Foreground April 2017

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Foreground 2.0.0?
by [[kgh]] 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Heiya, this is probably a question directly for Tom. :) What about the 2.0.0 release? Officially the latest release is 1.2.0 but in the meantime more and more wikis are running master of Foreground which is 2.0.0 and soon there will be more of them than for the official release (stats by WikiApiary). I guess it will be cool to get 2.0.0 officially off the ground. Cheers Karsten

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Gallery of customizing ideas
by [[kgh]] 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Heiya, every time I add Forground to a new wiki the question arises on how to adapt to the new wikis planned identity, i.e. it's look and feel. I have become a bit tired of looking for a wiki that implemented something I have in mind. Thus I changed the Customization page [0] to show a gallery of ideas and when you click on the images you get to the respective CSS you can use to adapt your wiki. I would very much welcome other to share their adaptations together with a screenshot on this page too. I know you have done pretty cools stuff on your wikis however I am unable to find it. This would help us all in avoiding to reinvent the wheel so please participate. Cheers Karsten [0] https://foreground.wikiproject.net/wiki/Customizing

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Getting foreground working with statcounter
by Sharon Kimble 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

For several weeks now I've been trying to get the 'StatCounter.com Integration' [1] extension working with foreground, which I really like. And each time I've failed. The only time the extension is called is to appear on line #92 of any page of my website, where its calling the 'Site statistics' in the sidebar. This is the actual coding that appears in the web-page source - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- </li><li class="has-dropdown active" id="p-statcounter"> <a href="#">Site statistics</a> </li></ul> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- However, using the 'vector' skin the same call of statcounter shows - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- </div> <div class="portal" role="navigation" id="p-statcounter" aria-labelledby="p-statcounter-label"> <h3 id="p-statcounter-label">Site statistics</h3> <div class="body">  <script> var sc_project=123456; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_security="5abcde3d"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("<sc"+"ript type='text/javascript' src='"+scJsHost +"statcounter.com/counter/counter.js'></"+"script>"); </script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://secure.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><span class="statcounter"><a class="statcounter" href="http://www.statcounter.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://c.statcounter.com/t.php?sc_project=11274564&java=1&security…" alt="StatCounter - Free Web Tracker and Counter" border="0"></a></span> <noscript><div><a title="free hit counter" href="http://statcounter.com/free-hit-counter/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c.statcounter.com/11274564/0/5a6d142d/0/" alt="free hit counter" /></a></div></noscript>  </div> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Is there any chance that this could be fixed please, as 'foreground' is a really great skin and I like using it, but I also like my statcounter stats as well. Ideally I'd like both of them to work together which would be really great :). Oh, and I've redacted the project ID and security ID, which is a bit pointless really because the extension page shows how to access them! :) Thanks Sharon. [1] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StatCounter.com_Integration -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1

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mediawiki, foreground and statcounter
by Sharon Kimble 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Has anyone been able to get the 'statcounter' extension to work with mediawiki and foreground please? I have it installed and the only thing that it seems to do is to 'Site statistics' into the sidebar. There are no calls to its home site, nothing! I do have these other extensions installed though - --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- wfLoadExtension( 'TextExtracts' ); wfLoadExtension( 'PageImages' ); wfLoadExtension( 'Popups' ); wfLoadExtension( 'CiteThisPage' ); wfLoadExtension( 'Gadgets' ); --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1

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Tips and tweaks
by Sharon Kimble 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Time to feed back for all the help that I've been given. - To get text to wrap round a TOC - put '#toc { float: left; clear: both; margin-right: 2.0em };' in Mediawiki:Common.css. - To get categories to appear in a table - as part of a table use '|* [[:Category:Anticonvulsants|Anticonvulsants]]' - To get access to a specific place in a file from the sidebar - use 'README_FIRST#Cocaine|Cocaine' - to get a site-wide TOC level limit - add '$wgMaxTocLevel = 3;' in LocalSettings.php Hope these help folk. Thanks for all the help that I've been given Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1

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Newbie questions about responsive grids
by Maythorn 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Hello! I'm fairly new to wiki making and have been experimenting with Foreground lately. I've noticed that my grids are not stacking on mobile and wonder if I might be missing something? Let me know what info you need. Here's one of the pages that are messed up: https://narutomushlegacy.com/index.php/%2Bhelp_Files And a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/ojPFqkY.png

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2 questions
by Sharon Kimble 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

I've now got foreground set up nicely and working well, I think. But its left me with two questions - - is it possible to split the contents of the sidebar into separate headers which can be used as page titles in their own right in the navbar please? Looking at other sites using foreground, reading the list archives, and looking at the github issues, both open and closed, I think that the answer is "No", but I think that its still worth asking. - How can I stop foreground quoting "From DrugFacts" under each and every page header please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1

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Increase page text width to 90% of available space, but how?
by Sharon Kimble 04 Apr '17

04 Apr '17

I'm just evaluating foreground for a new site that I'm developing, but I'm finding that the text in the middle of the screen is too narrow. I have text wrapping round the TOC's of my articles, and with the article text beside it, the whole page looks out of proportion. So how can I increase the text width to take up about 90% of the page width please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1

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