skins

Naseef (Mar 13 2018 at 19:17):

It's working now, Thanks!
Any plans on updating the skins? They look so outdated.

Naseef (Mar 13 2018 at 19:19):

The Vector skin looks good, Just like wikipedia. It will never get outdated, haha.

Naseef (Mar 13 2018 at 19:19):

Why it's not the default theme?

Naseef (Mar 14 2018 at 03:36):

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I've cookies enabled.

Sean (Mar 14 2018 at 06:16):

you're welcome to make one -- someone was working on a new skin that matches the main page, but progress stalled

Sean (Mar 14 2018 at 06:16):

we do need it

Naseef (Mar 14 2018 at 23:27):

Is it hard to create one? Just one CSS file?
I haven't made one before, But I can try.

Sean (Mar 15 2018 at 02:13):

a skin is not just one css file, but it's not hard to create one. There are tutorials all over the web and you can see examples if you set up mediawiki somewhere.

Oleksandr Dubenko (Mar 15 2018 at 16:47):

There is a wiki skin from my gsoc project over here https://github.com/BRL-CAD/web/pull/17

Naseef (Mar 15 2018 at 20:20):

I'm setting up the environment for hosting mediawiki on my PC.

Naseef (Mar 15 2018 at 20:22):

Even if what I make is not usable, I'll get to learn something by doing this. I hope everything goes well.

Sean (Mar 16 2018 at 16:17):

@Oleksandr Dubenko what's the status of the skin -- is it "done"? I thought I'd tested that months back and some things seemed like they were still in progress. If that's good to go, we should just use it! :)

Sean (Mar 16 2018 at 16:17):

There's a new skin on beta (not sure if it's yours or someone else's) but it seems to be busted.

Oleksandr Dubenko (Mar 16 2018 at 16:35):

If I remember correctly wikimedia skin is done.
Is there a beta wiki site?

Oleksandr Dubenko (Mar 16 2018 at 16:35):

http://beta.brlcad.org/wiki/ looks broken

Fatema (Mar 18 2018 at 01:02):

Hello there, I am trying to contact a mentor to ask about some stuff in GSoC project, Thank you. xD

Oleksandr Dubenko (Mar 18 2018 at 14:54):

Ok, I looked into beta wiki files and fixed settings file. Now it is working fine

Oleksandr Dubenko (Mar 18 2018 at 14:56):

The only thing I see now that needs to be fixed is header menu links. They should either point to existing site or to the new wordpress site

Oleksandr Dubenko (Mar 18 2018 at 14:56):

But apart from that I think it is ready to use

Oleksandr Dubenko (Mar 18 2018 at 14:57):

@Sean working link over here http://beta.brlcad.org/wiki/Main_Page

Inder Singh (Mar 19 2018 at 10:58):

@Fatema Hi, Let me know what you want to ask about. :)

Fatema (Mar 19 2018 at 11:08):

I’m asking if the idea is still available or not. xD

Sean (Mar 20 2018 at 05:40):

Ok, I looked into beta wiki files and fixed settings file. Now it is working fine

what was the problem?

Sean (Mar 20 2018 at 05:42):

definitely looking much better! only thing i'm not digging is beta's new menu...

Naseef (Mar 22 2018 at 02:31):

The menu on Wiki page looks great, I think it'll look good on the main page too. The icons on the main page looks pixelated, If it's possible to use vector icons there, I can recreate them in Inkscape.

Sean (Mar 22 2018 at 04:56):

@Naseef vector versions would be good

Panda (Gauravjeet Singh) (Mar 25 2018 at 03:37):

Hey @Fatema
Did you get the answer to your doubt?
If not, let me know, which project idea are you talking about.
Generally speaking, all ideas are available if you can submit a really outstanding proposal for it.
All the best!

Fatema (Mar 25 2018 at 05:24):

After I had this block issue I have searched and liked " Port the SVGNest library to C++ " I built the slic3er project but the GUI is it fine to start working on the proposal from now ?