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An ad change

Hi all. Wikia is about to enter a phase of experimenting with advertisements. Basically, we need to find out what combination of ads will work to allow Wikia to succeed. It's going to be a balancing act, and I know we are not going to be able to please everyone! But hopefully we can find the right combination. So, the first thing that we need is to add is a 300x250 box on the main page of several wikis. WoWWiki has had this for a while, Muppet is putting it in place this week as are a few others in this group. To make this look right, the main page will need adjusting to have a 300px fixed column - otherwise the ad will push the header down and look awful. I'm going to start a suggested layout at Main Page/temp2 so I can show you what's needed, please edit away and help get it ready! Thanks all, and as usual I'll be around here and on IRC for questions etc. -- sannse (talk) 17:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

On second thoughts, I'm going to need to get some help with Main Page/temp2... Wookieepedia's main page is so complicated :-/ -- sannse (talk) 18:37, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

OK! I think it's looking about right now! Please have a look :) -- sannse (talk) 19:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

• What the F?!# happened to the main page?! It's frickin green! It looks horrible! Does this have anything to do with the changes? I hope this is just my computer, but I don't think so. Darth Shohet 18:10, June 20, 2008

• Sorry. It's gone. Darth Shohet 19:48, June 21, 2008

• The google add on the right side of the main page totally screws up all the "Did you know" boxes on the right... it pushes them down too far. Freedon 02:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Maybe it would work better with "Did you know" in the left column? -- sannse (talk) 08:31, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Redesigned page for Monobook

• Hi, when the ad change came in (see above), the monobook page for me (hope it's not just me) seems to have an error. The heading section with the title and the amount of pages still has the width that the full page, which the usual page doesn't. Instead, it overlaps with the "in the news" section. Would someone please be able to fix this? (sorry if I didn't explain this too well- i can upload an image if needed) thanks, NighthawkLeader 06:40, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I have the same problem as Nighthawk. The "In the News" section is covering up half of the main header bar - not a huge problem but it looks a little messy. I had just thought it was my computer's problem, but if other people have that too... Aqua Unasi 15:29, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Can one, or both of you, please post screen shots of what you are seeing? When I switch my skin to Monobook, I don't see the error as described. A screenshot might help. Thanks, Greyman^(Talk) 15:33, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Oh sorry, I'm actually on the Monaco skin, not Monobook like Nighthawk. I'll try to get a screenshot but it might be easier for Nighthawk to do it because I'm a bit pressed for time. Aqua Unasi 15:42, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
    • I may have fixed it... there was a "nowrap" in there, so the columns had to overlap when the width was reduced. Does it look right now? -- sannse (talk) 16:04, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Yup, much better. Thanks Aqua Unasi 16:09, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
    • Everything looks good to me too now- thanks to everyone who worked on it :) NighthawkLeader 06:17, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
      • Yeah whatever you guys did by squeezing the header over allowed for normal placement of the News section. -- Riffsyphon1024 15:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Cool, now all is sorted, it's time for the final stage. The page won't break when I turn on the second ad now... so here goes! -- sannse (talk) 18:17, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Rounded Corners

What is the code to make the corners on the Main Page rounded? (Quote of the Day, Featured Article)