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* For editing large and complex sections of wiki code (such as large tables with many CSS style tags), it can sometimes be easier to copy the code into an editor like [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] - which provides more advanced features than the in wiki editor, such as find/replace - and then copy the edited code back into the wiki edit box. | * For editing large and complex sections of wiki code (such as large tables with many CSS style tags), it can sometimes be easier to copy the code into an editor like [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++] - which provides more advanced features than the in wiki editor, such as find/replace - and then copy the edited code back into the wiki edit box. | ||
| − | * [http://www.picpick.org/en/ PicPick] is a screen | + | * [http://www.picpick.org/en/ PicPick] is a screen capture program that has the ability to grab just a section of the screen, and it includes a basic image editor. |
* Most image content for the site though should be sourced from the game files where possible, to ensure that eg. captures semi-transparent image do not show a background. The files comprising the game's User Interface can be extracted using [http://wow.gamepedia.com/Viewing_Blizzard%27s_interface_code this] method, and then a program like [http://www.xnview.com/en/ XnView] can be used to browse the images, which are in .blp format. [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6127-BLP2PNG.html blp2png] can then be used to convert them to a format compatible with use on the web. | * Most image content for the site though should be sourced from the game files where possible, to ensure that eg. captures semi-transparent image do not show a background. The files comprising the game's User Interface can be extracted using [http://wow.gamepedia.com/Viewing_Blizzard%27s_interface_code this] method, and then a program like [http://www.xnview.com/en/ XnView] can be used to browse the images, which are in .blp format. [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6127-BLP2PNG.html blp2png] can then be used to convert them to a format compatible with use on the web. | ||
Revision as of 08:27, 26 July 2015
Editing Tools
Some tools may be useful for editing or providing image content for the site.
- For editing large and complex sections of wiki code (such as large tables with many CSS style tags), it can sometimes be easier to copy the code into an editor like Notepad++ - which provides more advanced features than the in wiki editor, such as find/replace - and then copy the edited code back into the wiki edit box.
- PicPick is a screen capture program that has the ability to grab just a section of the screen, and it includes a basic image editor.
- Most image content for the site though should be sourced from the game files where possible, to ensure that eg. captures semi-transparent image do not show a background. The files comprising the game's User Interface can be extracted using this method, and then a program like XnView can be used to browse the images, which are in .blp format. blp2png can then be used to convert them to a format compatible with use on the web.
Colors
These are the hexadecimal red/green/blue values for the colors used in game to represent all the character classes, item qualities, and a set of bright colors based on the golden ratio, some of which are used on this site.
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Wowhead Tooltips
This wiki includes JavaScript that modifies links to items, abilities, etc. on the wowhead.com site, so that they have icons and correctly colored text, as well as mouse-over tooltips. Use edit or view source on this section to see the code used (it's not posible to provide a text example here without the JavaScript converting it).
[2] (with enchant, gem and pieces for set bonus in the tooltip)
