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One kind (created by our old bot, pictured at left) has a main brown "edit" button in addition to edit pencils and default section headers like "Title" and "Description" and the other kind (created by our [http://blog.aboutus.org/2009/07/22/aboutus-new-bot/ new bot], pictured at right) only has edit pencils and default sections headers like "About XYZ.com" and "Logo". | One kind (created by our old bot, pictured at left) has a main brown "edit" button in addition to edit pencils and default section headers like "Title" and "Description" and the other kind (created by our [http://blog.aboutus.org/2009/07/22/aboutus-new-bot/ new bot], pictured at right) only has edit pencils and default sections headers like "About XYZ.com" and "Logo". | ||
| − | All new [[domain pages]] created since July 2009 are in the new format and we are working to make incremental improvements to the layout and functionality of them. We regret the inconsistency that having two types of pages causes and apologize for the inconvenience. In the near future we will be converting all pages into the new format and if you'd like any pages converted now [ | + | All new [[domain pages]] created since July 2009 are in the new format and we are working to make incremental improvements to the layout and functionality of them. We regret the inconsistency that having two types of pages causes and apologize for the inconvenience. In the near future we will be converting all pages into the new format and if you'd like any pages converted now [<email>ad8e04803505ed24ab47f497399f72b9</email> email us]. |
[[Image:NewBotEasyFieldsExample.png|right|thumb|On our '''new''' style of pages uploading a logo and editing contact info is fielded and hopefully easier]] | [[Image:NewBotEasyFieldsExample.png|right|thumb|On our '''new''' style of pages uploading a logo and editing contact info is fielded and hopefully easier]] | ||
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*make pages more user-friendly and easier to edit for new people by using more fields, etc. (example pictured at right) | *make pages more user-friendly and easier to edit for new people by using more fields, etc. (example pictured at right) | ||
*offer better site performance to our visitors and editors by reducing the [[MediaWiki]]-induced stress on our database. | *offer better site performance to our visitors and editors by reducing the [[MediaWiki]]-induced stress on our database. | ||
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==Some good examples of new bot pages== | ==Some good examples of new bot pages== | ||
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