Forum:Profile tools

Beta site and update
We have a beta site live at http://beta.starcraft.wikia.com - please check it out. It can go live fairly soon. When viewing that version, please note the address bar after clicking links - it is easy to find yourself back on the normal site. Also note the database is shared so changes made on live/beta sites affect both. Kirkburn (talk) 12:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Main page
For the main page, we've got an extra few things to be added. I've done a test for AoC on http://beta.aoc.wikia.com/wiki/User:Kirkburn/Dev - see the bottom of that page, but it would be better if it could be better integrated on yours. These extensions can be placed on your main page or community portal to "surface" social activity on a wiki. The first two are used together, as only one or the other will ever show.

More info on w:c:help:Help:Profile tools

Custom fields
You will need to put some custom text fields in - they are shown on http://beta.aoc.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UpdateProfile/custom

For example, "favourite race", "favourite feature".

Info on how and where to do this - w:c:help:Help:User Profiles

Sitenotice
Don't forget to add a sitenotice to tell people about the new stuff! See w:c:gta:MediaWiki:Sitenotice for an example. Don't forget to increase the MediaWiki:Sitenotice id of course :)

Site Scout
You will probably also wish to link to the new Site Scout extension on MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar‎. The page can be found at Special:SiteScout.