User talk:Tangerineduel

Changes to archiving coming
Mini-mitch recently reminded me of a bit of unfinished java code that I'd installed s few months ago. It makes the archiving of talk and user talk pages much easier.

I thought all this time it didn't work, but thanks to mini-mitch's prodding, I've discovered with the developer that there's actually what seems to be a Mac-specific bug when attempting to use it in the Oasis/Wikia/Default skin. Thus, ironically, the tech admin couldn't see his own tech upgrade.

As a Windows user — at least I think you're a Windows user — you will have long noticed an option under the edit drop-down on talk pages. if you use it now you'll sort of be able to archive pages, but you'll get a redlinked template. So it's not ready for prime time.

But now that the developer and I seem to have identified the issue, I think that this feature will be coming fully online by the end of the month at the outside. I'll of course keep you posted. And when it's ready there'll be help files, announcements on the community-corner and in the Panopticon as usual. That said, the feature may fully work before the announcements. However, I don't want to make announcements before I can give definitive instructions to fellow Mac users.

At the moment, it is available to Mac users, but only in Monobook. That may be how it stays, but I want to be able to either say, "Mac users must use Monobook skin to see this feature" or "All users will find this feature under the edit button whilst on talk: and user talk: pages."

I'm really sorry that we've had a not-quite-functional button under the edit menu on talk pages all this time, but I just couldn't see it. 02:28:50 Sun 22 May 2011
 * Oh cool, you're a Mac user. So you're definitely using the wikia skin and you're definitely not seeing this archive thing in the edit/leave messge menu, even after purging your cache?


 * What version of OS X and your browser(s) are you using? If I can get another Mac user to confirm my won findings, then it's not just my personal system, and I can maybe kick it up to Wikia Central as a platform specific issue that they might look at.   16:16:46 Sun 22 May 2011
 * Ah hah! This is good, this is a lead.  Can you go under Apple menu | About this Mac | More info then scroll down to Software | Applications, then go to the "J"s in the list of applications and give me the version numbers of everything starting with the word "Java"?  So, "java Preferences, Java Web Start, and Java (version number) Plugin Settings.  Also, please go under Software | Frameworks and again give me the Framework Name and version of everythign beginning with "Java" (should be about seven things).    It'd be really helpful.   17:06:51 Sun 22 May 2011

PNG format
What is wrong with the PNG format? RVSP, BroadcastCorp. 12:49, May 25, 2011 (UTC)