Welcome! Edit

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Request for help Edit

Hi MarvelRiddle. I approved your request, and I'm here to follow up with you. In your request you mentioned a custom logo and favicon. If you have any ideas about what you want either of them to look like, please tell me and I'll get started on that. Then we can move on to any other parts of the wiki that you might want help with. JoePlay (talk) 16:57, April 26, 2012 (UTC)

Take a look at these two possible logos I made using the Palatino font.

If you want a different shade of blue, show me an example of the shade you want, and I'll update whichever logo you choose. JoePlay (talk) 14:40, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

Here's the logo with the same text color as the image you showed. JoePlay (talk) 16:45, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

You also wanted a favicon, so take a look at these two images. If you want to use one of them, just save it to your computer and upload it using Special:ThemeDesigner.

• favicon 1 (The "C" from the new logo)
• favicon 2 (The favicon from the official site but flipped so it faces the opposite direction)

If you want something different, let me know what you have in mind. JoePlay (talk) 15:55, April 30, 2012 (UTC)

I uploaded the favicon you chose. It should start showing up later today or tomorrow. As for adding a quill behind the C, how's this? JoePlay (talk) 17:45, May 2, 2012 (UTC)

File:Logo4.png

Before uploading the updated favicon, I wanted to show it to you first. When you shrink the quill that small and put it behind the C, it's hard to tell that it's a quill. For comparison, I also made a favicon using just the quill, where you can sort of recognize that it's a quill. JoePlay (talk) 16:06, May 3, 2012 (UTC)

• favicon 3 (C with quill)
• favicon 4 (quill by itself)

Favicon 4 has been uploaded and should show up later today or tomorrow. :) JoePlay (talk) 14:28, May 4, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Background Edit

If you have any specific ideas, let me know. Better yet, if you find a large image (1000x800 or larger) that you would like to use, please link me to it. I'm leaving work early today, so I'll get started on the background when I return to work on Monday. JoePlay (talk) 15:24, May 4, 2012 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday (Monday). I spent all day getting caught up from Friday. Anyway, as you can see, I just changed the background to the same one corneliafunkefans.com uses (although that site seems to be down now for some reason). It's a combiniation of a repeating semi-transparent pattern and a color. If you want to try out different colors, just go to Special:ThemeDesigner. On the Customize tab, click the color box under "Background" and either choose a color from the pop-up or enter any color into the space provided.

Of course, if you find a large image that you want to be used, you can still link me to it. JoePlay (talk) 20:24, May 8, 2012 (UTC)

RE: Wiki navigation Edit

I assume you're referring to MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation, which I see you have already edited. I will point out that you can enable expanded wiki navigation by going to Special:WikiFeatures. Under Labs find Expanded Wiki Navigation and click the circle to the right next to "Disabled" to enable it. This will give you more options on the navigation menu. If you decide to enable it, you'll still use MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation to control what appears. You can find more information at the help wiki. JoePlay (talk) 17:36, May 9, 2012 (UTC)