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Icons 2

I was just curious about icons. Is it possible to have icons to go along with our names like on You Tube or Habbo Hotel or something? I just thought that would be pretty cool, I've always wanted to have one of those. Thanks for reading my message!

-Nick

I'd like to have an icon saying "Holy Crap" in my signature... hey, wait! I do! - Qermaq - (^T/C) 23:02, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

To answer the question, see this page. Be forewarned; there's a limit to how large you can make the image. --Senorial Jay (Convolutions) 23:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Little box things

How do you get those little box things that are on everyones pages that say stuff like "This user has a hstarr T-shirt"?

See HRWiki:Userbox. — It's dot com 16:21, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

New content RSS

I've written a Flash scraper in Perl that detects new content added to homestarrunner.com. It runs each day at 6:50 AM America/Chicago time and creates an RSS feed that I post to my website. Would this be a valuable addition to hrwiki.org? If so, where would be a good place to post it? http://www.chrisdolan.net/homestarrunner/hsr.rss ChrisDolan 14:45, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Chris, but a once-a-day automatic check is unnecessary given the hundreds of users and anonnies from a vast number of time zones who check each day and post here what they find. — It's dot com 16:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I meant FOR the users, not for HRWiki. I use that feed to tell me when new content is on homestarrunner.com so I don't have to go there manually or go to hrwiki.org manually. Does hrwiki.org have a feed I can subscribe to that has links to any new content? ChrisDolan 21:26, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

There's this feed, provided and hosted by theblackforge.net. More information can be found in this livejournal post, the livejournal feed page, and the livejournal feed info page. For feeds provided by the wiki itself, see HRWiki:Feeds. -- Tom 22:30, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Summary editing

I made my first contribution (oooh, how exciting!) but forgot to put something in the summary box, is there a way i can still add a summary to explain the contribution i made? I tried to go back and leave a Summary (without editing anything else) but it didn't work. Thanks in advance. — Adaman (Talk | contribs) 15:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC) (left unsigned)

Nope, there's no way to change the edit summary of a past edit. What you did is pretty much the standard if you want to clarify a summary... just make another minor edit and put the summary there. You have to make some change... if the wiki text is exactly the same, it won't save... just adding or removing a space somewhere is enough if you can't find some minor punctuation to fix (see Meta:Help:Dummy_edit). If you want, there is an option in your preferences, at the bottom of the "Editing" section, that'll warn you if you're about to save an edit without a summary. --phlip ^T_C 16:42, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Summaries

I feel stupid asking this, but how do I get the arrows in the edit summary that link to the part of the article I just edited? I looked around, but I couldn't see it mentioned anywhere. —Shwoo 12:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Do this: /* (Header) */ (Edit Summary). Replace "(Header)" with the header, and "(Edit summary)" with your edit summary. --

ENUSY , as 213.249.155.240 (not logged in), 12:57, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

If you click the "edit" link next to a header, it'll automatically fill in the /* Header */ bit. --phlip ^T_C 13:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! —Shwoo 00:26, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

downloads

are downloads free?? — 69.40.157.27 (Talk | contribs) 15:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC) (left unsigned)

Nope. Please make checks payable to: It's dot com, c/o Homestar Runner Wiki. Seriously, what are you talking about? — It's dot com 20:18, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

He's clearly referring to the underground wares server we have running. Just let me show him around back.... — Lapper (talk) 19:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

custom nav?

I've been wanting to add some custom navigation links for things I frequently go to on the wiki. I understand in theory how I would do this, and I'm sure if I sat down for a few hours someday I could set it up with a custom monobook.cs and monobook.js to insert what I want and style it appropriately.

But I'd rather not re-invent the wheel. I can see (mostly from looking at the "admin" style customizations on the wikipedia) many examples, but there doesn't seem to be any documentation. (It's all "look at the source luke!"-style documentation).

Any pointers? (That don't involve digging through spaghetti to try and reverse engineer?)

Perhaps the watchlist would be a good start...? --DorianGray

Or possibly Help:Quickbar? — Lapper (talk) 14:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Personal Logo Change

I was reading the talk page for Logo Redesign 2006 and I read that it's possible to make the logo look like what you want and it will only for your account. If it's possible how would I do it? - Flamer(talk) 06:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Add this to your monobook.css file:

#p-logo a { background: url(http://www.hrwiki.org/images/thumb/c/c9/Homestarpedia.png/146px-Homestarpedia.png) 35% 50% no-repeat !important; }

Replace "http://www.hrwiki.org/images/thumb/c/c9/Homestarpedia.png/146px-Homestarpedia.png" with the URL of the logo you want to use. --

ENUSY 06:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Dag, yo! That'sa pretty nice!

Hey, check out the Cast section for A Decemberween Pageant... Discussion moved to HRWiki talk:Standards → Cast list formatting.

How to get an icon or catch phrase.

I sometimes see users at the forum have catch phrases or icons. How do I get one for myself?

These are easily changed under your Profile on the forum (though you need a separate account there). --DorianGray

That would actually be a question for the Forum; this is pretty much an entirely separate community. In any case, I see this must be your first time on an Internet forum (or at least phpBB). The "catch phrases" (signatures), and "icons" (avatars) can both be set in your preferences, accessible at the top of the page. — Lapper (talk) 00:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Pictures (Yes, I am new here)

How to people get great pictues to upload? Do they pause the flash file? And if so, how do they capture the picure?

There should be a "Print Screen" button on your keyboard next to insert, scroll lock, home, and the like. Press that button, paste it on a program, and upload it. That button takes a screenshot of your computer screen. TheYellowDart—(t/c)

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-== Image alignment ==
-is there any way to get a thumb image(i.e. one created by putting |thumb| in the link so that the alternative text comes in the same box as the image) to align to the left? I want to do in on my userpage to stop the right hand side getting cluttered and so it looks better than a normal image with the desciption beneath in normal text. [[User:DumbMuscle|DumbMuscle]]
-:Nevermind, found the answer while looking through recent changes, as usual, I'd been overthinking it (I had been trying |align=left| rather than just |left| [[User:DumbMuscle|DumbMuscle]] 15:47, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
-== wiki user page? ==
-on my userpage i can't get images to just show up with out getting some kind of link to the image.can anyone help?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
-:Ok, this is what you need to type: <nowiki>[[image:(the image name goes here).(GIF, JPEG, Etc.)]]</nowiki>.--[[User:H*bad|H*bad]] 23:09, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
-::Well, it's considered a feature that a user can click on an image to get more information on the image. You can determine the file path to the image and use that, so when I type <nowiki>http://www.hrwiki.org/images/2/23/Qermaqsigpic.png</nowiki> I get http://www.hrwiki.org/images/2/23/Qermaqsigpic.png. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 23:11, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
-:::Is [[:Image:homestarrunner 1895 340365.jpg|this]] the image you want? If it is, just type: <nowiki>[[Image:homestarrunner 1895 340365.jpg|thumb|A cool description]]</nowiki> Hope that helps. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 23:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
-==Puppet Stuff User Box Template==
-Should there be a template for our user boxes if we like the Puppet Stuff? - ''[[User:Maggot Man|Maggot Man]] 00:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)''
-:There can be. Try experimenting in the [[HRWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]] using an existing userbox as a template. If you come up with one, put it on your user page, and if people like it, add it to the Userbox page. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
-==Link Color==
-Is there a way to change the color of the font of links? - [[User:Thnikkaguy|Thnikkaguy]]
-[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki_talk:FAQ&action=edit&section=29 <span style="color:green">Yes there is!</span>] You simply need to style the text within the link itself. See the [[super powers|<span style="color:turquoise">source</span>]] of my comment to see how. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
-Thanks. -[[User:Thnikkaguy|Thnikkaguy]]
-== Confused... ==
-Do you have to have a different account for the fanstuff wiki? Because whenever I'm here, my account works perfectly, but when I try and log in at the fanstuff wiki, it won't let me.
-:The knowledge base and fanstuff wikis are separate. If you want to have the same account name there, you'll need to create it. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
-== New Messages ==
-If someone leaves you a messsage and right when they leave you a message you go to your talk page? Does the message bar show up? Someone leave me a message on my talk page like: Hi or: Haldo or something and I'll go to my talk page and keep refreshing it. {{User:Tampo/sig}} 01:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
-:The act of going to your talk page clears the messages indicator, even if someone was just leaving you a message. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:57, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
-== Userbox ==
-My userbox is going horizontally instead of vertically.  What do i do?
-:Put all the &#123;{userbox}} things on seperate lines, rather than all on one line like you have them. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
-::I fixed it for you... hope you don't mind. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 13:11, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
-== Userpage Fix ==
-It seems my userpage is acting up again around the Binary Translations/Harry's Cake List Area. (Just to let you know, The translation up right now is unanswered) {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 17:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
-:I believe the problem stems from the long string used in the caption. It's so long, the thumbnail cannot go full right, and part of the caption is not visible. Shortening the lines will keep the pic from not being so awkwardly far from the right. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:06, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
-::So what, use <nowiki><small></nowiki> tags? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 18:09, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
-:::I think that'd make the text too small to read. Why not more frequent line breaks? Maybe every 24 characters? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:21, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
-::::I don't think you see the problem I'm talking about. When I look at my Userpage the side toolbar and everything below Harry's Cake List looks like they have small tags on them {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}}
-::::[[:Image:Dacheatbot's_Messed_Up_Page.png|This]] is what I'm talking about {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 00:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
-:::::I'm afraid I don't see the issue in the pic, nor do I see it on your page. Fonts look normal here. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 17:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
-::::::The left side bar has shrunken and so have the tabs and Quickbar {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 17:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
-== Navigation bar ==
-What could cause the navigation bar squeezed onto the side. And the tabs on the top to become small and displaced.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 18:24, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
-== My contribution ==
-I made a contribution on a page earlier and it was saved. But when I went to the recent changes it disappeared. When I go back to the page its there, just not in the recent changes.--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:28, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
-:If it was deleted from recent changes but still shows up on your computer, then it's a cache problem similar to the ones you've been having at the fanstuff. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:38, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
-::Do you see it?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
-:::No, and if you did a hard refresh, you wouldn't either. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
-::::OK, so whos problem is it?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 15:45, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
-== Icons ==
-How do you get '''character''' icons to put in your signature?
-:[[Help:Icon]]. Simple as clicking the [[Help:Contents|Help]] link in the sidebar and finding your topic there before coming here. &mdash; {{User:Lapper/sig}} 00:33, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
-== problems loading peasant quest ==
-I have WinXP on my laptop and loaded all activex stuff, removed quicktime as suggested, and still no peasant quest. Alls I get is a black screen. Can you give me some pointers on how to load the game?
-Thanks,
-Joel, USA
-:I may not be very knowledable on this, but you may not have the latest [http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash Flash plugin] installed, or you may not have this plugin enabled. You should be able to see [[HR:peasantsquest61.swf|the flash file itself]]. &mdash; {{User:Lapper/sig}} 07:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
-== Bringing back a word ==
-I made a post here [[HRWiki_talk:FAQ/7#.2A.27s|earlier]] about people saying (WTF). I have found a spot where is it said. [[User:Jay|Jay]] said it in an edit summary for [[Welcome Back]]. Like I said earlier I think that this should be against the rules and people who say it should be warned.--{{User:H*bad/sig}} 18:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
-== Leave the wiki ==
-What if I want to leave the wiki? How do I do it? {{User:Stringbodhunier/sig}}
-:Easy. Simply stop loading the site in your browser. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
-== Password forgetting ==
-What happens if someone forgets thier password and if they didn't put in thier e-mail adress so they can't notify anyone about that?
-:What account did you register? &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:47, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
-::Actually I see that you went ahead and registered a new account. Did you give up on the first one? &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
-== Fanstuff Accounts ==
-I don't know if this has been asked, since I really have to catch a bus right now. If you make a HRWki username, does that give you the same username on the Fanstuff Wiki? {{User:The4sword/sig}} 13:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
-:No, the two are seperate wikis, so you have to register an account there separately. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 14:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
-== What's Wrong? ==
-Every time I try to log in to the forum, it shows me the "You may have entered an inactive or invalid username or password" message.-[[User:Weak Good]]
-:You have to register there. The wiki and the forum are separate. {{User:Salty/sig}} 22:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
-::Thank's Salty!
-:::I registered, I tried to log in, but it still showed the "You may have entered an inactive or invalid username or password" message.-[[User:Weak Good]]
-::::Check your email. There should be an email from the forums, with a link you need to click to validate your account. {{User:Salty/sig}} 01:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
-:::::Thank's again!-[[User:Weak Good]]
-== Email ==
-How do you check Email?-[[User:Weak Good]]
-:You're going to have to be a lot more specific. If you mean how do you check ''your own'' email, then to help you we would need all kinds of information about the kind of email account you have, the software you use, and the way you connect to the Internet. If on the off chance you mean how do you watch the new Strong Bad Email, then just go [[HR:sbemail154.html|here]]. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
-== Wiki errors ==
-The Wiki is creating an error every time I make an edit. Additionally, it appears that new pages cannot be made (as my "ThisIsATestPageThatWillSoonBeDeleted.com" page showed.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 00:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
-:We are on the case. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
-== I forgot my password! ==
-is it posssible to recover my password? --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 04:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
-:Hmm? You're still logged in while adding that. What do you need it for? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
-::I'm trying to go from IE to Firefox. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 16:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
-:[edit conflict] Sorry, no. Passwords are stored in an encrypted format that not even sysops and developers can see. As long as the browser cookie hasn't expired on the computer you're using right now (and you don't log out), you'll be able to edit under your name. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
-::You could try the "Email new password" button on the [[Special:Userlogin]] page.&nbsp;-- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 05:26, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
-:::Tried it already. It says that I still have to enter the correct password. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 16:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
-::::You really shouldn't have to do anything but enter your username, click the button, and check your inbox. The email should have a brand-new, temporary password that you can log in with and then change the password as you wish. &mdash; {{User:Lapper/sig}} 17:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
-:::::Sweet! It worked! I just need to install flash on Firefox and I'll be done upgrading! --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:42, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
-::::::Glad to hear it. &mdash; {{User:Lapper/sig}} 12:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
-== Time Zones ==
-I don't like how updates are listed in the western American time zones. Not only I, but also TBC live in the Eastern Time Zone, yet I see updates posted on September 1 as posted on August 31. I do, however, understand that the proprieter of this wiki is in one of the western ones. So, why are the updates not posted in TBC's time zone?
-:The text on the pages should reflect the eastern US time zone. If you're looking at the wiki's timestamps, the reason it is sometimes different is because the server is located a few thousand miles to the west of the Atlantic, and for administrative purposes it's sensible for it to be set that way. If you [[Special:Userlogin|creat a username]], you can set your profile to translate the wiki server time to your local time, or any time zone you wish. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 14:46, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
-::The [[H*R.com updates 2006|updates]] are in the US Eastern time zone, per our [[HRWiki:Standards|standards]].  The specific update you are referring to was released just before 15:09 Eastern Time on 31 August 2006.  If you are not logged in, the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=H%2AR.com_updates_2006&action=history history page]</span> should show the UTC time of the edit (in this case 19:09 on 31 August 2006), which at least for this case would still be on the 31st.&nbsp;-- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 16:26, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
-== Sig Pics ==
-How do people put those little pictures in their signature?????
-:Please see [[Help:Image]] and [[Help:Signature]]. If you have any further questions, post them here. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 09:00, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
-== Messages ==
-How do u send HrWiki users messages? {{unsigned|Breadsinger|13:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)}}
-:Edit the user's [[Special:Mytalk|User talk]] page.  Use the plus sign (+) tab at the top of the page.&nbsp;-- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 20:11, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
-== Taking images ==
-How do you actually get the little screenshots of all the different toon/games/whtever in all of the articles?
-:[[Help:Image]] might be a good place to start. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
-::It still doesn't really help, I want to know HOW you actually TAKE the pictures
-:::[[Wikipedia:Screenshot#Taking screenshots|some instructions]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 20:27, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
-::::See, that's [[Help talk:Image|what I've been saying the whole time]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
-:::::Okay, It doesn't really work on my P.C. but it doesn't matter, thanks anyway
-::::::Oh, if you scroll down a bit, you should see instructions for Windows.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 20:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
-==NOEDITSECTION==
-I was trying to fix up the fun facts of the [[Everybody Everybody Poster]] when I realized that there was a <nowiki>_NOEDITSECTION_</nowiki> there to prevent the edit tabs from interfering with the table. Is there a way to end the NOEDITSECTION for the fun facts?  Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place... - {{User:The Joe/sig}} 03:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
-:Not as far as I know... it's all or nothing. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 04:18, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
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Dag, yo! That'sa pretty nice!

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