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==Editing Tools==
 
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Some tools may be useful for providing image content for the site.
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PicPick is a screen grabbing program that has the ability to grab just a section of the screen, and it includes a basic image editor.
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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 game data can be extraced 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.
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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 Notepad++, where that editor's advanced features can be used, such as find/replace, and then copy the code back into the wiki edit box.

Revision as of 01:46, 25 July 2015


Colors

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.

     c41f3b death knight
     ff7d0a druid
     abd473 hunter
     69ccf0 mage
     00ff96 monk
     f58cba paladin
     ffffff priest
     fff569 rogue
     0070de shaman
     9482c9 warlock
     c79c6e warrior
     1eff00 WoW item green
     0070dd WoW item blue
     a335ee WoW item purple
     ff9e00 phi orange high
     ff009e phi pink high
     9e00ff phi purple high
     009eff phi blue high
     00ff9e phi aqua high
     9eff00 phi green high
     ff6100 phi orange low
     ff0061 phi pink low
     6100ff phi purple low
     0061ff phi blue low
     00ff61 phi aqua low
     61ff00 phi green low

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.

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[2] (with enchant, gem and pieces for set bonus in the tooltip)

Editing Tools

Some tools may be useful for providing image content for the site.

PicPick is a screen grabbing 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 game data can be extraced 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.

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++, where that editor's advanced features can be used, such as find/replace, and then copy the code back into the wiki edit box.