Talk:Halo Alpha

Featured Content
Does the feature content alway got to be the spiker? Double  Agent   Rtas 'Vadam  22:11, December 2008 (UTC)


 * The Featured Article is now Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. — Lt.   Commander   Kouger  10:22, 1 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Does the featured content always have to be ODST? FishType1 18:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't the featured content be on a fixed interval like monthly? -- Jaguartalon 09:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Opening Poll
i closed a poll, but now i can't open it. Bioniclepluslotr 16:23, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * And? 02:26, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Something like this doesn't belong on the discussion for the main page...

Halo: Chronicles
Is there currently any work being done on said project, or is it in stasis? Do we have any news on its development? Lieutenant Mcloganator

Was there a demo included with Halo Wars or any information (pamphlet)? --Sacrifice of Angels 04:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

There was no demo, information, or other data. --User talk:Arc-59 03:09 PM, 24 March 2009

Date
Dude, images used in the date are wrong. Today's the 01/02/09 (1st Feb 2009). Not 02/01/08. 02 and 01 are plausible due to sequence, but the year is most definately wrong.


 * We use the US date format, hence the 02/01. I've updated the image for 2009 though. 13:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Private Hosting: Halopedia.org
Alright, I've brought this up in the past, and it's about time to make it happen. My name is AgentSeethroo, and I sort of created this site, back on www.halopedia.org, when it was a part of the gamerfocus network. DragonClaws was the first admin that I appointed, and he went from there with keeping up with the 'pedia. He appointed more admins, and when I ran out of funds to keep the site up and running, you guys moved it over to Wikia. Kudos. I'm incredibly happy that the site I created has grown so much. However, when I see that growth, I hate that it's attached to something like Wikia.

I'll give the hosting info to the person that would like to start moving the databases over. Let's get this project going. Email me at AgentSeethroo@gmail.com.

Thanks, -Seethroo


 * Hello sir, and welcome back to Halopedia. Though quite frankly, I don't think we have much of a problem with the fact that we are currently a part of Wikia and Wikia gaming, that goes for me, many other Admins, and a ton of other users. [[Image:United Nations logo.png|35px]] General  Tony ,  Administrator of Halopedia  Talk 2/11/2009


 * Maybe it's a matter of my pride. I dunno. I just think the 'pedia should be independent. Or dependent on me. heh. Update: halopedia.org is totally unavailable now. Does anyone have ideas for a new domain? - TehSeethroo

Account info has been emailed. I personally am highly against creating a divergent Halopedia community. Wikia has contributed to great advertisement that makes us well known in the Halo community and offers us a stable website. The bandwidth problems we had will be incredibly more troublesome than before with the great growth the wiki community has seen. Plus, why compete with each other when our goals are essentially the same? It will be like the competition we had with H2 wiki, only more so. Most Halopedians will stick with the stable resource over the shaky independent site. It seems like a big mess for nothing. --Dragonc laws (talk ) 04:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Incidentally, this blog can serve as a record of all your lost time. --Dragonc laws (talk ) 05:01, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

List of Halopedia articles
Does anyone know a way to discover new Halopedia articles without having to use the "random page" button?


 * Special:Newpages 10:40, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Is there a way to view all of the Halopedia articles alphabetically like the index on wikia.com? Lieutenant Mcloganator  14:40, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The Index Vendack 14:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Make new pages
Can you make new pages here? If so... How?


 * If you type an article name that doesn't exist into the search bar, it will give you the option of creating it. Alternatively, you can edit a page and add a link to the nonexistent article, which you can view in the preview and click on to take you to create the page. --Dragonc laws (talk ) 06:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Skin
When I log into Halopedia, the skin is the usual greenish color look. However, when I log out, it is an african background. My preferences are set to administrator's choice, but how can i get the african background when logged in? BPL 16:44, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok, never mind I logged out and back in and the skin changed. BPL  16:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Picture and Video Quizes
Can anyone add another "game" to this site with picture or video quizes? The questions could be about the picture (What species is this? with an image of a Grunt) or a video (What makes this sound? with Grunt noises in the video. It's just a suggestion, but I thought it'd be cool. BPL  23:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Squished Main Page
Does anyone think the main page looks kind of squished right now? The new style is cool, but the big HALOPEDIA sign is pushing everything in that box to the side. Could it possibly be moved to the top? BPL 20:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I dislike that as well. It makes a big space right where we all want to see more, and stuffs it up for the people who don't have bigger screens. Also, the font is rather...uninteresting - substitute with text in the Halo font? The 888th Avatar  (Talk) 01:11, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

It does seem squished, and the new boxes on the side seem somewhat unnecessary. They don't seem to match the theme even for me. Just a personal opinion of course, but I liked it better before. The picture at the top is cool though.  Vadamee  15:15, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Whoa... is that 800 x 600? The Administration team will look into this matter...- 5 ub7 ank (7alk ) 15:21, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * If you mean the resolution of the screen the image is in, it's 1024 x 768. BPL  22:24, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Does it still squish? It looks fine for me. --Dragonc laws (talk ) 00:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it still is squished for me.  Vadamee  00:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Weird, even in 1024 x 768, it doesn't look squished... for me of course.- 5 ub<font color="#FF4F00">7 ank (<font color="#FF4F00">7alk ) 18:17, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah that is weird since it still looks squished to me.  Vadamee  23:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * This is what I see. There isn't a "Halopedia" title image, but rather "Halo". Perhaps you need to clear your cache? --<font color="#4D56B1">Dragon<font color="#F28500">c laws (<font color="#4D56B1">talk ) 01:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I have the "Halo", but mine is still squished. See Image 3. BPL  01:42, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Are you running a Wide screen? Would that have anything to do with it? I'm a computer geek but my knowledge is mostly graphics and software oriented. Could that be it. Your screen shot looked to be in a different ratio. Mine is full screen and looks like BPL's.  Vadamee  12:51, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello! It's working just fine for me now! I don't know if you did something but if you did t worked.  Vadamee  14:12, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I changed the layout of the Main Page. :) Nice to know it working fine... :) - <font color="#FF4F00">5 ub<font color="#FF4F00">7 ank (<font color="#FF4F00">7alk ) 14:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Yay! It's working. The box with logo isn't on top, like Dragonclaws's view, but it isn't squished anymore. BPL 23:33, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I think it was the ads' fault. Dragonclaws doesn't have any ads and his is fine. However, mine has ads so it takes up the space the main box would have been.


 * No. I thought of that, but no. I tried disabling Adblock and it still worked. --<font color="#4D56B1">Dragon<font color="#F28500">c laws (<font color="#4D56B1">talk ) 07:07, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Featured article box
Do we really need to have the box have the heading "FEATURED ARTICLE", and then say "Featured Article:(name of page" again immediately below that? The 888th Avatar  (Talk) 08:33, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It's fixed, I think. BPL  23:45, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah good, thanks. The 888th Avatar  (Talk) 11:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Picture Game Glitches
I noticed several glitches on the picture game. First, every time I try to skip a certain question (see image), the next question is the same one. Also, the main logo is missing at the top and the sidebar is moved over it. Also, the ads (not pictured) will sometimes go right into the middle of the images. Can this be fixed? BPL 22:36, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I just noticed, whenever I go back to the picture game, it's the same one. I can get past it by playing it, but the skip button doesn't work on any game. BPL  22:37, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I've also noted the same thing, as well as pictures from some picture games, including my own, all of a sudden not having some of the pics show up.  Vadamee  20:18, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

New favicon
Ok I have a request to make, I made this new favicon [the image that appears next to the address bar] and I would like for you to consider it for me <~ this is the image that I made for the new favicon. [and I would make a poll but seeing how un-used to the wiki formatting I cannot make a poll]

Now the reason I made this image is that for me whenever I think of halo Master cheif is one of the first things that pops into my head. So what better way to represent Halopedia than with Master Cheif's head? So with that said what do you think, and can you direct me to the proper place that I should suggest this? EkgladiatorTalk 18:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I cannot help you particularly, but I would advise that if the image is accepted, it be larger than 16X16 pixels. This is probably obvious but I wanted to put it out there. You may try sending a message directly to an admin. Subtank, Commander Tony, Dragonclaws, and EWcdnaudee or whatever the name is usually respond quickly and are helpful.  Vadamee  20:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


 * That's a good size. Any larger can mess up the appearance of the in-browser search bar. I'm not sure Master Chief is the best representation of the Halo world, myself. It does go beyond the Chief. And the H can stand for both Halo and Halopedia. Anyway, I'm not sure changing it is a good idea. *shrugs* --<font color="#4D56B1">Dragon<font color="#F28500">c laws (<font color="#4D56B1">talk ) 23:44, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

For

 * Well, new Halo fans would know Master Chief, but maybe not the "H". I think it should be changed.




 * BPL 00:29, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Changed from neutral.  Vadamee  19:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Neutral
It's an interesting proposition, but not particularly necessary. I'm neutral.  Vadamee  12:10, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Halo Logo Mainpage (Closed)
The Halo logo right there at the top of the first section on the Main page is somewhat plain. I've found a site with slightly modded pics of the halo logo such as the one here. Just a thought that we might want to try a logo with a more artistic flair. There are other colors as well. Try this site to see others. Halo Bungie.org  Vadamee  19:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Neutral

 * - Perfect, but should definitely include the Chief ;) -
 * Thats not particularly hard to work in, but you have to have better photo manipulation software than I have. Also, it can't take to much space. I'm talking about the little "Welcome to Halo" section on the page. The current logo is relatively small and we don't want to go too big if we do change it.  Vadamee  23:40, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Against

 * Plain and simple is all we need. :P - <font color="#FF4F00">5 ub<font color="#FF4F00">7 ank (<font color="#FF4F00">7alk ) 19:56, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Good point, If that is the consensus, I have no problem withdrawing the proposal.  Vadamee  19:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * No, we're not changing it, this isn't the Halo style wikia, nobody cares what the look of the logo is. Plus, both of those are pretty ugly. Voting closed. [[Image:Fleet Marine Force insignia.png|50px]] General  Tony ,  Administrator of Halopedia  Talk 3/25/2009
 * As per CT. Plus, the current one looks better for us, at least for now. Ascy undefined 'Vamal   Ultra Elite   contribs  18:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Very well, sorry to have wasted your time. Thanks for considering it anyway.  Vadamee  19:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Virus on Site?
I don't know if it's just this site or my cpu, but everytime I'm not editing on this page, this random thing that looks kinda the games bungie plays before releasing games (i love bees). Then it rick rolls me. Did this happen to anyone else. It doesn't happen on any other site. BPL 00:19, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

It is happening to me as well.Snowleo 00:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Me too. User:Cris773 00:26, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I think it is one of those games. It link to the I love bees things. BPL  00:28, 1 April 2009 (UTC)