User talk:UFO Editor

New Skin
Thanks for the compliments, but please don't rearrange the layout of the main page (you can still change featured articles and whatnot) as it messes up the code and breaks the main page. Thanks! Shawn ( talk ) 21:45, February 5, 2010 (UTC)

Infobox
If you can link me to the template you're trying to use, I can help out with that. Shawn ( talk ) 01:06, February 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * It looks like the template is working fine, you can see the test we ran on it here - copy that code and substitute the file name in there for the one you want to use. Shawn ( talk ) 18:39, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, we've made you a beaurocrat so you can do some more advance wiki maintenance until Leoandpiper comes back - I'm leaving them a message on their talk page as well Shawn ( talk ) 18:46, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi UFO Editor, I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. I'm Kacie from Wikia Entertainment, and I'll be helping out around the wiki. Let me know if you have any questions! Cheers-- Kacie (talk ) 18:19, February 23, 2010 (UTC)

Quote template
Here's a one to start with that is working :) Template:Quote if you really, want the extra parts, i can add to it, or possibly you meant this one? Template:Cquote — Game widow 17:35, March 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Game widow! Thats great! UFO Editor 17:49, March 14, 2010 (UTC)

Recommendation
Hi UFO Editor, Could you please write a sentence or two about the homepage redesign we recently did for you on my talk page? I need a good recommendation so other wikis will let us help them out, too! Thanks so much-- Kacie (talk ) 20:03, March 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you! That was absolutely perfect and so helpful!!-- Kacie (talk ) 20:19, March 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. Happy to help! :) UFO Editor 20:21, March 15, 2010 (UTC)

New wiki admin
I would love to be a wiki admin for desperate housewives. The only one who I would think about picking over me would be adamdeanhall as he's here almost every day, fixing things and adding pages. I'm not here every day, but I do try to be on at least once a week. Like I said before though, I would love to be a wiki admin. And thanks for noticing that I contribute quite a bit to the site.


 * I accept your proposal to be the new wiki admin. AdamDeanHall 20:07, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Great! I look forward to working with you! UFO Editor 21:03, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Admin Rights
Hi UFO Editor, I heard that you requested some help with giving a user admin rights. Did you want to make Desperaterox22 an admin? I can help with that. Cheers-- Kacie (talk ) 00:26, March 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey! I've sorted everything out. I gave the rights to AdamDeanHall, seeing as he has been putting his heart into the wiki for a long time. Thanks for getting back to me though! UFO Editor 17:58, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

Portal stuff
Hi, so i've been having a look around and there are already some templates that exist here to use:
 * Template:CharPortalAA
 * Template:CharPortalAB
 * Template:CharPortalAD
 * Template:CharPortalAF
 * Template:Portal

and it seems that there are already some portals (complete with keys):


 * Portal:Main Characters
 * Portal:Supporting Characters

Let me know if there is something in particular that isn't clear.

For other characters that are not on these portals already, you'll need to make some headshot images that are 122px x 90px in size. — Game widow 10:36, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey! Thanks for your help Game widow! You've helped me out alot! Thanks :) UFO Editor 10:38, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've added the extra box for "Incarcerated" to the two character portals, the colour is extremely easy to change of you aren't fond of it :) — Game widow 10:30, April 4, 2010 (UTC)

Headshots
Personally i use GIMP, it's free and very similar to photoshop. I don't know if you've used image manipulation software before, but it's not terribly hard. Then all you need is some pictures, probably you can use images that are already uploaded to this wiki, but you can also search for some on the internet and download them to your PC to work on (not to state the overly obvious, but just in case, all images you work with must be copied to your hard drive, then uploaded back to the wiki when you are finished working with them). Hope that helps — Game widow 12:32, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I've heard of GIMP. Some of my friends use it. I'll give it a try. Thanks for all your help!! UFO Editor 12:52, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Links
I linked your name on the Admin page and it says your page doesn't exist! Help with that please!--Crazy12345 23:29, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank for your help~!!--Crazy12345 23:30, March 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * No problem! Just leave me a message if you need help with anything else :) UFO Editor 23:32, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Hi
I heard you needed some help with the wiki - what do you need a hand with? Shawn ( talk ) 00:18, April 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I've left a message on your talkpge regarding the help needed. Thanks in advance :) UFO Editor 21:46, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

main page
I was looking at your sandbox and the note you left Shawn, would you be opposed to us attempting to combine the two versions in some way? The way we have the home page set now helps the wiki show up in searches (Google for example) but we could do some tweaks to utilize some of the aspects you've created, if you don't mind me getting into your sandbox and mucking around (color matching and things like that) Let me know if it's okay and I'll try out a few things. Sena 23:35, April 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure! I'd be happy for you to do that! Thanks for helping out!! :) UFO Editor 12:24, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Discussion Pages
Hi UFO Editor, I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with vandalism on article comments! We can change it so you have both discussion pages and article comments available on the wiki--does that sound ok? -- Kacie (talk ) 17:46, April 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes. Ok, we'll try that. While we're on the subject of vandals, I'm quite a new administrator on the wiki and I don't really know how to deal with the vandals that well. Could you teach me how to block the vandals IP address? UFO Editor 17:54, April 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * For help blocking vandal IPs, you should contact the Wikia Community Team at community@wikia.com. They'll be happy to explain it to you!-- Kacie (talk ) 23:12, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Main Page
So I tried to incorporate your suggestions into the homepage without breaking things too much. I used the article, and gave a link to suggest others, but I couldn't use the template because it broke the page, however it's just as simple to update the main page directly. I put in your random quotes (super cool) but I did have to take one out because it was a little racy for the homepage and I didn't want to make anyone mad. I also put the picture you had as the featured picture. The reason I left the other stuff as I did was because it helps Google search find the page if there are links to characters and actors and such laid out as they were. The other thing was that you had some spoiler warnings and descriptions that were already on the main page, so I didn't think I needed to change them. Hope this helps! Sena 23:34, April 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks! The main page looks great! :D UFO Editor 11:40, April 7, 2010 (UTC)

Countdown timer and polls
If you let me know what date you'd like to countdown to, and what poll questions you'd like we can work on getting them on the homepage, plus once they're there, it will be easy for you to see how to change them, so you can refresh the timer and the polls. Cheers Sena 17:43, April 12, 2010 (UTC)

Lily Mayer
I was just wondering why you don't think there is a character of Lily Mayer when Karl mentions her in the first episode of season five. Granted the writers changed her from Lily to Evan and changed the child's gender but she was still mentioned as a character.


 * Ah, yeah, I see your point. Ok, feel free to create another Lily Mayer page then. Thanks :) UFO Editor 15:03, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * What? Lily Mayer? First of all, Karl wasn't even in the first episode of season five, and there was no mention of him having either a girl or a boy until episode 5.18 when we meet his son Evan. All we had up until that moment were his scenes in episode 4.14 with his wife Marisa. There's no Lily whatsoever, I would remember such a thing.- Renaboss 20:58, July 22, 2010 (UTC)

Birthdays
Hello!

I have been curious for a while about the birthdays of the shows' main characters (actually, the ones that interest me are Gabrielle, Bree, Lynette, Susan, and Carlos -- yes, Carlos). I have only been able to find information concerning Bree as far as this subject goes, though (as stated on this website, her birthday is July 4th). Do you happen to know the birthdays of the rest of the characters I listed above? I'll be content with rough estimates, if that's all you can come up with. What I'm really interested in knowing is their Sun Signs (this is for a research concerning TV shows' characters' Zodiac Signs that I'm doing for fun), so even the month alone may be helpful.

And while I'm at it, and since this is somehow related, can you tell me whether Desperate Housewives follows a real-life year-round timeline? As in, for instance, now that we're in May, can it be assumed that it is May in the show as well? (If so, this would be very helpful, since last episode mentioned Carlos's upcoming birthday.) It may seem like a silly question, but while a real-life timeline is usually obvious in most TV shows, the same isn't true for Desperate Housewives: you never see any holidays, or notice much difference in weather. So, if you can help with this as well... I'd be much obliged.

Can't wait to get an answer!77.54.227.8 02:06, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

Edits
Well since it's finale week, I won't be on here very much, but I should be on here quite a bit after next week. Especially since this is where I usually go when I need something to do lol.

Spotlight Request
Hi Jim. Wiksteria Lane looks really good, and congrats on reaching 500 articles! There are a couple of minor things you need to take care of to meet the Spotlight Criteria. Could you please add a link to New Images in your sidebar menu and customize your Community Corner on the My Home page? You also have about 50 pages that need to be categorized. Please let me know when you have taken care of these things and I'll be happy to add you to the spotlight list.

Also, have you ever considered changing the text color on your infoboxes? I find the black on red very difficult to read... -- Wendy (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:27, May 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. Great job taking care of everything, and I've added you guys to the spotlight list. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 04:54, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

The infoboxes
Hi, I have another complaint regarding the infoboxes, when I type in the previous and following episodes, nothing shows up on the infobox once I save the changes. Everything else appears, but not the titles of the episodes. I honestly don't know anything about changing the structure/layout of the model of the infobox in its original form, so I need your help. - Renaboss 21:00, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. Well, I was going to completely redesign them anyway. So I'll sort that out for you! Thanks for helping out too! :) UFO Editor 21:02, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * The new infobox is so much better, it looks really good and everything works, and I like that the images occupy more than just 200 px. However, you forgot the caption for the images. - Renaboss 22:39, July 22, 2010 (UTC)

Episode template
OK, I do believe it's done: Template:Episode Infobox :) — Game widow 21:33, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! You're a life saver! :D UFO Editor 21:35, July 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's in use here so you can see how to use it — Game widow 21:40, July 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * I see Game widow already helped you out :). Happy editing! -- <font color="Blue">Wendy (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:15, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Character infobox
I think the Glee template is more in keeping with the "new look", so i'd be inclined to go for that, but it has a lot of fields, do you really want all of those (except Education and music interests)? That would include:
 * name
 * image
 * Gender
 * Age
 * Hair Color
 * Eye Color
 * Birthday X
 * Marital status
 * Height X
 * Weight X
 * Address X
 * Political Position X
 * Occupation(s)
 * Aliases
 * Family
 * Relationships:
 * Pet(s) X
 * Friends X
 * Boss X
 * Employees X
 * Enemies X
 * Interests X
 * Clique X
 * Talent X
 * Vulnerabilities X
 * Strengths X
 * Weaknesses X
 * Awards X
 * Powers/Abilities X
 * Phobia(s) X
 * License # X
 * License Plate X
 * Card Card # X
 * First appearance
 * Portrayer

You can just put an X next to the ones you don't want :) — Game widow 12:10, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. Also, could we have a Last Appearance underneath First Appearance? And also a section for "Seasons:", which could include all the seasons that character has featured in? Hope thats OK. If you feel anything else needs to be added, then go ahead and add it! Also, if you think any of the above, (which I've crossed off), needs to included, then do what you think is best. :) UFO Editor 12:15, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, Version 1 is ready :) here, let me know what you think or if you want more / less fields — Game widow 13:38, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! UFO Editor 14:23, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I finally figured out what was going wrong with this template, so now it should show any given field that is filled in. — Game widow 18:27, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Navigators
Me again :) .. I've been thinking that all the different colours on the navigators are beginning to look a bit "off" with the new look of the wiki. What do you think? I can help you standardize them if you want to, or do you want them to remain "multi-colored" ? — Game widow 11:46, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing. It would be great if you could standardize them! So, yes please :) UFO Editor 14:46, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool :) .. what do you think of this colour scheme? it's not flashy, but it does match the site scheme — Game widow 13:27, August 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK all changed to a uniform colour scheme. I also made you an Actor infobox template to replace the old one and replaced all the character infoboxes with the new one -- i'm bit wiki'd out for today, so i'll wait before attempting to replace all the actor infoboxes :D — Game widow 20:05, August 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing that :) UFO Editor 16:56, August 16, 2010 (UTC)

Edie Britt's real estate business has been passed to its new owner, Lee McDermott.
Edie Britt's real estate business has been passed to its new owner, Lee McDermott. Now remember that. AdamDeanHall 19:12, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, its never been mentioned in the show that Lee actually OWNS Edie's business. Sure, he's the new neighborhood real estate agent, but I have doubts about him working for her company. So, no, until then, it stays as it is... UFO Editor 15:26, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

I've been told to ask you...
I noticed when I saw the admins list, you only have 5 admins, and only 2 are still active, but then I was told only one was active, which would be you. So, I was thinking maybe I could help you and be an admin...

I know I haven't done much editing on this wikia yet, but I love the show and I know loads about it, so I could help loads later on. If you see me on lostpedia, you will see I'm active daily, and I do lots of edits, so I am a good contributor and user. Please think about it :) If you have questions please ask and please reply ASAP :) Julietfan2626 16:01, September 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Once you make a few more edits, I'd be happy to promote you to admin! UFO Editor 15:25, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Any certain amount? ;)
 * Awh, what the heck, I'll make you an admin now! But, please promise to contact me before making any BIG edits. Like adding templates etc. Thanks, UFO Editor 20:43, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

Template: Appearances
I would love to make a template for the appearances from the characters around the show. I hooe you like it, and then I'm going to put it here. It will being from every season. How do you think about this? Cheers, --Station7 15:52, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, give it a go. But, if it doesn't work out, we can always remove it. UFO Editor 20:43, September 14, 2010 (UTC)

First thing to ask.
Shouldn't we re-name Bree and Susan's page names. Bree is no way a Van de Kamp anymore, and if she's getting a divorce, she would go back to Mason, wouldn't she?

And Susan is Susan Delfino.
 * Hi, first off, Josh, please use the signature button to sign your comments. Second, Susan can be renamed Susan Delfino, as that is her definate name. However, Bree has had several names throughout the show, and even when she has been married to Orson, she has still been called Van de Kamp by some. For now, I'd like to keep Bree as Bree Van de Kamp until she gets the divorce in the show or her name is said on screen. Thanks, UFO Editor 17:58, September 15, 2010 (UTC)

Josh forget this sometimes. No offense to Josh, but it happens sometimes.--Station7 20:50, September 15, 2010 (UTC)

Fixed width and Top 10 lists
OK, you now have fixed width (the thin look) on all the pages in the wiki, and Top 10 lists are active. I started one, but feel free to change it :) — Game widow 11:39, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Game widow! :) UFO Editor 17:03, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

New wikia skin
Hi there, actually the new skin has not been activated everywhere, but it's coming soon. this wiki will definitely be part of the revamp (if you aren't, just let me know ;) .. i'm working on gaming wikis right now, but i'm more than happy to help you make this wiki "new skin" friendly. — Game widow 23:04, September 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hm. Strange, the skin is visible here and on a few other wikis. Are you guys testing it out or something? Oh, and I'll thank you in advance for helping us here with the new skin. UFO Editor 09:10, October 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just curious, when you say the main page is all messed up, could you elaborate? i have made a small change to the blogs panel, but otherwise things should look the same as they always have. Or do you mean just when you choose the "new wikia look" view? If it's in the new look view, that's because the dimensions are different in the new skin, so the left column is wider which makes some things seem a bit off. Also, with the new skin, i may not be able to have the main page background be a different colour from the article pages.
 * Another thing with the new skin is that you'll lose the left navigator. That's being replaced by the top navigator which has only 4 slots, and each of those slots has only 7 sub-entries so you'll have to give some thought to which bits of the current navigator are less important. For example, the characters menu can keep the housewives, but that means no other entries can fit, or it can keep the current housewives, then the next slot could be "past housewives" or something, and then have the last slot be "other characters", etc — Game widow 14:47, October 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. Yeah, sorry, the reason the main page was messed up was because of the new skin. I scared myself for a moment. OK, well, I think the four navigator slots should be something like: "Housewives", "Characters", "Episodes" and "More" or something like that. I think the skin will work quite well here, on Wiksteria Lane, can't wait to see the page after the skin has been implemented properly. UFO Editor 15:52, October 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool, so i've started on the navigator for you, you can find it here, feel free to adjust it any way you see fit. The only think to keep in mind is that there can only be 4 main categories and each one can only have 7 sub-entries.
 * ...and finally, we'll need to make a new logo, on the new skin, the logo must fit into an area 250px by 65px, which means that the apple will be much smaller. I'd suggest perhaps the apple (without the text on it) with the wiki name to the right of that. — Game widow 11:44, October 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for doing that Game widow. Yeah, we do need to start working on a logo. Prehaps, I could ask the Logo Creation Wiki to design one for us? UFO Editor 11:55, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Spotlight Request #2
Hi. I'm sorry your first spotlight didn't bring you more editors. The wiki does still meet all the spotlight criteria, and I have added it back into the upcoming spotlights. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:16, October 4, 2010 (UTC)

The correct phrase is "Oh, Mary Alice, what did you do?".
The correct phrase for the Paul Young page is "Oh, Mary Alice, what did you do?". AdamDeanHall 15:13, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. Well, I copied that from Paul Young's quote page on IMDB. Thanks for correcting it. UFO Editor 15:14, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

Template:Nav-Housewives
Do you want that template to be full width with rounded corners, the header in red and the listing in grey? — Game widow 15:18, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes please! :) UFO Editor 15:22, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Done :) — Game widow 15:30, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank-you! :) UFO Editor 15:31, October 9, 2010 (UTC)

New main page
Certainly working on a new page is a good idea, but the existing page looks fine with the new skin, so there's no panic :) But if you feel like starting, i'm more than happy to help you with the more technical stuff. — Game widow 18:04, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * A question: Do you have a twitter account for the desperate housewives wiki? If not, you need to create one, or not use that on the main page. — Game widow 18:58, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * You didn't make a mess of it at all! The problems with rss and the twitter feed are not your fault, they are issues with wikia and how our software interprets that stuff (not always well!). So it's up to you if you really want to revert it, i don't think it's necessary. Alternatively, we can just remove the 2 rss feeds and everything else is just peachy. — Game widow 20:04, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * The news feed is one of those rss things, so possibly we just need to wait a bit before it "gets up to speed". I'd suggest we give it a little while (like a couple of hours). But worst case, we can change that section to something less "tempermental" — Game widow 20:18, October 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright. Thanks, UFO Editor 20:22, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Background images and size
Personally, i use GIMP which is a free image manipulation software package and i save the images in the jpg format. Doing that usually gives me an option to choose the level of compression and playing around with that gives me (mostly) what i want as far as quality and filesize goes. Other people use some special websites (like this one that let you upload an image (or point to one already on the web) and returns a few different versions that you can choose from. Hope that helps! — Game widow 17:44, October 12, 2010 (UTC)

New logo
Nicely done! — Game widow 16:57, October 13, 2010 (UTC)

New categories
To make a new category, you just assign a document to it. That gives you a "red link" category. Then to finalize it, you just click on the red link and save it (or assign it to another category, if you want it to be a sub-category of an existing category. that's all there is to it, just like any other document actually — Game widow 19:11, October 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks :) UFO Editor 19:13, October 15, 2010 (UTC)

Read more section
Hi there, the new "Read more" section is a feature of the new skin and it's centrally controlled, so i don't personally have access to change where it appears, but the new skin and it's features are still being refined, so i would suggest that you contact the Wikia central team directly and let them know your thoughts on that section. To contact them, use this page: Special:Contact — Game widow 10:43, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. I've sent them a message :) UFO Editor 11:35, October 16, 2010 (UTC)

Live discussion?
I came across your site through Twitter. It’s great! I particularly love the quote generator – a brilliant idea!

I was wondering if you would be interested in hosting a live discussion on your site during an upcoming episode?

FanTalkTV has just launched in beta and one of the key features is a widget that enables website curators like you to bring fans together on your site to chat about a television show while it airs. Adding the widget to your site is as simple as embedding a YouTube video – you just cut and paste the embed code. You are one of the first sites we have reached out to so you would be one of the first to premier this new tool.

You can join an existing discussion room on our site or you can set up a custom room for your readers. As a thank you for hosting the room, we would be happy to arrange a prize for you to give away to one of your participants.

Please take a look at www.FanTalk.TV and let me know if you’re interested – I’ll send you a few more details and we can make arrangements for the prize.

Best regards,

Devon

Wordmark
I know you picked the "Wiksteria Lane" one, but in case you're still open to a different one...

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/logocreation/images/0/0d/Desperate_Housewives_wiki-wordmark.png

--Fandyllic 06:37, November 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * No, I prefer yours! We're using it now! Thanks! :) UFO Editor 17:11, November 17, 2010 (UTC)

Want to apologise
Firstly, I'm gonna say sorry for not being on here much - too much school work and stuff like that, so, today, I did a little "I'm sorry" present ;) And I tidied up the Portal for Main Characters, I got new pictures that fit and weren't zoomed in loads, and I ordered the people in order of episode count :D Hope you like it, it took me forever ;) -- Julietfan2626

And now I have also done the supporting characters portal :D -- Julietfan2626

New Infobox idea
If you look on my userpage, near the bottom is a new infobox idea for characters. Can you tell me what you think? :) And the colour scheme doesn't necessarily have to be the one it is, it can easily be changed. :) -- Julietfan2626

I'm gonna take that as a no then =[ Considering you was online and didn't reply...
 * Sorry, I've been rather busy recently. Um, about the infobox, Game widow recently designed the inforboxes we currently use (which I, and other wikia user seem to like!) so, for now, we'll keep the ones we have. Sorry, I know you must of put a lot of hard work into them. They look great, though! But, we won't use them just yet. UFO Editor 16:20, December 10, 2010 (UTC)

Production structure
Hey UFO Editor,

I see that you recently made a category for "Producers", and I hope you don't mind I made them for writers and directors as well.

Well, I was wondering what you would think of subcategorizing the category into Category:Production and remove the "Production" category from everyone on the production team. My apologies if that sounded confusing as it is to me; this should paint a better picture:

Category


 * ABC Prod.
 * Cat:Directors
 * Categorised director here
 * Cat:Writers
 * Categorised writers here
 * Cat:Producers
 * Categorised producers

What do you think? :) -- DoctorStrange 16:46, December 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * I got it. And, yeah, feel free to do this. Seems like a good idea! UFO Editor 22:36, December 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I'll start doing it today!! :) DoctorStrange 13:32, December 20, 2010 (UTC)

Christmas makeover
Hey UFO Editor,

I was wondering if you were thinking about giving DH Wiki a Christmas makeover? Well, I've concocted a background with a Christmas theme as well as a Christmas-themed apple:



Check out the Christmas apple I created, I reverted it back so it easier for you to just change it back if you give the heads up.

For the Christmas theme background I made it darker to reflect the longer nights. I've added the red under-strip at the bottom to give it a more Christmassy feel to it, almost like the ribbon of a Christmas present. A great compliment for the background would be to have a grey background to compliment both the article pages and Wiki-background.

What do you think of it? I'll totally understand if you don't use it so don't worry about me! -- DoctorStrange 19:01, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it's nice, but can you make it the same size as the existing one ((2,000 × 600) ? — Game widow 23:38, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

new issue with quotes on main page
I've posted to the technical people at Wikia, asking them if they've change anything recently. I'll be in touch. — Game widow 23:34, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Uberfuzzy fixed it :) — Game widow 23:54, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, great, thanks :) Merry Christmas by the way! UFO Editor 23:56, December 23, 2010 (UTC)

Nav-Main
I have updated it :) Please tell me if I've missed something or you want me to change something :) -- Julietfan2626
 * Nope, thats great, thanks UFO Editor 00:24, January 1, 2011 (UTC)

Wiki background image
It should be fine now. — Game widow 16:21, December 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks UFO Editor 00:24, January 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Happy New Year :) — Game widow 00:37, January 3, 2011 (UTC)

Delete images
Can you delete images what I am upload.--Tom Jacob


 * Yep, please put a   tag on them so we know which to delete. -- DoctorStrange 22:33, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

Hey do you think they will release a Season 8 of Desperate Housewives.

Left4Deadseries FAN

06.01.2011

16:54
 * Too soon to tell. Marc Cherry, the series creator, is currently working on a new pilot titled "Hallellujah", and if it gets picked up for the next fall, he'll quit as show runner for DH, and it's likely Bob Daily or someone else will take his place. But he'd still continue working on the show as an executive producer, so it is likely the series returns for an eighth, and possibly even ninth, season(s). UFO Editor 16:49, January 6, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Slider
Hey UFO Editor,

Regarding the slider, you can create one by click "Add a photo gallery or slideshow" on the editing toolbar, and then click "Create main page slider". Then add images and text to them. One last note, the images have to be 673 × 410 pixels or the slider won't show up at all even if one of the images is doesn't fit the requirement. Have fun :) -- DoctorStrange 22:15, January 6, 2011 (UTC)

Admins pages
Hey UFO Editor,

I've just came across another two Admin pages: Wiksteria Lane:Administrators and Wiksteria Lane:Admins. And I feel that one of them feel one of them should be removed. I don't really mind which one gets removed, it's up to you to pick which styling you prefer. :) -- DoctorStrange 22:31, January 6, 2011 (UTC)

Mainpage slider
Wow! your timing is spooky :) .. i just figured out how to get those working ! So all you need are a minimum of 4 images (it won't work with less) and each one must be exactly (don't ask me why) 673 × 410 pixels. So if you can provide images (ideally, to scale) it's a cinch — Game widow 22:59, January 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * I sure can help out! Just tell me what topics or articles you want covered in the slider, and I'll try my best to find some images to compliment them and put things into motion. :) -- DoctorStrange 12:02, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the hold up, it will most definitely be ready by no later than tonight. I'll try my best to put it in earlier! :) -- DoctorStrange 15:07, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey UFO Editor, hope you like it!
 * I've created four image files: File:Slider1.jpg, File:Slider2.jpg, File:Slider3.jpg and File:Slider4.jpg. This will make it easier and more convenient when swapping things around, and doesn't leave a file unused when the switch around does happen. If there is anything I need to change to the current slider just holler back :) -- DoctorStrange 16:21, January 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Great! It looks amazing! :) UFO Editor 16:30, January 9, 2011 (UTC)

Mysteries
Sorry to bother you but can you tell me wich is the page about the mysteries that happen each season.

Left4Deadseries FAN

09.01.2011

10:55

Spotlight Request #3
Hi. The wiki does look great -- the changes to the design look really sharp. However you guys have already had 2 spotlights in the last 6 months through this page. One of the goals of this request page is to broaden the range of spotlights we put up, so we don't approve more than 2 spotlights for the same wiki in a row without some time in between. We'll be happy to consider your wiki again for the spotlight when some time has passed; early next summer (about 6 months from your last spotlight) seems reasonable to me. I realize that is not as ideal for the timing of the show, and I apologize for that. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 17:15, January 11, 2011 (UTC)

Spoiler policy
Hey UFO Editor,

How do you find the idea of putting in place a written spoiler policy. It would be a good idea to make more use of the   tag being place on pages that may contain potential spoilers. The UK has taken a short hiatus since airing Down the Block There's a Riot back in December and will be returning on the 26th Jan and other countries are behind more so than others. I think it'd be best to tag blogs talking about current seasons from now on with this so as to not drive away potential editors who don't really liked things to be spoiled for them. Also I find the Season 7 page should be tagged as well. Would do think about it? If we do go forwards with this idea, I'll be happy to write it up. -- DoctorStrange (talk) 15:32, January 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm just going to expand   template and create this page Wiksteria Lane:Spoiler policy for the do's and don't's, so as to not overcomplicate things. Then add a "policy" section to the Community corner to raise more awareness of it.  DoctorStrange (talk) 16:24, January 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * I finished with the lot, what do you think of it? :) DoctorStrange (talk) 17:42, January 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure thing, I'll do it right away! :) DoctorStrange (talk) 18:06, January 23, 2011 (UTC)

New Pictures
I've done all five :) I've cropped them down to the correct size and put them in the infoboxes and I've made pictures for the portals :D I quite like these new pictures, they're not as dull :) More refreshing :D Julietfan2626 22:57, February 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that! I much prefer the new pictures too, better than the others. Could you do me a favour and also upload the picture of all the housewives together and put it in the Season 7 article? I'm pretty sure this will be the DVD cover, seeing as this has happened in the past. --UFO Editor 23:00, February 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure. Yup, these are much better, however, Lynette does look a little flat chested :-o :P Julietfan2626 23:03, February 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Much thanks, if you could do that. And yeah, Lynette is flat chested in this pic, isn't she? Marcia, Vanessa and Eva look beautiful as always. --UFO Editor 23:05, February 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Diss on Teri Hatcher? :O Julietfan2626 23:11, February 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Haha, Teri is beautiful, but she looks WAY too air-brushed and photoshopped here, IMO... --UFO Editor 23:13, February 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * In the group photo I like how they've made Eva Longoria stand at the back to make her seem taller and she is still way smaller than the rest :P She must be tiny! Julietfan2626 00:16, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

Spamming IP addresses
Hi, sorry for the delay but I've been away on vacation. Also, i no longer work for wikia, so i no longer have access to any tools to help you. I hope you also contacted someone else in the meantime, but if not, i'd suggest sending an email to the wikia team using this page. — Game widow (talk) 13:48, May 29, 2011 (UTC)

Top 10
Hi there. ;) Yesterday a message popped up in the corner about a new wikia editor layout or whatever available at the Wikia Labs (I have no clue what was about), and I noticed the top 10s aren't available in this wiki. Can we enable them? I realize they're useless and subjective, but they'd be like the guessing game, just a harmless past-time. :) - Renaboss 16:08, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, as you can probably see, I've enabled the new wikia editor. What do you think? And I've enabled Top 10 lists and a few other tid-bits too :) --UFO Editor 23:32, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * You can make a Top 10 list by typing this command into the wikia search bar: Special:CreateTopList --UFO Editor 23:40, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I hadn't noticed you had replied, I'm sorry for only getting back to you right now. I actually find the new wikia editor unsightly. :P I'm so used to working with the classic one. I disabled it for now while I edit some stuff, but once I'm done I'll revert it. And in case you decide to enable it permanently, I'll learn to get used to it. - Renaboss 18:48, July 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello! Yeah, that's fine :) --UFO Editor 19:16, July 4, 2011 (UTC)

I was wondering if I could change the picures used for the top ten list. I think they should all be consistant. The last two are different from the other housewives and they feel out of place. Angie just has a head-shot.

Sorry. You can remove them. I just wanted the points.
 * Is there any way to change the font in the new wikia editor? :P - Renaboss 22:24, July 8, 2011 (UTC)

Request for main page help
Hi UFO Editor. I approved your request, and I'm here to follow up with you. Did you have anything specific in mind for what you want changed? If you see another wiki that's using a layout that you like, link me to it. I'll start working on the wiki's main page when I return to work on Monday. Enjoy your weekend! JoePlay http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb33036/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (talk)  23:49, July 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Any thoughts yet about what you want changed on the main page? Any sections you want to remove or add? On the blogs list, I could change the background to white to match the rest of the page if you want. I could make a section header for the blogs to match the others since it doesn't have one. Just let me know what text you would want to use, for example, "Blogs", "Latest Blog Posts", "Community Gossip", etc.


 * I noticed that the countdown timer was on the far left side of the main page just now, so I centered it within the left column. JoePlay http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb33036/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (talk)  22:27, July 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey there. Sorry for my late reply! Thanks for fixing the countdown timer. I think our slider needs some work, if you could look into that, by maybe adding some better pictures? And I like what you mentioned about changing the background so the blog list matches the rest of the page - that'd be great. Also, how about a "Featured Character" and/or a "Featured Episode" section on the main page too? Or maybe a "Did you know...?" section? Whatever you think would be best. Thanks! --UFO Editor 17:54, July 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi again. I just added a Featured Episode section to the main page (and moved the Quotes to the middle column). Feel free to showcase a different episode there. I just picked the premiere episode of last season. Also, I think having a Did You Know section is a good idea. I created Template:DidYouKnow, which will need to be filled in by you and the other members of the wiki (the people who are knowledgeable of the show). Here's how the template works. You can create as many lines/facts as you want. Each fact goes in between the tags. Groups of facts are placed between the  tags. For each choose "section", there will be one fact that is randomly displayed. I created the DYK template with 3 choose sections, which is why 3 facts appear. If you want more facts to appear, simply add more choose sections with options inside them. Once the DYK template has been filled out with plenty of facts, you can add it to the main page by simply copying this:


 * Let me know if you have questions. JoePlay http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb33036/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (talk)  22:04, July 18, 2011 (UTC)

Category pages
Why can we no longer see anything in the Category pages? It always says "This category currently contains no pages or media." - Renaboss 11:01, October 1, 2011 (UTC)

Size of the wiki
Hello, UFO Editor, I'm contacting you because I've recently come across a problem with the size of the info available on this wiki. By this I mean that the font size of the texts is bigger, the images have been more expanded and are therefore less clear, everything is bigger, and I don't know what I did to make that happen. It only happens on this website, because every other site I visit is still the same, and I know it only happens to me, because no one else has mentioned it and I visited the wiki on another computer and it was the same as it's been recently, before this expansion I noticed. Can you please help me with that (if you know how to)? I've googled it, I've looked at the Wikipedia guidelines, but I can't find anything to work with, and I hate seeing the wiki like this, extra-large. :P - Renaboss 21:58, October 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, Renaboss. The wiki is extra-large? That's strange, because it looks exactly the same for me when viewing it. That's odd seeing as other websites appear normally. Perhaps you should drop Wikia an email and they could help you? Sorry I can't be much help! Hope it gets sorted soon --UFO Editor 15:40, October 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * How can I contact the Wikia? - Renaboss 20:26, October 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Try here: --UFO Editor 21:27, October 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I've contacted them already. I hope this issue is dealt with soon, I really do hate seeing the wiki this big. - Renaboss 14:32, October 7, 2011 (UTC)

Main page
Hey, on the main page for this wikia, there is a slideshow type advertisement thing (the one with the season 7 cast pic, season 1 cast pic, Susan on a film reel and Paul Young. I think that needs updating now for Season 8 :) But I have no idea :D :P Could you have a look please? 16:35, October 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey! Oh dear - I wish you hadn't asked me this :P Um, I wasn't actually the one who made it. Basically, the images have to be resized - I forget the size, but if you look at the files all ready to added to the slider, you'll see - and then added into the template. It's quite simple to do, really. I don't have any fancy software on my PC to do it at the moment. If you do, would you mind doing that? If not, I'll try to remind myself to drop the user who made it a message. Or I could ask a wikia staff member. Whatever! :P --UFO Editor 19:57, October 3, 2011 (UTC)

Wikia Navigation
I can't change the wiki navigation... I want to update it to include the episode "Suspicion Song", but a message keeps popping up about level 2 being too wide... I don't know what that means, I've taken down some stuff because I thought maybe it was too cluttered, but the message still appears and I can't publish the changes. Can you please give it a look? Thanks in advance. - Renaboss 16:08, November 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I have no clue. I've tried myself and can't seem to figure it out. Might have to drop Wikia a line if this doesn't get resolved. --UFO Editor 22:05, November 15, 2011 (UTC)

Characters
Hi! Me, Renaboss and Buffyfan have each put every main character in order of how much we like them, from favourite to least favourite, and we're trying to get a wide range of results to make the results a clear showing of who the favourite character is overall :D If you could please make an order, it'd be much appreciated :)! 11:02, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see you've already asked him. :P I'll ask the folks over at TV.com too, so that we can get more results, since there aren't many regular contributors and/or commenters in this wiki. - Renaboss 11:24, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you could include the supporting characters too that'd be great :D 15:37, December 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * By the way, two people have commented already on the thread I created for this matter over at TV.com. Not much of a turnout, sure, but maybe others will do their own ranking as well. Check it out here. :) - Renaboss 15:52, December 21, 2011 (UTC)

Comments
Hey there, UFO, I just dropped by to ask, why aren't we redirected to the comments anymore? I mean, when we check out the Wiki activity, if there is a new comment listed there, when we click it, we're not redirected to the comments like we used to, we just get to the top of the page, and have to scroll down to find the comment. What happened? I know this is not only in our Wiki, I've noticed in others as well, but maybe you know something? - Renaboss 14:18, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but I have no idea, Renaboss. I'm guessing it's something gone wrong over at Wikia's end. It's rather annoying, isn't it? --UFO Editor 15:05, December 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * It definitely is. Especially because everyone keeps commenting on the "What's to Discuss, Old Friend?", sometimes even way down at the bottom of the page, and to have to scroll down to get there... argh. I'll ask the wiki administration again, like I did with that "big wiki" problem I asked you about. :P It turned out to be me havint hit CTRL and + at the same time by accident. :P - Renaboss 15:09, December 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yup, go ahead and ask wiki administration and let me know what they say. And I'm glad to see you sorted out the 'big wiki' problem afterwards! Haha! --UFO Editor 15:16, December 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've contacted them already, let's see what comes up. - Renaboss 15:48, December 21, 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what to do...
Hi,

I'm new here and I'm wondering if you can give me so tips so I can become more comfortable with the page.

Thanks,

Nosh 22:01, January 24, 2012 (UTC)

Hey! :)