Wikia

SectionsEdit

The creation of containers and elements of the portal box is handled by {{PortalSection}}. It's design adds the necessary class so that the css can apply the correct style to the elements. You can move the elements about, but keep in mind that it might not look good unless you can also edit the common stylesheet, the wikia and the monobook specific stylesheet.

TransformerEdit

{{PortalTransformer}} is the transformer that takes the layout and converts it into {{PortalSection}} much like our {{ItemTransformer}} does. It can also transform a portal section into a frameless section called a {{PortalPage}}.

ComponentsEdit

The following is a list of the components which can be used to make up a page. Simply transclude them into a page like so {{Portal:Component/News}}.

Template:Portal/Component/News
Template:Portal/Component/Forums
Template:Portal/Component/Statistics
Template:Portal/Component/Help
Template:Portal/Component/Twitter, this #Twitter component contains special javascript
Template:Portal/Component/Quotes
Template:Portal/Component/FeaturedArticle
Template:Portal/Component/Video, this component does not currently exist
Template:Portal/Component/Images
Template:Portal/Component/Activity
Template:Portal/Component/NewestArticles
Template:Portal/Component/Countdown, see the statistics component instead
Template:Portal/Component/Poll
Template:Portal/Component/Promotion, used occasionally

Portal ComponentsEdit

A portal is a unique type of component in that it is designed to fit within a certain width and height. It needs its fixed width as it is designed to be a tab in #Slider or as a standalone in the fallback #Portal Pages.

Template:Portal/Main, this is a special page, see #Main Portal
Template:Portal/Dragon Age: Origins
Template:Portal/Dragon Age II
Template:Portal/Dragon Age
Template:Portal/Companions
Template:Portal/Guides

Portal PagesEdit

Portal pages are actual portals - if javascript fails and as a fallback position, Template:Portal/Main will link to each of these portal pages without sliding. Therefore, even though these pages are seldom used, they must be created in the event the user does not have javascript enabled, or if javascript fails to load.

These portal pages transclude #Layout and passes #Portal Components as a parameter. This basically tells wiki to use the layout but instead of using #Slider, use a static Portal Component instead.

The following is a list of Portal Pages

LayoutEdit

There is only one current layout for the page and it is Dragon Age Wiki - this wiki's main page. Its layout uses a unique component called the Template:Portal/Component/Slider unless it is transcluded and passed an anonymous {{{1}}} parameter. This page is only transcluded by #Portal Pages.

SliderEdit

There is one unique component called Template:Portal/Component/Slider which is a component that consists of the other portal components. Its primary purpose is create a page with multiple pages of portal. Only Template:Portal/Main is shown and the rest is hidden. If javascript is enabled, then the user can slide through these pages. If javascript is not enabled, then clicking on links in the main page will take you to the #Portal Pages.

In order to add new pages, you must do two things

Add the following code to the top of the page. X must be a number in the sequence.

<li>[[#portal_content-X]]</li>

Add the following code to the middle part of the page. A content can be anything but should be a #Portal Components

<div id="portal_content-4" class="ui-tabs-hide">CONTENT HERE</div>

TwitterEdit

There are two versions of Template:Portal/Component/Twitter.

The first version does not require any javascript, but it is unreliable. It uses the rss markup in Wikia which often fails to load.

The revamped Template:Portal/Component/Twitter calls MediaWiki:TwitterWidget. This in turn uses Twitter's Widget API to asynchronously update the feed. It is far more reliable. Use this version.

When creating this component using the second method, you will need to copy and edit MediaWiki:TwitterWidget.

Main PortalEdit

The main portal is the first thing the reader sees when they enter the wiki as it is the first page of the #Slider. It should contain normal links to pages or portals.

In addition, if the link is to a #Portal Components, it should also contain

<div class="portal_sliderlink_X">CONTENT HERE</div>

If javascript is enabled, this will cause the code to slide to the page X instead of opening the portal. If javascript is not, then as a fallback, the user will be taken to that link location.

Random PagesEdit

This page is here to distract you and cause confusion.

Portal:Mockup
Portal:Sandbox, when you absolutely have to tweak something without a right nav bar

WikiEdit

A few other wikis have adopted the use of Portal and the sliders. They are listed here.

VersionsEdit

This is a change log. If you adopted the portal system prior to these dates, you will need to update your components accordingly.

v1.4 - 3rd October 2012Edit

Updated Template:Portal/Component/Images by adding padding on the right so it is now centered again

v1.3 - 11th September 2011Edit

Updated Template:Portal/Component/Chat so it now uses Wikia skin. This allows it to be loaded in monobook
Updated MediaWiki:Common.js so that links to Special:Chat open in the default new window
Moved all common styles from MediaWiki:Wikia.css to MediaWiki:Common.css
Left skin specific overrides in MediaWiki:Wikia.css and MediaWiki:Monobook.css

v1.2.1 - 3rd September 2011Edit

Updated documentation with #Twitter. No component changed.

v1.2 - 16th August 2011Edit

Added Template:Portal/Component/Chat to use the new Special:Chat

v1.1 - 2nd June 2011Edit

Added MediaWiki:TwitterWidget
Updated Template:Portal/Component/Twitter to use Twitter's official widget. This should result in less loading errors
Updated MediaWiki:Wikia.css with styles corresponding to the new html elements

v1.0 - 7th November 2010Edit

Release