Anyone up for a challenge?

[nutski]

I may be a bit late/out of touch/speaking out of turn, but my son showed me this today......http://www.ukcar.com/

Thats another for the bookmarks, i'll have a look through and see what information i can pull in!
Thanks

[nutski]

Highlander, the templates your after are insalled, hopefully work ok but lemme know if there are any probs

[highlander]

Pretty much perfect - the "Stub" template says "you can help Wikipedia by expanding it" though (think they'll notice? )

I don't know anything about templates, or how easy it would be to change that one so it says "our site" or "the Peugeot 406 Wiki" or something other than Wikipedia.

A minor gripe, though, as it's doing exactly what it's meant to do

[nutski]

Pretty much perfect - the "Stub" template says "you can help Wikipedia by expanding it" though (think they'll notice? )

I don't know anything about templates, or how easy it would be to change that one so it says "our site" or "the Peugeot 406 Wiki" or something other than Wikipedia.

A minor gripe, though, as it's doing exactly what it's meant to do

Fixed

[MartinV6]

Is it OK to have links to an external site? I have put a Cambelt/80k service how-to guide for the 3.0V6 on my own website, then created a new Wiki category under Engines - Petrol to link to it.

Hope that is the right way of doing this.

Martin.

[highlander]

Hi there - not sure what anyone else thinks about this, but I don't see the harm in it. Thanks for your contribution

In any case, I've added the "Knowledge Base", "Engines", and "Petrol" categories to your article, so that it is listed in the Knowledge Base section under the correct sub-category (this will be more useful later, when the KB grows and fills out with more content).

[Doggy]

I think this is a great development & would like to thank all concerned in doing this for us. As a relative newcomer, I am aware that content was lost from the forum due to hackers etc. - hate to see anything similar happen here. Do you/we have precautions to prevent this kind of thing?

[MartinV6]

I think this is a great development & would like to thank all concerned in doing this for us. As a relative newcomer, I am aware that content was lost from the forum due to hackers etc. - hate to see anything similar happen here. Do you/we have precautions to prevent this kind of thing?

I am happy to donate space on my website for backups etc, though I imagine it is already covered.

Martin.

[nutski]

I think this is a great development & would like to thank all concerned in doing this for us. As a relative newcomer, I am aware that content was lost from the forum due to hackers etc. - hate to see anything similar happen here. Do you/we have precautions to prevent this kind of thing?

I've got daily online backups from my host, can go back a pull stuff out from specific dates, also making weekly backups to my home pc just incase, so basically i have backups of the modified scripts for the wiki and a full backup of the database that can be reinstated, so if the worst happens i reckon it could be back up inside 15 mins

[swiss]

I would suggest that whenever a member carries out a repair procedure (eg. changing a dash bulb or removing and re-soldering the dash PCB) it be photographed and a step-by step guide added to the wiki (or the photos emailed to a member with the time to create one).

Bit of a busy weekend but if I can sneak out to work on the car I'll take some photos of removing the instrument panel

Everyone who's contributed so far - fantastic work! This may prove an invaluable source of knowledge and experience

Oh, and can we do entries about an individual's car? For example, a link to 'member's 406s' then a linked member list. People can provide their car specs and photos, adding a link to their forum sigs for easy access to the information without cluttering up the board with exhaustive data. Furthermore, if anyone is doing a major project (as I hope too) they could keep a diary with a stage-by-stage of what they're doing, where they're getting their info etc. That kind of malarkey

[nutski]

I would suggest that whenever a member carries out a repair procedure (eg. changing a dash bulb or removing and re-soldering the dash PCB) it be photographed and a step-by step guide added to the wiki (or the photos emailed to a member with the time to create one).

Sounds good to me, i have to change both door locks, glove box and boot lock when i have time, going to photo every stage for a wiki how to.

Oh, and can we do entries about an individual's car? For example, a link to 'member's 406s' then a linked member list. People can provide their car specs and photos, adding a link to their forum sigs for easy access to the information without cluttering up the board with exhaustive data.

I've just setup a quick page for this, feel free to add your own info in, or change it round, anything you like really!

Furthermore, if anyone is doing a major project (as I hope too) they could keep a diary with a stage-by-stage of what they're doing, where they're getting their info etc. That kind of malarkey

Going like this i think the information might fill out really quickly

[highlander]

I've just setup a quick page for this, feel free to add your own info in, or change it round, anything you like really!

Nutski, I just fixed that page up for you so that the category system is a bit more structured, and I've put a quick "How To" in on the "Members Cars" category. Hope you don't mind!

[nutski]

I've just setup a quick page for this, feel free to add your own info in, or change it round, anything you like really!

Nutski, I just fixed that page up for you so that the category system is a bit more structured, and I've put a quick "How To" in on the "Members Cars" category. Hope you don't mind!

It's fine, is what wiki's are all about!