Spring 2016 mainpage redesign
February 28, 2016
I have been working on changing the layout and appearance of the Main Page, including the addition of a couple new features. You can see the most recent version of my modifications by going here. Below, I will go into more detail about the most significant changes.
- Content links
The most immediately obvious change is the addition of the "Contents" buttons. These are twelve clickable buttons that link to various wiki Categories (except the Game Guides button, which links to the Game Guides Portal). My idea is that each of these categories will serve as "quasi-portals," each with their own customized layout to help direct traffic deeper into the wiki. The overall goal is to make navigating from the main page to specific articl…
Sixteen years of The Sims
February 4 of 2016 marks the sixteenth anniversary of the release of the original The Sims in North America, and the birth of the The Sims franchise, one of the most successful video game franchises in history! All of us who have played and enjoyed countless hours of The Sims and its sequels have fond memories of this quirky little piece of gaming history.
Sixteen years later, the series is still going, and we have new content arriving all the time, including a new game update and an upcoming stuff pack.
Of course, it wouldn't be a true Sims anniversary without EA getting in on the action. In honor of The Sims 05:19, February 5, 2016 (UTC)
Pagecover template user guide
A couple of years ago, was introduced to The Sims Wiki. For those who are unfamiliar, Pagecover is a template that places a large banner image (usually) at the top of an article. You can see Pagecover in action on nearly all pages about games and expansion packs, neighborhoods/worlds, life states and life stages, and many other articles. Pagecover is also extensively used on user blogs on this wiki.
Through the years that Pagecover has been in use on the wiki, there have been several instances of people incorrectly using the template, or not using the template to its full potential. In writing this guide, I hope to aid editors in making the most out of the Pagecover template, and demonstrate some lesser-known or lesser-understood features. …
Community Chat 3: December 15, 2015
Hello, wiki warriors! Welcome to the middle of December, and welcome to Community Chat 3! I apologize for the long period between blogs 2 and 3, but I've been super busy. That's all behind us now; let's get straight to business.
- Spotlights
Before continuing with the main focus of this blog, I'd like to take a few minutes to highlight some good things I've seen on the wiki in the past few weeks.
- Tons of editors - both regular and new - have been updating TSW's information on The Sims 4, and especially The Sims 4: Get Together. Seriously, thank you all for your contributions! There's so many people involved that it would be hard to list them all, but special thanks are in order for AldoHyde, Dorsal Axe, Ryan.fellowsfitts, Sims2Player, Sumaes01, T…