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First of all: don't worry. Everything you are used to is still here. Your username still exists, all the messages are still here, and we're all still here.
There are a few changes though:
You can set a country flag, as well as which device(s) you have and a home GSM-provider. These will be displayed in icon form with your messages. It's completely uncomplicated and much more fun if everyone participates. So please use the 'Profile' button in the menu above to set these things for you. They help others help you by knowing what device you have and what provider you are using.
Topics now have an extra property, which defines whether they are relevant for the original XDA, for the XDA II or for both. A small icon shows with each message. You can set this property when you start a new topic.
The separate XDAII board is gone. All messages there have been moved to the forum where they are most appropriate (see below). The fact that the messages were originally posted in XDAII now shows with an icon.
We now allow attachments, both in forum postings and in Private Messages, sized up to 50MB (!).
The boards have new names, and are slightly re-organized:
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General
Current events, news, etc.
Using it
messages formerly in 'PocketPC' go here.
Not too technical, about use and peculiarities.
Unlocking it
formerly called 'Unlocking'
Networking it
formerly called 'GPRS/WAP settings'
Stocking up for it
formerly called 'Accessories'
Upgrading and modifying it
formerly 'ROM updates'
Hacking it
formerly 'Programmers corner' and 'Other techie stuff'
Anything but it
formerly called 'Off-topic'
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We currently use the plain-vanilla 'subSilver' phpBB style. Expect further changes to the way things look over the next few days. Please let me know by clicking 'PM' under this message if anything that used to work for you all of a sudden isn't working anymore.
Hope you like it...
New look
Sexy!
Wow ! well done ! :wink: certainly a lot of work ...thanks
Sure does and it looks good too! 8)
But found the following to be missing:
no USA T-Mobile listed under GSM Provider
no AT&T radio stacks listed under Radio Version.
Qman said:
no USA T-Mobile listed under GSM Provider
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Whoops. Fixed.
no AT&T radio stacks listed under Radio Version.
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We're still confused about all these Radio Stack Upgrade numbers. And if we are confused, imagine what that means for the poor folks out there. But I will include some more numbers tomorrow...
A couple of suggestions:
In the ROM Version setting of the profile, there should be a "kitchen" option for 4.00.16, since this is on at least one kitchen (perhaps "kitchen" ought to be a check box?)
I don't know that I would have chosen to have a merged 'update it' forum for XDAI and XDAII. Most readers are interested in info for one device and dont care about the other.
pdhenry said:
A couple of suggestions:
In the ROM Version setting of the profile, there should be a "kitchen" option for 4.00.16, since this is on at least one kitchen (perhaps "kitchen" ought to be a check box?)
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Done. I might make it a checkbox later on.
I don't know that I would have chosen to have a merged 'update it' forum for XDAI and XDAII. Most readers are interested in info for one device and dont care about the other.
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I was planning to create a one-click filter option for 'viewforum.php'.
Why damn, this blob-thing is ... growing.
As you may have seen the forum now has it's own hostname: forum.xda-developers.com. All existing links (/forum and /phpBB) will redirect to the correct thread or post on the new hostname (using a rewrite rule and sending HTTP 'Moved Permanently').
The uncompressed database for the forum is now 40 MB, the entire site is sending and receiving a few GigaBytes per day, to and from over 2500 unique IP-numbers each day.
Congradulation!
Hello
Well done and great work, keep it up.
thanks with best regards.
Othman
looks alrite but i miss the yellowy colour scheme now looks like every other forum on the web lol :roll:
how strange ...
the DB is only 40Mb ... this fits on 10% of my stamp size SD card ...
and yet, with just 2500 db-access (and how many posts? probably 100kb)
we get Giga bytes of traffic....
Just think how wasteful we're with current technology....
This goes double for a Pocket PC with two wireless communications,
100's of Mb of data, 400Mhz cpu ... and all that it does is displaying
who is calling your phone
Hmmm ....
[this is not a flame of the site or the PPC.... just a note on the status of the information/software age of the 21st century in general]
Looks
gazzaman2k said:
looks alrite but i miss the yellowy colour scheme now looks like every other forum on the web lol :roll:
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No worries: this is temporary. There will be some proper design-work done on the entire site.
This is a good opportunity to say "Thank you" to Mario Giambanco, whose ideas and kind offer to work on the site prompted me to do some cleanup first, which resulted in the changes you see. Between him, myself, and hopefully some other volunteers we can now start to do a major overhaul concerning the looks and stale content of the main site.
The new 'main site' is going to be database-generated (from the phpBB database), and will have at least 'News' and 'FAQ' pages, pointing to topics on the forum. This will mean the 'main site' will be much more of an up-to-date tribute to the collective work of all of you on the forum, instead of a somewhat stale collection of some cool stuff we did way back. Creating layout in the way we did it before is just too much work.
Welcome to our new face
It looks very nice :lol:
But maybe we need added section: download & upgrade hardware ???
:wink:
very nice
Simply An excellent job
I preferred the old one. bah humbug
Thank You!
Thanks! For all the hard work it is much appreciated :wink:
Keep burning the midnight oil, it can only get better! ( like the XDA II )
Kind Regards, StayLucky Jim.
Hacking it ?
I written quite a few custom applications for the XDA and your site has some interesting infomation that has helped me.
I have replied a couple of times too with some code snipits.
All was very professional.
Now the Programmers Corner is under Hacking it, so I must of now become a Hacker. An interesting term, that I will have to add to my CV and see if it effects my future software appointments.
At last! Your decision to migrate to 2.0.6 is very welcome
If you interested - I can suggest two mobile adaptations for phpbb:
- read only version optimized for using as Mobile Favorites/Avantgo channels
and
- fully functional version for using from mobile devices.
These versions were developed and tested for one of the mostly visited (264,100 messages currently) PDA-related site in Russia http://www.handy.ru/board Unfortunately, all of the site is on Russian, but you may look though the following links just to smell it:
Mobile Favorites/AvantGo version:
Setup channels (Controls translation: forum name; timeframe; pictures (all/smiles only/none); link conversion mode; signatures on/off)
Ready-to-synchronize channel link (two days plus vacations, smiles only, links converted to text, without signatures).
Online mobile version: (banners should be visible from desktop PC only)
Forum index
Forum page
Topic discussion
All security is the same as in desktop phpbb version. Almost all functionality is implemented except site administration, advanced moderation panel (topic joining/splitting/mass deletes) and profile changing/private messaging.
These forum versions not include support for skins or language resources (sorry, but I develop them as fast as I can). So translation to English and slight adaptation to your mods (if any) needed. But I'm ready for this job.
The only main forum changes needed are:
- adding 4 lines to template variables array initialization;
- modifying 4 template files to add links to mobile versions;
Re: Hacking it ?
vangelderp said:
Now the Programmers Corner is under Hacking it, so I must of now become a Hacker. An interesting term, that I will have to add to my CV and see if it effects my future software appointments.
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It seemed like a logical term to combine 'Programmers corner' and the little used 'Other techie stuff'. We think of the term 'hacker' as meaning a benign and very advanced programmer or techie, and not in any negative media-sensationalist terms. (Even though some of us do smile when we take the SIMlock off.)
Ofcourse if you think the rest of the world would see this differently, you're welcome to say 'Programmers corner' in future job applications.
I sincerely hope this linguistic issue will not keep you from continuing to benefit and contribute in the future.
Hi,
There seems to be a lot on the wiki regarding the handsets, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information on software for the handsets.
There's the "Must have tools" page, but I personally would appreciate a page listing software by category.
I am therefore proposing to produce a page called "Software" with a list of categories such as
Diary/Calendar
Contacts
File Managers
Games
GUI Enhancement
Instant Messaging/Chat
System Tools
Today
etc.....
Then, each of these pages would have a list of sub categories with software titles listed underneath, so for example "Instant Messaging" would have IM+, Skype, Pocket IRC etc... under it and each of these would then have it's own page on which to include features, details of compatibility with handsets and WM versions and links with where to get them from (possibly even links to related forum topics).
Obviously I will start from my Wizard/Hemes and the software I have used, so I shall apologise for that in advance, but if I start adding this will anyone complain?
Or would it be appreciated?
Any thoughts, comments or ideas (and things I have overlooked, like this existing) are appreciated.
mikechannon said:
One question for you would be whether the software section would be a cross device section or under a specific device eg Hermes or Wizard?
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Cross device, totally.
The way I look at it is that most of the software is written to work on "Any" WM device so it should therefore be written generically. I'd then try to include a compatibility list of "This software is confirmed (not) working on..." for people to add their devices to as well as notes on how to get it working if their may be trouble.
For example, Skype works on most, but not so well on a Hermes unless you use the beta.
Just wish I knew more about the advanced features on the wiki software xda-devs uses....
Had a play the other day and at least one other person has linked something into it so far...
Games and Emulators page.
Guess we will see how it goes....
I'd love to help, but I'm mainly a MediaWiki guy, is there a list of basic editing procedures and stuff for the software xda-developer wiki uses?
Hey everyone,
Migrating the old wiki to the new software is a big job, and thanks to everyone that is contributing! If you want to contribute and you're not doing so already, send me a PM and I will give you the information you need to help.
This thread shall act as a central place for discussion relating to the migration of the wiki. In the end, we want the wiki to act as an information-rich, well-organized database that XDA users can refer to for information about the things we discuss most here at XDA.
P.S. I'll be keeping an eye out for the most active contributors to the migration and population of the wiki. We will need a couple of Wiki Admins after this process is complete to ensure the smooth running of the new wiki going forward. =D
DaveShaw EDIT
Attached is a wiki syntax converter.
It's in WPF and .Net 4.0 so it might need the latest .Net Framework from MS.
I'll post updates in this thread.
PM me bugs.
I'm in on this and happy to answer any phpWiki / media wiki questions.
I have a tool for converting between the syntax's if anyone's interested.
I'm just adding support for tables and then I will post it up.
I'm also trying to head up some projects and get some standards / policies on the wiki, but the main job is getting stuff over.
If you can try and follow the examples others are doing on there, we'll have a ver nice wiki at the end of it.
The [[HTC Rhodium]] page is what I'm hoping most of the structure will be, but it's a wiki, and anyone can change that.
Dave
Congrats to all the team!
A new Wiki will be very welcome
Willing to help on the Nexus one and general android article. XDA wiki is great !
Yeah I think once the Wiki is done it will look really nice! I've been doing alot of work with the devices.
Posted my wiki syntax converter (with table support) in the first thread.
DaveShaw said:
I'm in on this and happy to answer any phpWiki / media wiki questions.
I have a tool for converting between the syntax's if anyone's interested.
I'm just adding support for tables and then I will post it up.
I'm also trying to head up some projects and get some standards / policies on the wiki, but the main job is getting stuff over.
If you can try and follow the examples others are doing on there, we'll have a ver nice wiki at the end of it.
The [[HTC Rhodium]] page is what I'm hoping most of the structure will be, but it's a wiki, and anyone can change that.
Dave
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Yeah in porting some pages over I've either noticed the old page has lots of invalid links or the page is just a mess. I agree that we should just work on getting everything over to the new wiki and then later on we can work on cleaning it all up and enforcing some standards.
The phone template is a great start. The phone pages should be named by MANUFACTURER_DEVICE_NAME instead of just the DEVICE_NAME. I've seen some pages that are not named like that or end up being re-directs of some sort to the above syntax.
We need a table class so all the tables can be standardized. I've been using this simple style to create a less ugly table
Code:
{|border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
For those who are porting images over, it seems everything from the original wiki is on the new domain however files in the /uploads/ folder from the old wiki should be moved to the proper directory on the new wiki. Can we also allow some other file types in the uploader besides images? PDF, .doc, .zip?
Also it seems some pages are missing from the old wiki? I'm not sure if that is just incorrect syntax on the old wiki or not. Remember to read or post on the discussion pages if you have ideas or questions about a specific page. I've certainty been leaving some notes and questions there.
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Yeah in porting some pages over I've either noticed the old page has lots of invalid links or the page is just a mess. I agree that we should just work on getting everything over to the new wiki and then later on we can work on cleaning it all up and enforcing some standards.
The phone template is a great start. The phone pages should be named by MANUFACTURER_DEVICE_NAME instead of just the DEVICE_NAME. I've seen some pages that are not named like that or end up being re-directs of some sort to the above syntax.
We need a table class so all the tables can be standardized. I've been using this simple style to create a less ugly table
Code:
{|border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
For those who are porting images over, it seems everything from the original wiki is on the new domain however files in the /uploads/ folder from the old wiki should be moved to the proper directory on the new wiki. Can we also allow some other file types in the uploader besides images? PDF, .doc, .zip?
Also it seems some pages are missing from the old wiki? I'm not sure if that is just incorrect syntax on the old wiki or not. Remember to read or post on the discussion pages if you have ideas or questions about a specific page. I've certainty been leaving some notes and questions there.
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I'm naming / moving pages from [[Rhodium]] to [[HTC Rhodium]] and leaving re-directs.
If you see any pages that need deleting, bang the {{delete}} template on them and I'll take a look.
The old wiki had missing pages, if they're not there, then they are probably gone, but you can post some links and I'll take a look.
As for CSS, can you edit the MediaWiki:Common.css page? I doubt it, but I will have a look at the styles and that later, for now I am just sticking the equivalent of <table border="1"> on each table so I can see the rows.
I also know some decent wiki coders, who I'm going to ask to help me with the basics.
Dave
The User Help -> Formatting section of http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents covers Tables (bottom of page) and such. I've been using the guide quite a bit while porting (migrating) the Raphael section of the wiki.
HTH,
Just been working on some of the android sections, but I noticed that Dave's wiki convertor seems to be dealing with external links wrongly.
Where, for example,
Code:
*[VillainROM 5.5.0 (2010-05-04) | http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=402] by nprussell
is converted to
Code:
*[[ http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=402|VillainROM 5.5.0 (2010-05-04) |]] by nprussell
this produces a broken link. However, if it were to output
Code:
*[http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=402 VillainROM 5.5.0 (2010-05-04)] by nprussell
then it should work fine.
ie. use only one square bracket when link is external to the wiki, and instead of the pipe character between URL and title, a space should be used.
Just an observation. No idea if this is possible, feasible, desirable or even correct for anyone other than me...
EDIT: Hmm. Ignore me for now I think. I did another page and it worked fine... Strange. I'll try and see what the issue is
EDIT2: I also added the
Code:
{{Outdated}}
tag, which can be used at the header of a page to highlight it being outdated. For an example, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=VillainROM
anon2122 said:
Just been working on some of the android sections, but I noticed that Dave's wiki convertor seems to be dealing with external links wrongly.
Where, for example,
Code:
*[VillainROM 5.5.0 (2010-05-04) | http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=402] by nprussell
is converted to
Code:
*[[ http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=402|VillainROM 5.5.0 (2010-05-04) |]] by nprussell
this produces a broken link. However, if it were to output
Code:
*[http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=402 VillainROM 5.5.0 (2010-05-04)] by nprussell
then it should work fine.
ie. use only one square bracket when link is external to the wiki, and instead of the pipe character between URL and title, a space should be used.
Just an observation. No idea if this is possible, feasible, desirable or even correct for anyone other than me...
EDIT: Hmm. Ignore me for now I think. I did another page and it worked fine... Strange. I'll try and see what the issue is
EDIT2: I also added the
Code:
{{Outdated}}
tag, which can be used at the header of a page to highlight it being outdated. For an example, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=VillainROM
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Noticed the new Templates, nice work .
If you can let me know an exact line / snippet that is wrong I'll debug it. (The whole app was a Regex crash course)
It is designed to output the URL's in the format you expect .
Dave
OK. Here's one that doesn't work right.
Code:
*[Andro-Plus 1.1 (2010-02-08) | http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5570560]
from http://URL to the wiki /index.php?pagename=GSM Hero ROMs
Output is
Code:
*[[ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5570560|Andro-Plus 1.1 (2010-02-08) |]]
Expected is
Code:
*[http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5570560 Andro-Plus 1.1 (2010-02-08)]
I have put these on my talk page on the new wiki, http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Anon2122, so you can see the issue.
By using double square brackets, mediawiki is treating it as an internal link, when it should be external. If the string begins "http://", then only one square bracket should be used.
I have no idea why the phpWiki for this example had a trailing pipe within the square brackets but it can be ignored.
The pipe separating the link from the description should also be a space. The first space encountered in the square bracket is treated as the splitting point.
HTH mate,
P
anon2122 said:
OK. Here's one that doesn't work right.
Code:
*[Andro-Plus 1.1 (2010-02-08) | http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5570560]
from http://URL to the wiki /index.php?pagename=GSM Hero ROMs
Output is
Code:
*[[ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5570560|Andro-Plus 1.1 (2010-02-08) |]]
Expected is
Code:
*[http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5570560 Andro-Plus 1.1 (2010-02-08)]
I have put these on my talk page on the new wiki, http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Anon2122, so you can see the issue.
By using double square brackets, mediawiki is treating it as an internal link, when it should be external. If the string begins "http://", then only one square bracket should be used.
I have no idea why the phpWiki for this example had a trailing pipe within the square brackets but it can be ignored.
The pipe separating the link from the description should also be a space. The first space encountered in the square bracket is treated as the splitting point.
HTH mate,
P
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Thanks I'm just looking at another URL conversion problem at the moment .
Might be the same root cause, phpWiki is very forgiving in allowing shocking markup.
Dave
DaveShaw said:
Thanks I'm just looking at another URL conversion problem at the moment .
Might be the same root cause, phpWiki is very forgiving in allowing shocking markup.
Dave
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Yeah, seems so. It's no hassle to change them manually, as I've done for most of the hero stuff i can find, but it gives you a RegEx challenge
There should not AFAIK be a pipe at the end of the URL in phpWiki, so I have no idea how that got there
Cheers
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Yeah, seems so. It's no hassle to change them manually, as I've done for most of the hero stuff i can find, but it gives you a RegEx challenge
There should not AFAIK be a pipe at the end of the URL in phpWiki, so I have no idea how that got there
Cheers
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I know what it's meant to look like, it's the Greedy Regex Expressions that are changing it for me.
I've changed the whole URL stuff and am just trying to cobble a new feature in before bed.
Dave
Changes to the Syntax Converter:
- Improved URL / WikiLink Parsing. Fixed bugs reported by anon2122 and Captainkrtek.
Stuff Todo:
Code:
//TOOD: URLs with Spaces!
//TODO: Remove Braces from URLs for Images.
//TODO: Add File: prefix for WikiLinks for Images.
New Version is : phpWikiConverter (1.0.3853.42492).zip
DaveShaw said:
Changes to the Syntax Converter:
- Improved URL / WikiLink Parsing. Fixed bugs reported by anon2122 and Captainkrtek.
Stuff Todo:
Code:
//TOOD: URLs with Spaces!
//TODO: Remove Braces from URLs for Images.
//TODO: Add File: prefix for WikiLinks for Images.
New Version is : phpWikiConverter (1.0.3853.42492).zip
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Thanks! this tool has been great, glad to have the links fixed, time to re-convert a bunch of pages
Thanks DaveShaw!
Devices list
Hey Everyone,
You've probably found this already but its very useful for filling the devices template
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTC_phones
Cheers!,
Captainkrtek
Hey all, I am new here, but not to wiki.
I have a question about approriate content on the new wiki. An example would be Gene_Registry on the old wiki, sorry I am new and cannot post links.
Is this something that should be in the new wiki? If so I would think it should go on the Gene wiki page.
click23 said:
Hey all, I am new here, but not to wiki.
I have a question about approriate content on the new wiki. An example would be Gene_Registry on the old wiki, sorry I am new and cannot post links.
Is this something that should be in the new wiki? If so I would think it should go on the Gene wiki page.
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I'm liking subpages at the moment. But I'm not sure if it's the best way forward.
i.e. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Gene/Registry
But if you want to keep the old page name to save time that's fine, the main aim is migrating content at the moment.
Dave
First I would like to thank the whole forum (with few exceptions that I'd like to not mention here) for the past 2,5 years, which have been very educating for me regarding Windows Mobile as a system. During that whole time I have searched for the perfect simple-to-use, lightweight app for storing and retrieving a grocery list, yet unfortunately I have had to come to the conclusion that it does not exist to this date. There are some existing apps but these are either not simple to use or do not accomplish the simple task at all, or they are too heavy (requiring additionally the .NET framework to be installed for example, etc.).
The idea for the simple software is that one has a changeable groups and items of groceries, from which they can select the already saved ones needed at that shopping day (e.g. during a discussion with girlfriend), and later when in shop they can just check the ones they have already put into basket. I would like to see the person who will argue that it does not easily beat archaic mode of storing information, a.k.a. paper and pen.
I have found an app which, with some relatively small amount of effort can be rewritten to accomplish that task, this software is iContact AE. As far as I understand, there is judicially no problem using the source code from iContact AE as long as following the license restrictions (correct me please if I am wrong). Why AE? Just a selection based on the fact that AE has the most appealing interface and most settings. Of course, this could be a point of discussion, but so far it seems like the best choice.
CAB - http://icontactae.codeplex.com/releases/view/28951
Source - http://icontactae.codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changesets
I created a possible, chronological tasklist in order to get from iContact AE to the shopping app, whatever it will be called (name suggestions also welcome in due time). Also, I already have a pretty clear vision about
Discuss the usability and feasibility of the selected software / it's source code and it's alternatives (as far as I remember there was the original iContact and some other derivate version).
[*]Create, discuss and review static prototypes of the interface (basically screenshots of each view).
[*]List the requirements to be implemented (or removed).
[*]Code in / remove code according the list from previous task.
[*]Create skin and graphics.
[*]Clean up rest of code, remove unnecessary parts of it (to make it more light).
[*]Test and review changes.
I can either take lead, perform or participate actively in the tasks that are listed green. I only need a competent C++ coder who can help and thinks this is a great idea.
The changes needed to the existing source code do not seem to be much at first glance, but of course as I cannot code in C++, I could be wrong. I just looked at the parts of code where to change the tabs and queries to storage files.
So there, got it off my chest. Any C++ gurus missing a simple, convenient grocery app?
OK, I will put this in another way. I will personally contribute $50 (via PayPal or if EU country, via transfer) to the coder - provided that the end result is according to the requirements, which we will agree forehand. If anyone wants to join in with contribution, You are more than welcome.
aiiro said:
OK, I will put this in another way. I will personally contribute $50 (via PayPal or if EU country, via transfer) to the coder - provided that the end result is according to the requirements, which we will agree forehand. If anyone wants to join in with contribution, You are more than welcome.
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If I had money I to would offer some.
It's no wunder WinMo is falling behind no one wants to create apps even when offered a straight cash deal.
Amen to that. I was actually reading this and took a good hour of researching to see just how hard it might be and how time-consuming it might be. I would have loved to take this on...but alas, It would split me way too much. I am already working on my FFP_LS Pro 2.5 Improvements (Major Major improvements...I am practically re-writing the app), I am starting work on a game I plan to release (Its a rather popular game I have yet to find for WIndows Mobile), and I already volunteered to work on the Boggle Clone for WinMo ... so I am already pretty split as it is. heh...if I find free time, and nobody has taken this on, I will probably come back and make this my next project
Sorry though...I do hope some developer comes around to assist!
Thanks for Your support. I thought that I don't need to subscribe to my own threads in order to get a notification if a new post is made, but I was wrong. I certainly didn't get one for Your post. So, sorry for the late reply. I will subscribe to my own thread now
Request 1: Add HTML Tidy to the xda wiki stack
Template:Navbox @ Wikipedia said:
Using this template on other wikis requires HTML Tidy to be turned on. A version that does not require Tidy can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki/Template:Navbox. (That version generally shouldn't be used here on the English Wikipedia.) More detailed information on copying {{Navbox}} to other wikis can be found on the talk page.
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I've been doing a LOT of work adding stuff to the xda wiki, but I've hit an impasse, some of the most complex templates used on Wikipedia depend on it being 'scripted' with HTML instead of pure wikimarkup.
The main example is Template:Navbox. While this specific template does have a pupre wikimarkup equivilent (if it even is an equivilent, it's not maintained at the level of the normal one). The other templates I wish to use dont have equivilents.
Template:Navbox subgroup is the one (among others) that I wish to add in but cant because it depends on HTML Tidy. The Template itself is already on the xda wiki, but if you attempt to use it it's completely broken.
I cant say it's as simple as "install on server and turn it on" but the fact of the matter is that without it most of the fun/magic stuff on wikipedia cant be brought over to the xda wiki.
Some examples of recent stuff i've made (for reference):
Samsung Galaxy S Series Navbox
Samsung Galaxy S II Series Navbox
New Samsung Portal on Main page
Entirety of Dell devices page
If you look at the several navboxes I've made they have hacks in the code to get around the fact that I'm just a normal level editor.
Request 2: We need MOAR editors!
Also this doubles as a request for more editors on the wiki: XDA is the largest android development based site on the internet, yet here we are weeks after the release of the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note and the pages didnt even exist until I made stubs for them.
As of this past quarter I've generated more edits then possibly nearly every other user combined, but there's only so much I can do at this point by my self. (With my primary style being to organize page layouts and tidying stuff up vs writing new content for devices)
[Edit count itself is a bad metric, but edits that arnt mine only number in the dozens a month]
Sure it's reasonable for minor devices and varients to be stubs, but the Note has sold over a million units and yet not a single person has even bothered to make as much as a scribble on the wiki about the device. That's just an example, but ultimately if this were wikipedia, the amount of pages rated 'good' or higher would only number in the dozens. (There's also the fact that my belief is that it's a bad idea to add anything intensive for a device you dont own, standard fare on one device can super-brick another due to quirks)
It's a rather sad state of affairs that for such a large web site with 22000 active users at any one time that there's not a single good consistant repeat editor besides me.
Edit: changed wording to not be inflammatory
Request 3: Turn on Subpages on the main namespace
Mediawiki:Subpages are by default enabled on the template and user namespaces, but not on the main namespace. I believe it's done this way because of editor policy and not technical reasons.
The xda wiki would HEAVILY benefit from having it enabled since it already currently manually uses them, the previous example of:
Samsung <Series>/<model number>/article has long existed this way but without the automatically generated anchors.
The majority of pages are already ready to accept it, it might simply need to be turned on.
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TheManii said:
there's not a single good editor besides me.
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IMHO that is a rather sweeping statement and is likely to put off anyone from editing the Wiki. I would dispute even your claim as a good editor would not make sweeping changes to categories without discussion on the pages involved. Should I just "undo" them?
XDA has a problem with repetitive questions leading to user dissatisfaction with overlong forums and the loss of good developers such as AdamG.
One solution may be to create a FAQ Wiki for any thread over a certain size (for example 1,000 posts) and automatically link to that thread at the top of every page and above the reply box.
Cheers
Tom
It is sweeping, but the fact is there arent many repeat editors, many devices havnt not seen edits in months because a great deal of the changes dones are a one-time batch job with a single theme.
I'm not at all saying that the other editors are bad, though yes that what the impression was (and perhaps I should have worded it better). I'm saying that few wish to stay with it for the long-haul.
There's few editors that consistantly return to add/update/expand artitles for their own devices or other devices. That's my main issue. I actively want to be proven wrong in this regard, I'm inviting other to prove me wrong. I myself am somewhat guilty of this myself, I primarly concentrate on the dell devices, but I've kept them very up to date for the previous year.
One example I have issue with is: Acer A500 -xda wiki the entire page are just forum links. I have no issue at all with the contents of the posts (just as much my opinion on them is irrelevent) but the fact they are just links and not part of the article. The fact it's not on the wiki means that other editors cannot make changes themselves, which rather defeats the point of the wiki, which leads to,
The other issue is, unless the OP is excellent at keeping the thread organizied, you often have to wade though the entire thread to keep up to date. With a thread with +200 posts even if you wanted to it's a huge effort to do that. Even in the most complex of topics, they can be broken down a couple bullet points and approx a paragraph each to elaborate. There's also 'bad' advise that doesnt get edited away on topics ('bad' as in it may simply be the case that it was the right thing at the moment but there was eventually a more 'correct' method discovered later and the original 'bad' one is still reposted for whatever reason)
I could copy the posts onto the wiki verbaitm, but you really should have the poster's permission, what if the poster isnt active? It would be a bad idea to paraphrase advise/guides without context, what if you remove an important small detail. The right way to be to frequent the device and get context, but that triples the amount of work to do so properly.
It's no secret that there's always users that refuse to read topics and simply skip straight to posting repeat questions. Short pages with clear instructions are much easier to recommend then having them read though dozens and dozens of posts (which they skipped as they posted without reading in the first place)
Discussions dont really work on a wiki, esp one without consistant-repeat (or even repeat) editors. There's a fair amount of edits for various devices, but there are obviously more devices then editors. Lets walk though it: I want to make an edit, do I post it on the topic's talk page? Short of doing so on wikipiedia proper on a popular change, you wont recieve much feedback.
Do you make a post on each of their device's forums? XDA has sub-forums for each device, but not really a sub-forum for the family itself (back to the SGS/SGS2, there's the main device's subforum and each varient's subforum but none for the entire family, i think) That means making dozens of posts to talk about each major change.
What if it's an old device such as the winmo devices? The HTC HD2 is the only one left on the active part of the xda forums, because it's obviously not just a winmo device now. You're going to have to wait a very long time as they naturally only get a couple posts a month now.
Just as much, unless a mod/admin states to the contrary, you can always assume Wikipedia:Be Bold is implied to apply. I honestly have no issue if my edits are reverted if they are constructive reverts, as that's how wikis work.
If anyone has a issue with the edits I make, you're welcome to discuss it with me and hopefully we'll find a middle road.
Also I've made a reply on User_talkaveShaw#Page Name & Categories (as a fun note: & is translated to _.26_ in links while / isnt, though mediawiki has no issue with either of them, though you cannot directly use & in page names while you can use /) You should read it if the critisim is directed towards me.
tl;dr prove me wrong, Be Bold, help make the wiki better
Edit: HTC_HD2 - NexusHD2 ICS CM9 FAQ is an excellent example of why things should be on the wiki as articles instead of just merely links to a thread. It's about 3 pages of topic points and contains the majority of the topic points instead of having to read 225 (currently) pages to get the same info. (Also, just as much if I inadvertently remove valid content, revert/add it back! That was not my intention, everyone makes mistakes. The xda wiki is pretty well off in that it has little/no intentional vanadalism, you can always assume an edit is in good faith, I dont recall more then 1-2 legitamitely bad edits in nearly a year)
I've asked someone to look at Request 1.
I'm not sure what can be done about Request 2, if people don't want to maintain it, we can't make then
Thanks!
I dont really expect req 2 to be fullfilled in any real manner. Just pointing it out.
Added request 3: enable subpages on main namespace
TheManii said:
Added request 3: enable subpages on main namespace
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Our server admin has told me this has been done.
Dave
I can confirm it's on now, all the subcatagorized pages seem to be working great now
TheManii said:
I can confirm it's on now, all the subcatagorized pages seem to be working great now
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Thanks
Dave