Moving my plugins page to the wiki

[mikedee]

Its been something that I have been meaning to get around to but I do not think I will.

Feel free to recreate the list on the wiki and link each plugin directly so that I can update them easily :)

I think that the mozilla style of displaying plugins is nice and clear, maybe they could be categorized but there probably isn't enough at the moment.

https://addons.mozilla.org/search.php?cat=6&app=firefox&appfilter=firefox&type=E

Once the new page is created we can update the links and Ill put up a redirect page. I dont think the basic html look is really what we want to aim for ;)

P.S. Thanks for all the good work on the wiki, its starting to come together nicely :)

[amgeex]

Alright mikedee, I'll try to get something done tonight. I will keep you posted.

UPDATE: Well, I worked for like half an hour and I created a new page called "Plugins". Check it out here: http://www.go-compiz.org/index.php?title=Plugins

Its still laking most plugins, it's meant to show of how it will look. Images are still missing, but I'll work on that tomorrow. I'm off to sleep guys! Good night!! 8)

[nzjrs]

I spent quite a bit of time on the

http://www.go-compiz.org/index.php?title=Plugin_Showcase

page with this intention. I thing it would be better to just move the plugin_showcase page to plugins and reuse the template that I worked on, otherwise you are duplicating some work there.

It is much easier to take advantage of the mediawiki template system like I have than to keep writing the same markup for each plugin.

What do you think?

[amgeex]

I think you are right. I suggest we use some other pictures though, so that all of them are the same size. That way it will look much better. I'll work on moving the Plugin Showcase to the plugins page in due time. :wink:

[wfarr]

I'll take a set of fresh screenshots for those that I may :)

Any specific requests for final size?

edit - actually, I can't do all of them as my card doesn't have pixel shading, so some things are coming out generally poor looking. :(

[amgeex]

ButteBlues, take the screenies you can. I think that a 1024x768 resolution would be good. Thanks! 8)

Host them on imageshack or something like that and post them here. I will move them to the wiki. :wink:

[wfarr]

Sure thing.

[amgeex]

A stupid post by me... edited! :roll:

[nzjrs]

I think you are confusing the template code with the table code.

The actual table and its styling is constructed in Template:Plugin_info (http://www.go-compiz.org/index.php?title=Template:Plugin_Info)

The code snipped you gave

{{Plugin_Info
|image=xglsnowPlugin.jpg
|name=Snow
|download=
[http://www.anykeysoftware.co.uk/compiz/plugins/snow.tar.gz Individual plugin]
|description=
XglSnow is a plug-in that brings the familiar xsnow christmas and winter feeling to the X-desktop. It features;
* Snowflakes falling in a 3D space
* Configurable
** Number of snowflakes
** Speed of snowflakes fall
** 3D space
}}

Is in effect a function call to the Plugin_info template with 4 (named) parameters.

Using templates is a good way to make things like download locations and version numbers easy to change. From a programming perspective it is also a level of abstraction that allows easy changes to the plugin showcase page and style at a later date.

The reference on how templaces works can be found HERE (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template)

[amgeex]

Well, thanks! I didn't know it was a template, sorry for the rant! :oops:

UPDATE: I modified your template slightly so it would fit with the site colors and all the images have the same size. Here is the code:

{| style="width:70%; height:350px" cellpadding="5"
|-
| style="background:#d38b00; border-bottom:3px solid silver;" colspan="2" | '''{{{name}}} Plugin'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:{{{image}}}|thumb|300px|{{{name}}} in action]]
| valign="top" | '''Description:'''
{{{description}}}
|- border="1"
| valign="bottom" | '''Download:'''
{{{download}}}
|-
|}
I backed up the original, so don't worry. :wink:

[nzjrs]

Well, thanks! I didn't know it was a template, sorry for the rant! :oops:

UPDATE: I modified your template slightly so it would fit with the site colors and all the images have the same size. Here is the code:


Hehe, mediawiki table and template syntax is surprisingly similar, now you mention it!

Good work on the improved colours!

[amgeex]

Hehe, thanks! I will add all the plugins that remain soon. You have enlightened me, and I will try to create some more templates so pages are easy to edit. Thanks!! :D

@ButteBlues: How fast can you get me those screenshots? :wink:

[wfarr]

@ButteBlues: How fast can you get me those screenshots? :wink:

Tonight.

If you have AIM or MSN, both of those contact info items are in my profile.

I'm also floating in the #compiz-dev IRC channel right now. Page me there if you need to.