Forum:Changing to Portable Infoboxes

So today, I've seen several links about some new thing called Help:PortableInfoboxes. Apparently it's a new way to code infoboxes that makes them friendlier and more organized on all types of devices.

I know you all hate change, but even if this isn't something Wikia is making us do, we should do it anyways. It will improve our wiki, and even if it's a change, it's a positive one.

We can probably change the colors, etc. And I also find the lines between pieces of info make it easier to read. They also have the benefit that they don't look like they're straight out of 1999. At the very least, we should ditch the grey color scheme on a lot of things.

There's a list here of all our current infobox templates that are non-portable (which currently is all of them?)

I am concerned about how our image switch template will fit in, as well as the weird way our Episode credits work. Though I think straight-up converting the episode credits to the new system might work better than trying to adapt the current table-like system.

Anyways, I'm starting this to get discussion going among those who are actually smart enough to experiment with this. Let's hope we can get something done. 13:52, August 21, 2015 (UTC)

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Also, we should look to maybe collaborate, steal code, or something with other Anime/Manga wikis that use similar infobox formats (switches, etc) to maybe get one really stable format we all can use, instead of trying to go it alone. 13:56, August 21, 2015 (UTC)

Wikia will certainly be happy if we implement this since they are all crazy about mobile-friendlyness recently and our infoboxes are quite outdated as code. However I'm not sure how these will interact with the switches we use and I don't know if we use other particular codes/templates in the infoboxes, so test needed to be done.

Thanks, Levi. Hopefully someone can get a test going up soon? There's this help page wikia made to get the ball rolling, perhaps someone can take a look at that? I'd start with something simple, like a location infobox or something without a switch first, then move into character & episode boxes, etc.

Another thing: If we have needs that currently can't be met by the new format, and other wikis are in the same boat, we can probably talk to staff about getting it adapted into the format. If a large amount of communities need a change to make staff's shiny new thing usable, they'll probably actually work on it. But only if we act while the thing is still new! 14:08, August 21, 2015 (UTC)

I see the point of this portable infobox thingies. When I use Wikia on mobile, the color schemes are not visible. Sorry I TL;DR'd the help article about this, but does this aim to have the same style of infoboxes on both the usual and mobile versions?

Actually, I don't know if color schemes will be visible either with these portable infoboxes. You don't see the color schemes because the mobile skin doesn't import our CSS.

Well, Ive made a test infobox following that pattern, New Island Box. You can see how it looks like in an article here. Colorschemes dont work with it but there might be a way to re-do our colosrschemes in order to apply to these templates. Not sure if the switch will work with that, I havent tried it yet. 17:09, August 21, 2015 (UTC)