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'''Technical To-do''' lists technical projects (skins, extensions, etc.) by priority below.
'''Technical To-do''' lists technical projects (skins, extensions, etc.) by priority below.
==<span style="color:darkred;">URGENT</span>==
Items which need to be sorted yesterday:
* <span style="color:darkred;">'''Resolving downtime issues;'''</span>
* Edit buttons when in editing mode;
* Installation of CAPTCHA so non-registered users can edit;
* Fixing the bug which means new users don't receive confirmation e-mails;


==<span style="color:red;">High Priority</span>==
==<span style="color:red;">High Priority</span>==
Items for which there is immediate need; problems which need solving '''as soon as possible''':
Items for which there is immediate need; problems which need solving '''as soon as possible''':
* Fixing [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] and user css/js;
 
* Restoration of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTubeTag YouTube] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GoogleVideo GoogleVideo] Extensions (or maybe [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EmbedVideo this instead]);
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23 Update to latest version of MediaWiki] (out imminently)
* Fixing [[Forum:Council|the forum]];
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Administration#SVG Fix SVG] images;
* [[User:Eldarion Telcontar/Google Maps for Arda|Google Maps for Arda]] extension;
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap ImageMap] extension;
* <strike>Portal namespace;</strike>
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions StringFunctions] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions/Extended Extended ParserFunctions] extensions;


==<span style="color:orange;">Medium Priority</span>==
==<span style="color:orange;">Medium Priority</span>==
Problems/extensions which need sorting, but not immediate:
Problems/extensions which need sorting, but not immediate:
* Upgrade to [http://examples.anotherwebcom.com/wikis/MediaWiki/Special:AWCforum/&useskin=monobook this] forum extension;
* Install LaTeX, TengTex, and WikiTex so we can [http://wikisophia.org/wiki/Teng do this];
* Install LaTeX, TengTex, and WikiTex so we can [http://wikisophia.org/wiki/Teng do this];
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WhosOnline Who's Online] extension;
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WhosOnline Who's Online] extension;
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Editcount Editcount] extension;
* [[User:Eldarion Telcontar/Google Maps for Arda|Google Maps for Arda]] extension;
* <strike>Remove old and broken skins;</strike>
* Make an extension which allows users to type in categories into a separate input box when uploading files (so they are not thrown under <nowiki>==Summary==</nowiki>).
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespaceAliases Namespace aliases];
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted Extension:GettingStarted]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GuidedTour Extension:GuidedTour]?


==<span style="color:green;">Low Priority</span>==
==<span style="color:green;">Low Priority</span>==
Longer-term aspirations:
*Create a [[Forum:A mobile version of TG?|skin for smart-phones]].
* Fix navigation in Gateway to Ithilien skin;
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ApiSandbox Extension:ApiSandbox]
* Fix glitch where the [[Special:Log/newusers|user creation log]] inserts two records for each new member.
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch Extension:CirrusSearch]
* Migrate from mod_rewrite to alias and fix & problem (Ex: Allen & Unwin)
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Echo Extension:Echo]
* <s>Integrate java clients into the wiki</s> <small>(Currently not working)</small>
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultimediaViewer Extension:MultimediaViewer]
* Add an extension which allows embedding of video/audio (not yet released unfortunately)
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PagedTiffHandler Extension:PagedTiffHandler] to upload .tiff
** Create an extension to embed video. (Trying to dynamically convert avi/mov/wmv/etc to .flv and output as .swf is a pain)
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Popups Extension:Popups]?
* Fix [[MediaWiki:Popups.js]].
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadWizard Extension:UploadWizard]?
* Install [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frantik/Winter Winter extension] and configure journals to display previous/next issues dynamically
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor Extension:VisualEditor]
* Code a better style to hide the generic wiki format
* Create a bot which goes through any Tolkien-related site and saves a cached version, similar to archive.org. This way Tolkien content can be preserved.
* Create a PHP script which scrapes forums, newsgroups, wikis, news sites, and various other places that are related to Tolkien so essentially a Tolkien fan can view anything in the Tolkien community that is being updated.


==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Tolkien Gateway:To-do]]
* [[Tolkien Gateway:To-do]]
* [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings/27 June 2010]]
* [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings/27 June 2010]]
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Revision as of 13:17, 28 May 2014

Technical To-do lists technical projects (skins, extensions, etc.) by priority below.

High Priority

Items for which there is immediate need; problems which need solving as soon as possible:

Medium Priority

Problems/extensions which need sorting, but not immediate:

Low Priority

See Also