Forum:SH:Making a better "Timeline of media"

G'day. I've made a demo of an improved Timeline of media page but, unfortunately, it requires new CSS and JS to be added to MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Common.js which I don't have access to. As such, if you want to see this actually working, you'll need to copy the following two files into your own theme/user-specific pages: User:Morbus_Iff/monobook.css, User:Morbus_Iff/monobook.js, User:Morbus_Iff/wikia.css, User:Morbus_Iff/wikia.js (and then wait for the cache to expire; ugh. Wikia seems to do this faster than Monobook.). The demo is at User:Morbus_Iff/Timeline_of_media and includes a list of bullet points on why it's better than our current approach. It's still a first draft, but it's in a demo-able state for onlookers to say "yeah, this is a better approach" or "well, what if..." or "nope, I like maintaining at least two timelines for every edit", etc.


 * The "hide" items aren't showing up as links. I think this is because the  attribute doesn't work in MediaWiki.  Master Jonathan  &mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 03:46 UTC


 * That's correct: it's difficult in MediaWiki to use the normal # for JS-specific links. However, they don't actually HAVE to be links - the JS I wrote handles the clicking of them, regardless if they're using an A element or not (right now they're just using a normal ol' SPAN, which is just fine). The current plan is to style all those "hide/show" phrases with the type-specific background colors (as seen on the current Timeline of media page). If you've installed the JS in your user/theme-specific page already, and the "hide/show" phrases aren't working, we're still waiting for your cache to clear, unfortunately. --Morbus Iff 03:57, August 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * WIth that said, I'm not familiar with `importScriptPage` inside MediaWiki... --Morbus Iff 03:59, August 30, 2011 (UTC)