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Welcome to The Sims Wiki '''Development Portal''', this is where the community keeps up to date with minor updates and discussions about templates and general site maintenance.


The [[The Sims Wiki talk:Development Portal|talk page]] is where you can announce what you've been up to, something you've noticed and to give other contributors a heads up!
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Welcome to The Sims Wiki '''Development Portal''', this is where the community keeps up to date with minor updates and discussions to templates and general site maintenance.


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*Templates that may need to be updated for new releases:
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:*<s>Templates in [[:Category:Game color templates]]</s> (This has been handled by MGL below)
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:*{{T|Vgcode}}
:*{{T|Vgcoderev}}
:*{{T|Vglogo}}
:*{{T|Vgseries}} (More or less the same as MGL so delete it after it's not used anymore)
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:*{{T|Checkgame}}
:*{{T|GetGameIcon}}
:*{{T|GetGameCat}}
:*{{T|GetFamilyGameCat}}
:*{{T|GetObjectCats}}
:*{{T|Eraicon}}
:*{{T|TS4icon}} (exclusively for TS4)
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The [[{{TALKSPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] is where you can announce what you've been up to, something you've noticed and to give other contributors a heads up!
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===Development news===
In short bullet format, newest at the top:
In short bullet format, newest at the top:
* Fanon categories for Sims are now generated by {{T|Sim}}. 16:48, April 24, 2011 (UTC)
*[[Special:UnusedFiles]] is now almost empty, so editors can start checking it regularly again. 06:23, September 9, 2010 (UTC)
* A Wikia update has made the topnav bar slightly wider, resulting in word wrap; stopgap measure has been taken, but input on topnav design is welcome on the talk page.
*Added <code>(UTC)</code> at the end of [[Template:Unsigned]] so you don't have to. 23:20, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
* '''Heads Up:''' Be sure to include '-moz-border-radius:' and '-webkit-border-radius:' tags on rounded corner boxes and headers, so that rounded corners show up in more browsers than just Mozilla Firefox.
*Please join the discussion on [[Template talk:Era]] 23:18, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
* The <code>game</code> parameter in [[:Category:Infobox templates|Infobox templates]] is now '''required''' (especially for expansions and console games) as it is being/will be used to generate categories.
*Created [[The Sims Wiki:Templates/usernotifications]] 16:59, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
* Merged {{t|Resurrect-Sims 3}} into {{t|Resurrect-in-game}}.
*Created [[Help:Editnotice]]. 16:19, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
* Changed the name of some [[:Category:Sims by resurrectability]] categories to use "who" instead of "that"
*Started [[The Sims Wiki:Project Skin|Project Skin]] 21:11, August 25, 2010 (UTC)
* Edited [[MediaWiki:Wikia.css]] and [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] for color consistency of navigation boxes and tables
*Added [[:Category:Customized help pages]] 03:49, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
*Added {{T|As of}} and {{t|Update after}} to tag dated statements
*Added [[The Sims Wiki:Special pages]] 14:00, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
*Updated [[Template:Navbox]], and added [[Template:Navbox subgroup]], [[Template:Navbox with collapsible groups]] and [[Template:Navbox with columns]]
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*Added [[:Category:Succession templates|Succession templates]]
*'''Update to {{t|Parthenon}}:''' added an optional width parameter. Number input is in percentage width; default value is 65% of screen width
*Added new available awards to[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Wiki:Awards The Sims Wiki:Awards]; all images displayed in {{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Awards Awards]}} will automatically resize to 20px.
*removed "yes" and "available" as buy types in {{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:GetObjectCats GetObjectCats]}}
*sign has been added to {{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Sim3 Sim3]}} and {{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Simbio3 Simbio3]}} for Late Night Sims
*[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:FamilyInfobox Template:FamilyInfobox],[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Family Template:Family],[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Family1 Template:Family1],[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Family2 Template:Family2] &[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Family3 Template:Family3] now have the optional parameter economicstatus. 15:37, October 24, 2010 (UTC)
*[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Game Template:Game] now has optional parameter for theme music - see [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims The Sims] for an implementation example. 21:45, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
*[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Special:UnusedFiles Special:UnusedFiles] is now almost empty, so editors can start checking it regularly again. 06:23, September 9, 2010 (UTC)
*Added (UTC) at the end of[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Unsigned Template:Unsigned] so you don't have to. 23:20, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
*Please join the discussion on[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template_talk:Era Template talk:Era] 23:18, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
*Created [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Wiki:Templates/usernotifications The Sims Wiki:Templates/usernotifications]16:59, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
*Created [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Editnotice Help:Editnotice]. 16:19, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
*Started [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Wiki:Project_Skin Project Skin] 21:11, August 25, 2010 (UTC)
*Added [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Customized_help_pages Category:Customized help pages] 03:49, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
*Added [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Wiki:Special_pages The Sims Wiki:Special pages] 14:00, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
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===Templates requesting comments===
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Templates requesting comments
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===New templates===
Ready to be launched and put to use:
Ready to be launched and put to use:
*{{t|Tempblock}} 12:24, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
* {{T|Which}} 20:02, April 23, 2011 (UTC)
*{{t|Experimental}} 16:27, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
* {{T|Checkfns}} and {{T|Checkuns}} 00:38, March 12, 2011 (UTC)
*{{t|Task-infobox}} 13:23, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
*{{T|As of}} and {{t|Update after}} 06:04, February 17, 2011 (UTC)
*{{T|Navbox subgroup}}, {{T|Navbox with collapsible groups}} and {{T|Navbox with columns}} 06:04, February 17, 2011 (UTC)
*{{t|Nosharedhelp}} 14:34, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
*{{t|Tsw template}} 13:51, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Anchor Anchor]}} 22:29, December 12, 2010 (UTC)
*{{t|Nutshell}} 12:59, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:RabbitholeInfobox RabbitholeInfobox]}} 20:03, November 23, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Venue Venue]}} for bars, lounges & nightclubs, 22:33, November 22, 2010 (UTC)
*{{t|Soft redirect}} 12:19, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
*{{t|Whynotjoin}} 18:47, August 25, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Sharedhelp Sharedhelp]}} 01:10, September 21, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Minibox Minibox]}} 23:41, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
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*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Tempblock Tempblock]}} 12:24, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Experimental Experimental]}} 16:27, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Task-infobox Task-infobox]}} 13:23, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Nosharedhelp Nosharedhelp]}} 14:34, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Tsw_template Tsw template]}} 13:51, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Nutshell Nutshell]}} 12:59, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Soft_redirect Soft redirect]}} 12:19, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
*{{[http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Whynotjoin Whynotjoin]}} 18:47, August 25, 2010 (UTC)
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===Handy links===
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*[[:Category:Templates]]
We would like you opinions on the following templates:
*[[The Sims Wiki:Templates]]
*{{T|Era}}
*{{T|Resolved/mini}}
*{{T|Venue}}
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Links to things you may want to use:
*[http://sims.wikia.com/index.php?namespace=10&title=Special%3ARecentChanges Recent template changes]
*[http://sims.wikia.com/index.php?namespace=10&title=Special%3ARecentChanges Recent template changes]
*[[The Sims Wiki:Special pages]]
*[[The Sims Wiki:Special pages]]
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 2 May 2016

Community
Welcome to the Development Portal!

Welcome to The Sims Wiki Development Portal, this is where the community keeps up to date with minor updates and discussions about templates and general site maintenance.

The talk page is where you can announce what you've been up to, something you've noticed and to give other contributors a heads up!

Handy Reminders
  • Templates that may need to be updated for new releases:
Development News

In short bullet format, newest at the top:

New Templates

Ready to be launched and put to use:

Templates Requesting Comments

We would like you opinions on the following templates:

Handy Links