| Forums: War Room → Changing 'discontinued' template | 
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| Coding will be adapted so logged in users will see their username as opposed to "Zuko", which will still be the name anonymous viewers get. |
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Okay, straight to the point. Currently, the discontinued fanon template reads with a quote from 'The Firebending Masters', and looks like this:
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Zuko, something happened to War Room/Changing 'discontinued' template in the last hundred years.
This fanon has been discontinued, but is still available to read for your enjoyment.
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Now, there's nothing actually wrong with it, and I like it the way it looks, however I've always found the wording to be a bit weird. I'm not Zuko, and as we've altered the quote to read the pagename, I also think we should change Zuko's name so it reads the user's name. It would then look like this:
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Zuko, something happened to War Room/Changing 'discontinued' template in the last hundred years.
This fanon has been discontinued, but is still available to read for your enjoyment.
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There's really not a lot more to say, except that I just think it adds a little more to the box. And my own aforementioned iffiness with the current usage of Zuko's name. Thoughts? FruipyLoops 
13:51, November 26, 2013 (UTC)
- It was originally using the {{USERNAME}} template, however, due to the fact that anonymous users saw a weird space, as did phone users, I changed it to Zuko, so that our Phone, and anonymous users see it fine. Srijay K - TechFilmer 15:30, November 26, 2013 (UTC)
- Is there perhaps a way to alter the Javascript such that the template displays the username as normal for users, but something else for non users? I agree that having the name Zuko there seems a bit strange, but at the same time, having a blank space there for anons isn't exactly desirable. HAMMEROFTHØR (wall) • 18:01, November 26, 2013 (UTC)
- Well there used to be a way, but when I noticed it stopped working, I changed it. I can try looking into it however. Edit: Working on a solution, should be done in about a day. Srijay K - TechFilmer 18:04, November 26, 2013 (UTC)
It's already done. Non-users should see "Zuko" since they don't have a username. KettleMeetPot • wall 02:16, November 27, 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, it does - I just logged out to take a look. It works - does that mean people are in favor of the change? Frui (🌹 • 🐝 • 🐝🐝) 02:19, November 27, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm certainly in favor of it. it makes perfect sense, and there's no foreseeable downside to it. --AvatarRokus Ghost (Message me • Read my fanon)
02:20, November 27, 2013 (UTC)
- I am in favor, however, I do think that the way it is being done could use some work as it is a very hacky method at the moment. But for the purposes of this forum I support it. Srijay K - TechFilmer 02:46, November 27, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm certainly in favor of it. it makes perfect sense, and there's no foreseeable downside to it. --AvatarRokus Ghost (Message me • Read my fanon)
No, since you brought it up, you've got my attention. What exactly are you suggesting to make it less "hacky"? KettleMeetPot • wall 03:20, November 27, 2013 (UTC)
- At the moment this patch only works for the Discontinued template, so I'm working on a way so that {{USERNAME|<<text for anons>>}} will work anywhere, but for the purposes of this forum what you did is perfect. I've still got to finish it but as soon as I do, you can expect a post on the Admin noticeboard. Srijay K - TechFilmer 06:13, November 27, 2013 (UTC)
- Not a terrible idea. So, I've taken the liberty of actually implementing it. KettleMeetPot • wall 09:26, November 27, 2013 (UTC)