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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Dozerfleet Database getting a facelift

The database has, since 2011, faithfull documented Dozerfleet projects past, present, and pending / future. However, Fandom.com's new software is...not without some glitches. As such, plus the nature of some content hosted there being what it is, it has been deemed essential to future operations that some content on the wiki should be moved to the blog. Also, the front page will require simplification, in order to meet Fandom's new limitations.

Further complicating matters, source editing doesn't work very well in Firefox, requiring Microsoft Edge to be used for editing pages effectively. With that, here are some other changes pending:

  • The Tabber feature doesn't work well on the front page. The "Explore the Gigaverse" feature will have to be redone as touchable tiles beneath the "trending characters" tile interface.
  • "Trending Characters" will be simplified. Characters' text will get a colored shadow based on universe listing.
    • Silver and Blue for Gorillaverse
    • Blanched almond and sea blue for Gerosha
    • Light brown for Mackleyverse
    • Bright magenta for anything related to Adam-00's Cagegirl comic
    • Red and yellow text shadows for Eccentriaverse (Volkonir and Bison) content
    • And orange an navy blue for Dromedeverse.
    The main panel will be a simplified black, rather than every single character getting a universe background by color.
  • MainPage/ComicsCenter has been declared obsolete.

    Published comics have their project pages, and their download pages on the blog. They also can be given a category of two. As more actual works are published, the list of actual published works makes the "works that once were" and "tie-in works by others" sections unnecessary.
  • The Content Creators directory will now be a separate item of structure.
  • New audio project content will be referenced in the front page newsfeed slider. There will be no need for a special wiki section anymore called "Music Center." Its contents will be moved to this blog, under the Dozerfleet Records banner.
  • Book News has been moved to this blog, under Dozerfleet Literature. There is no longer a special need for it on the wiki.
  • In time, Video Center will be removed. This blog, under Dozerfleet Studios, will take over that role.
  • Interactive Center is already gone, as that has been replaced with the Dozerfleet Labs blog.

The Facebook page and its related newsfeed have also been phased out. A link to a pending MeWe page is being considered.

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