Template talk:Project

Parameters to add

It would be good to add an image parameter. Jon (talk) 18:03, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Agree, I've just gone ahead and done this. Used on Les Plywood project. If anyone wants to roll it back feel free --Danspencer101 (talk) 23:59, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Great work. I wonder if it would look better without the thumbnail border?

I tried removing the |thumb| argument but doesnt seem to have done much. More research required I think... Danspencer101 (talk)

adding |border|frameless| to the template seems to have worked |Danspencer101 (talk)

It would be possible to automatically add page to categories based on the status, creator/s and date created (year). With varying degrees of trickiness.

I have been investigating this today and think I have a working version. All projects are automatically assigned to the Category:Projects (in progress) unless the template status is Planning, Dormant or Complete. In which case it goes into the relevant categories for these. Is this the behaviour we want? --Danspencer101 (talk) 23:41, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

As well as creation date, completion and dormant date parameters could be added. Jon (talk) 16:58, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Add usage

It would be good to add example usage code in the documentation section. Jon (talk) 18:03, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Done --Danspencer101 (talk) 01:49, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Updated this today, I think it works better like this. I included the default value of 1 for the QRmode as you get an unsightly error if the field is blank. --Danspencer101 (talk) 13:19, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

QR Code

More info about the QR Code. Is the QR Code used on many project pages? Does it link to Nottinghack homepage or wiki page of project, or customisable? Jon (talk) 17:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Example of pages using QR Code

• Vending Machine
• Cheesoid

The QR Code image on the Vending Machine page seems to be links to the wiki page its on. However, if you click through the hyperlink that the template generates it shows a different QR code that is a dead link due to a spelling mistake in the URL. See this image.

Anyone know how we can change this?

Side note, Does anyone actually use QR codes anyway? --Danspencer101 (talk) 22:16, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

This was a simple fix so I just changed the URL. Still questioning if we need the QR at all though--Danspencer101 (talk) 22:44, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Maybe the original purpose of the QR code for installed projects/equipment; people could scan it in the space to get more info. It might to good to have codes on things that might need replacing. For example, a code on a bin linking to where you can get bin bags from. Having the code appear on the actual wiki page is kind of distracting though, because of the amount of space they take up. Jon (talk) 18:06, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Project type

There are two main types of projects - ones by members and hackspace infrastructure projects. Is it worth having a parameter for this? Jon (talk) 17:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

I've added this in; It wouldn't be hard to categorise these two types automatically if this is something we wanted to do?--Danspencer101 (talk) 01:55, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

My plan was to move member projects to be subpages of the relevant user and have the Project: namespace for actual space projects. I'd like to separate out personal content from actual useful reference info as much as possible. Alexmann (talk) 02:19, 26 January 2019 (UTC)