User blog:Blarla/New Item Infobox

Hello Pontians!

Since this wiki was first created everything has been done on mass and in a rush to dump as much information as possible on the site, but the time has come for this wiki to get a complete overhaul.

Revamped Community Pages
Firstly, I have been working on improving the Community Pages for a long time now and while there are still pages missing, such as layout pages, for example, it is much more comprehensive then it used to be. My hope is this will make it easier for new and willing Two Point Hospital wiki contributors to make additions and become more part of the community.

Increased communication I believe will be instrumental with improving the community as we do have a few regular contributors and supporters but we all rarely connect with each other and this needs to change. Please start posting blogs, which will show on the new community front page, so we can learn about you and what contributions you have been making and hope to make. There is also the Discussion area for us to ask questions, share ideas and communicate about the wiki. These discussions are also displayed on the central community page.

New Item Infobox
The first tender steps of a full wiki wide revamp has started with the new Item Infobox. I have many plans to help make this wiki more streamline and glossy but found before I could do one job, something else needed to be done first, I followed this path all the way back to the Item Infobox, so I started here.

There are currently around 10 item infoboxes, all different and none of them covering everything an item infobox really needs. This new, singular design can replace them all, including DLC item infoboxes but excluding upgradable item infoboxes (these will be getting an infobox of their own). The new item infobox is mobile friendly, clean and covers all quick information about each item. In addition, as this infobox is rolled out the tags/categories for items will also be vastly improved due to the nature of the design. Which will allow for a completely new item and search layout across the wiki in the future.

In addition, I have taken great care over writing the documentation for this new infobox making it easier for anyone to implement it and fill in the fields, hopefully. However, if you do see any issues with it, please leave a comment here so that I may correct it, add or re-write whatever is needed to make things easier.

Projects
If you are keen to help with rolling out the new infobox across item articles, please be sure to read the documentation and become familiar with the infobox first. Once you are comfortable, get stuck right in! This infobox is to replace all DLC item infoboxes as well, the only items it should not be used on are the upgradable machines as they will be getting their own infobox in the future.

If you would like to know what other ways you can help, please check out the Project page which lists all ongoing projects and things being worked on. You are bound to find something there that takes your fancy.

As for me, I shall be working on the documentation for the other templates used in the new item infobox template and hopefully creating the first layout article, which will be on items and then I shall turn my attention to the upgradable item infobox.

Lastly, I would like to say a HUGE thankyou to everyone who has been contributing to the wiki since it was launched and a special thank you to JVC-Portia & Nadjiggle whos help and contributions have been enormous for this wiki. Thank you.



Happy Editing!

--Blarla (talk) 12:28, September 29, 2019 (UTC)