RuneScape:User help

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Glow
Is there a glow-like background in html, like this a bit

"Hello World!" "Hello World!"

this is close but I want what it looks like behind the box something like this (just the "Ohaidere" part)

"Hello World!" Ohaidere

"Hello World!" &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Ohaidere

I cheated by moving the "Hello World!"'s background to the right. Can anyone help? 02:16, September 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * -moz-box-shadow only works in Firefox. Use the standard box-shadow also. 01:28, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * IE can suck it imo. 01:41, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * IE doesn't support box-shadow... 01:42, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, firefox doesn't and IE doesn't (IE can still suck it all the same), then what does? 01:49, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * WebKit browsers. Safari and Chrome. 01:50, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * But there's " " ... 01:55, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * -webkit-box-shadow is deprecated. 01:55, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Fine, still means IE does none. But more to the whole point, can you help? 02:00, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * * facepalm* I'm a complete idiot. box-shadow isn't supported in WebKit browsers. Uh, how many cookies do I owe you? I've added -webkit-box-shadow and now I see it. Unfortunately the only way I know of achieving a similar effect is to use a div with gradients. (Not the gradient class.) I'll give you an example later. 17:00, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Two questions about RS:YG
10:26, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Who can close threads?
 * What is a "sticky"?

Two answers:
 * 1) Usually admins close threads, but if the thread does not require any major changes requiring admin actions or presents an obviously "absurd" idea, experienced users are welcome to close them. Policy states that only admins are allowed to close threads, however occassionally other users may close threads, especially if they do not require admin actions.
 * 2) A sticky thread is one deemed of great importance, such as Wikifest threads and ones relating to major changes to policy, or new policies. Again, only admins are supposed to sticky threads, but if it is obviously important, other users can sticky them as well.

For both of these points, common sense is the best method of deciding.

Hope this helps, 11:11, September 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * How do you make a thread a sticky? 22:49, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Add |sticky=true</tt> inside the Forumheader template at the top of the page. 23:00, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. 23:01, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't recommend closing any threads. I've done so in the past with UCS as my defence, but believe me when I say it can get rough. A lot more people hate me than you, but a lot of people also know I'm a crazy YG junkie and that I wouldn't close something against consensus, no matter how stupid I think it is. 23:17, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * RS:C says that only admins can close threads. 06:53, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict)^^I'll second that. 06:55, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Notification of changes to RuneScape:Off-site/RuneHead
Is there a way a bot or something could leave me a message on my talk page any time RuneScape:Off-site/RuneHead is changed? That will allow me to keep up with updating the name changes as people post them.--Degenret01 12:25, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Can't you just follow the page? 00:43, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * I sure can. And it doesn't do me a bit of good since I look at followed pages once am month maybe. We may get a change once a week, or maybe once a month. I want a way to stay on top of it without wasting time.--Degenret01 20:07, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * I get emails sent to me from Wikia whenever a followed page is edited. 07:28, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

That line of links at the top
Is it possible to change the links at the top of the page which link to your userpage, My Home, talk page and watchlist? 05:14, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just an itty-bitty heads up, the "My watchlist" link is made from MediaWiki:Common.js/watchlistlink.js. 05:25, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I get what you're saying. I need to make a custom .js to add more links. Such a pity that looks really hard... 05:28, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know squat about js, I was just telling you that's where that link comes from. 05:34, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Neither do I, but thats my assumption. I might go annoy that brilliant coder... 05:50, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I was fiddling with this (with my copy-pasta powers) and to my surprise it is working. So I know what code to give you, what do you want the new links to be? 05:54, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yew Grove, my sandbox and my testing wiki (www.thebrains222.wikia.com) should do for now. I might mess around more later. 05:56, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Prepare thyself for my first attempt at js. Add the following code to User:Thebrains222/monaco.js to add those links, try it and tell me if you want something different.

function addYewGroveLink{ if (skin == 'monaco' && wgUserName != null){ var yewgroveLink = document.createElement('a'); yewgroveLink.setAttribute('href', wgServer+'/wiki/Forum:Yew_Grove'); yewgroveLink.setAttribute('title', 'Yew Grove'); yewgroveLink.innerHTML = 'Yew Grove'; var awSpan = document.createElement('span'); awSpan.setAttribute('id', 'header_yewgrove'); awSpan.appendChild(yewgroveLink); var awUsername = document.getElementById('header_username'); awUsername.parentNode.insertBefore(awSpan,awUsername.nextSibling); awUsername.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(' '),awUsername.nextSibling); } } addOnloadHook(addYewGroveLink);

function addMySandboxLink{ if (skin == 'monaco' && wgUserName != null){ var sandboxLink = document.createElement('a'); sandboxLink.setAttribute('href', wgServer+'/wiki/User:Thebrains222/Sandboxes'); sandboxLink.setAttribute('title', 'My sandbox'); sandboxLink.innerHTML = 'My sandbox'; var awSpan = document.createElement('span'); awSpan.setAttribute('id', 'header_mysandbox'); awSpan.appendChild(sandboxLink); var awYewgrove = document.getElementById('header_yewgrove'); awYewgrove.parentNode.insertBefore(awSpan,awYewgrove.nextSibling); awYewgrove.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(' '),awYewgrove.nextSibling); } } addOnloadHook(addMySandboxLink);

function addMyWikiLink{ if (skin == 'monaco' && wgUserName != null){ var wikiLink = document.createElement('a'); wikiLink.setAttribute('href', 'http://thebrains222.wikia.com/wiki/Thebrains222\'s_Wiki'); wikiLink.setAttribute('title', 'My wiki'); wikiLink.innerHTML = 'My wiki'; var awSpan = document.createElement('span'); awSpan.setAttribute('id', 'header_mywiki'); awSpan.appendChild(wikiLink); var awSandbox = document.getElementById('header_mysandbox'); awSandbox.parentNode.insertBefore(awSpan,awSandbox.nextSibling); awSandbox.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(' '),awSandbox.nextSibling); } } addOnloadHook(addMyWikiLink); 06:47, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * It appears to not be working. I have copied it word for word and cleared by cache many time. 06:50, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh..... works fine for me..... browser? 07:04, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, it works now. I think it was just a delay in cache or something. Could you tell me how you make these? I'm planning to add some more later. 07:06, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * This is gonna get be very hard to explain so first replace that code I gave you to this one (does the same thing but will be more clearer):

function YewGroveLink{ var Link = document.createElement('a'); Link.setAttribute('href', 'http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Yew_Grove'); Link.setAttribute('title', 'Yew Grove'); Link.innerHTML = 'Yew Grove'; var Span = document.createElement('span'); Span.setAttribute('id', 'header_link1'); Span.appendChild(Link); var Previous = document.getElementById('header_username'); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(Span,Previous.nextSibling); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(' '),Previous.nextSibling); } addOnloadHook(YewGroveLink); function MySandboxLink{ var Link = document.createElement('a'); Link.setAttribute('href', 'http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/User:Thebrains222/Sandboxes'); Link.setAttribute('title', 'My sandbox'); Link.innerHTML = 'My sandbox'; var Span = document.createElement('span'); Span.setAttribute('id', 'header_link2'); Span.appendChild(Link); var Previous = document.getElementById('header_link1'); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(Span,Previous.nextSibling); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(' '),Previous.nextSibling); } addOnloadHook(MySandboxLink); function MyWikiLink{ var Link = document.createElement('a'); Link.setAttribute('href', 'http://thebrains222.wikia.com/wiki/Thebrains222\'s_Wiki'); Link.setAttribute('title', 'My wiki'); Link.innerHTML = 'My wiki'; var Span = document.createElement('span'); Span.setAttribute('id', 'header_link3'); Span.appendChild(Link); var Previous = document.getElementById('header_link2'); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(Span,Previous.nextSibling); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(' '),Previous.nextSibling); } addOnloadHook(MyWikiLink); Now the explaining... I'll do this in pictures. Image 1. Then to add another: Image 2. Repeat the second image for more. 09:06, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * So whats the point of the unused id's? And what's a "used id"? What does headerlink do? 11:08, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * No, you need to think of an id that isn't used elsewhere in the wiki or else it will add this link to it (and that's bad). "header_link" is just an id I came up with ("header_username" is the id of the link at the top that says "Thebrains222" and I changed the "username" part), it can be whatever you want. Try to make another link and I'll see if you did it right. 22:26, September 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * What did I do wrong?

function MyWikiLink{ var Link = document.createElement('a'); Link.setAttribute('href', 'http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/RuneScape:User help'); Link.setAttribute('title', 'User help'); Link.innerHTML = 'User help'; var Span = document.createElement('span'); Span.setAttribute('id', 'header_link5'); Span.appendChild(Link); var Previous = document.getElementById('header_link3'); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(Span,Previous.nextSibling); Previous.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(' '),Previous.nextSibling); } addOnloadHook(MyWikiLink); 07:36, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Signature sorting
How big a deal is the sorting of signature pages in Category:Signatures? For example, the following pages are sorted as "Sig" rather than as their respective usernames.


 * User:C Teng/sig
 * User:Coaster4321/Sig
 * User:Ajraddatz/sig
 * User:Bryanqwert/sig
 * User:Ssswizmig/Sig
 * User:Dave Lopo/Sig
 * User:Wargodnavkri/Sig
 * User:Haloolah123/Sig
 * User:Kuma3/sig

I noticed the error in my own signature and updated Runescape:Signatures so other people don't make the same mistake. Then I noticed that other people had already made similar errors like the ones above. Then I noticed still other people seem to have made other errors. So, as I asked to begin, how big a deal is it? It could be a lot of bookkeeping work; plus it could be a bit intrusive. Suggestions? -- 14:26, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just Not that big, categories are just nice for finding stuff, just go to the pages and replace with  . Easy as that.  00:53, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I haven't carefully audited all 1000 or so. The ones above were a partial list. I did a few others, too, of what were easiest to find. Hopefully no one feels like toes got squashed. -- 01:31, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh crud... meant to say "Not that big", Idk where "just" came from . But fixing them is still nice. 05:55, September 7, 2010 (UTC)