Forum:Wikia's "new look"

So in case you haven't heard, Wikia is throwing public opinion to the wind and forcing every wiki to switch over to their "new look."


 * w:c:community:The_new_look
 * w:c:community:Transition_guide
 * Red Dead Wiki in beta mode

I personally can't stand the look, and to top it off, the Terms of Use have been changed to keep us from making the modifications that pretty much every user will want to make - things like removing user attribution on every image or changing the sidebar width. Short of moving to another wiki farm, we're going to have to learn to live with it. Some things that will need to happen before the switch date:


 * A new logo, with dimensions 250 x 65
 * Resizing any tables or images that exceed 660px, which is the new fixed article width.

There's more, but I'll list them later.

Something else: while the terms of service prohibit making sitewide changes like the ones I discussed, it's still allowed on personal stylesheets. I would suggest making a Wiki 24 special page describing how to modify the wiki so that it doesn't look as much like the social blog hell Wikia wants to turn all their sites into. There's some css floating around that makes the new look more tolerable; once I find it I'll paste it here, and then users who are so inclined can put it into their personal style sheets. It won't affect anons, but at least the major editors here will be able to benefit. --Pyramidhead 20:49, September 28, 2010 (UTC)