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:[http://dungeons.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Sannse Wikia doesn't want links to spin-offs on the main page], which is why it was changed. -- [[User:Jota|Jota]] 21:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
== Reading the Preloads ==
I attempted to add the "Classes" portion of my sandbox today. When I went in to put up my Vampire Hunter class, I dutifully went to the preloads page as per the rules. This is were everything began to fall apart. I copy and pasted the preload and erased the appropriate lines. That was about as far as I was able to get. In terms of imagination, I am an A+ student, but I only got a C in Visual Basic, and I tried really hard to earn that C.
I tried to make heads or tails of the preload but it is extremely difficult to read. The Vampire Hunter class I am making is a Prestige class. It was so much easier to start building it in MS Word. Is there some kind of tutorial for using the preloads, because, in all honesty, I had no idea what I was doing. [[User:FiddleSticks96|FiddleSticks96]] 20:01, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
:Most of the preloads work the same way. Find the "<- Stuff goes here, and often there are instructions here as well ->" and replace that with the relevant bits of text, brackets and all. The brackets are just there to make it stand out. You can also remove sections entirely if you need or want to. But if you just replace that stuff / follow those directions you should be basically set, as the rest of the stuff there is formatting instructions.
:You might see some <nowiki>"<!---"s</nowiki> floating around. Those are comment brackets, and are used to hide things on a page rather than indicate a place where you need to do some replacing. They should probably be ignored unless the section is inapplicable and you're deleting the whole thing. - [[User:Tarkisflux|Tarkisflux]] 21:24, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
== Feedback ==
I have just added 2 more major artifacts to my items section of my sandbox. The Fang of Nosaia and The Mail of Invincibility. Someone looked over my first one, The Trumpet of Crackling Glory. Their feedback was most insightful and helped me work the kinks out of it. I request that someone tell me what they think about the two artifacts I have added so I can get the kinks out of them as well. Here is the link:
[[User:FiddleSticks96/FS96 Sandbox:Items]]
Thank you so much for your feedback. [[User:FiddleSticks96|FiddleSticks96]] 16:49, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
:Usually the best way to get feedback quickly is to use our website's chat, which almost always has people in it talking. To do so, just click on the "IRC Chat" link on the sidebar under the "Community" header. [[User:Surgo|Surgo]] 16:50, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
::You already know about the chat of course, but I want anyone who reads this to know about getting the best feedback. [[User:Surgo|Surgo]] 17:02, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
:::Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. [[User:FiddleSticks96|FiddleSticks96]] 17:07, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
::::This probably isn't the best place to announce new things that you'd like feedback on actually, as this page is used more as a discussion of the main page itself and other larger wiki issues. Aside from asking in chat or waiting for users to find it in the [[Special:RecentChanges]], you could also add the <nowiki>{{Help Wanted}}</nowiki> template to your sandbox, which will make the page show up in a [[:Category:Help Wanted|special list]] for articles specifically requesting feedback. Hope that's a helpful option for you :-) - [[User:Tarkisflux|Tarkisflux]] 17:20, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::Sorry about that, I am still new to this site and don't know where to find everything. [[User:FiddleSticks96|FiddleSticks96]] 17:41, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
== Task? ==
What does this mean, in layman's terms? "Migrate the 4e section away from DPL querries, and update the semantic properties of the 4e templates and preloads." -- [[User:Techpriest88|Techpriest88]] 15:19, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
:The programming language this Wiki uses is being updated/modernized, and one of the results is making 4e articles less ugly-looking. There's a lot of carry-over from the older sites that these were transferred from, including a lot of categories and properties that are meant to assist in Wiki navigation but don't work here because we are using the different language (there may be another more technical reason, but I don't know it). At least, I'm pretty sure that's the gist of it. - [[User:ThunderGod Cid|TG Cid]] 15:47, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
::More or less Cid. The old stuff is still supported, we're just trying to move to a setup that does everything we cared about with the old stuff did as well as allow us to make better nav tables and do on-the-fly custom searches. So in layman's terms it means replace one set of code with another that lets us do more. - [[User:Tarkisflux|Tarkisflux]] 21:23, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
==Mibbet's FUBAR==
As I'm sure most of us already know, Mibbet is totally borked at the moment. I for one cannot even get a chat screen when I log in. If this is a persistent problem for others, I'm wondering if we have an alternative until Havvy and his people get whatever ailment it is currently suffering settled. - [[User:ThunderGod Cid|TG Cid]] 19:13, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
:I actually have no real power to stop what is happening, and axod has very little. We aren't exactly sure what it going on. If irc.mibbit.net fails for you, try the following:
:*Log in through Mibbit. I'm not quite sure why, but the attacker usually cannot block www.Mibbit.com -> irc.Mibbit.net connections.
:*Use one of the following:
:**irc.uk.mibbit.net
:**irc.nj.us.mibbit.net
:**irc.ca.us.mibbit.net
:--[[User:Havvy|Havvy]] 00:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
::Wait wait wait... the ATTACKER? You mean this isn't Mibbit being down but someone trying to DoS us? Wow, I wonder who got butthurt, or if it's related to the spamwave we got. Oh well, egos on the internet and all. Still I'm curious now, tell me more. -- [[User:Eiji-kun|Eiji-kun]] 02:05, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
:::No, it's an attacker on Mibbit's side, not DnD-Wiki's. --[[User:Havvy|Havvy]] 02:22, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
::::Ooooo. Ok, still butthurt, but an unrelated butthurt. Hopefully Mibbit kicks them to the curb soon. -- [[User:Eiji-kun|Eiji-kun]] 02:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
== What happened? ==
Was I the only one who wasn't able to access this site for a week? If not, than what happened? Was the site down for maintenance? [[User:FiddleSticks96|FiddleSticks96]] 20:06, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
:It was down for everyone this weekend due to issues on the hosting side. - [[User:Tarkisflux|Tarkisflux]] 20:13, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
