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==<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''':
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* Resolving downtime issues;
 
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions StringFunctions] and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions/Extended Extended ParserFunctions] extensions;
 
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* 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]);
 
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* Fixing [[Forum:Council|the forum]];
 
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* Installation of CAPTCHA so non-registered users can edit;
 
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* [[User:Eldarion Telcontar/Google Maps for Arda|Google Maps for Arda]] extension;
 
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap ImageMap] extension;
 
  
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==<span style="color:#FFD700;">Medium Priority</span>==
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Administration#SVG Fix SVG] images;
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==<span style="color:orange;">Medium Priority</span>==
 
Problems/extensions which need sorting, but not immediate:
 
Problems/extensions which need sorting, but not immediate:
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* 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;
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Editcount Editcount] extension;
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* [[User:Eldarion Telcontar/Google Maps for Arda|Google Maps for Arda]] extension;
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* Remove old and broken skins;
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* 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>).
  
 
==<span style="color:green;">Low Priority</span>==
 
==<span style="color:green;">Low Priority</span>==
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Longer-term aspirations:
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*Create a [[Forum:A mobile version of TG?|skin for smart-phones]].
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* Fix navigation in Gateway to Ithilien skin;
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* Migrate from mod_rewrite to alias and fix & problem (Ex: Allen & Unwin)
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* <s>Integrate java clients into the wiki</s> <small>(Currently not working)</small>
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* Add an extension which allows embedding of video/audio (not yet released unfortunately)
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** Create an extension to embed video. (Trying to dynamically convert avi/mov/wmv/etc to .flv and output as .swf is a pain)
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* Fix [[MediaWiki:Popups.js]].
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* Install [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frantik/Winter Winter extension] and configure journals to display previous/next issues dynamically
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* Code a better style to hide the generic wiki format
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* 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.
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* 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.
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==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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Latest revision as of 12:22, 19 October 2012

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

Contents

[edit] High Priority

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

[edit] Medium Priority

Problems/extensions which need sorting, but not immediate:

  • Install LaTeX, TengTex, and WikiTex so we can do this;
  • Who's Online extension;
  • Google Maps for Arda extension;
  • Make an extension which allows users to type in categories into a separate input box when uploading files (so they are not thrown under ==Summary==).

[edit] Low Priority

[edit] See Also

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