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==Things That Are Different==
 
==Things That Are Different==
New look
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'''New look'''
 
*Color matches Club Ministries
 
*Color matches Club Ministries
 
*Tabs
 
*Tabs
 
*Mobile view
 
*Mobile view
Honor Infobox
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*New skin
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**Better looking indices
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**Same skin for desktop and mobile
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'''Honor Infobox'''
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*Replaces banner at the top of the answer key pages
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**Approval authority
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**Skill Level
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**Category
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**Year
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**Improved See-Also feature including Roman numerals.
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***Master Awards
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***Advanced honor
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***Next/previous in sequence (Swimming, Camping Skills, Bully, etc)
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***IA connections
 
*Downloads
 
*Downloads
 
**Requirements
 
**Requirements
 
**Answer Key
 
**Answer Key
 
**Worksheets
 
**Worksheets
New metadata
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*overview
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'''New metadata'''
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*overview blurb
 
*challenging part
 
*challenging part
 
*instructor
 
*instructor
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**required
 
**required
 
**optional
 
**optional
Overview page
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Improved See-Also feature including Roman numerals.
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'''Overview'''
*Master Awards
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*Provides quick look at honor
*Advanced honor
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*Place to put historical notes, etc
*Next/previous in sequence
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*IA connections
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'''Requirements'''
Single-point of definition for Requirements
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*Single-point of definition for Requirements
 
*Requirements can be read from single-point and used anywhere
 
*Requirements can be read from single-point and used anywhere
 
**Answer keys
 
**Answer keys
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*Change it in one place, it changes everywhere
 
*Change it in one place, it changes everywhere
 
**Inconsistency is impossible.
 
**Inconsistency is impossible.
AdventSource could quit making requirements PDFs since we've got that covered.
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**AdventSource could quit making requirements PDFs since we've got that covered.
Restructuring protects requirements from editing
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**Restructuring protects requirements from editing
Answer key's table of contents no longer a poor proxy for requirements
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**Answer key's table of contents no longer a poor proxy for requirements
*Collapsible answers
 
Placeholder for Lesson Plans
 
Taiga Worksheet
 
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book shortened to AY Honors
 
Easier translation
 
*Localized templates means we don't have to duplicate them.
 
  
What we need help with
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'''Answer Keys'''
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**Collapsible answers
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'''Placeholder for Lesson Plans'''
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'''Worksheet'''
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*See Taiga example
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'''The Invisible Changes'''
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*Updated to latest Mediawiki (1.35)
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*Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book shortened to AY Honors
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*Much easier translation
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**Localized templates means we don't have to duplicate them.
 +
*Template documentation
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**How to use
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**Description of mechanics (template syntax is very obtuse)
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==What we need help with==
 
*Write overviews
 
*Write overviews
 
*Audit requirements
 
*Audit requirements
 
**Most were extracted from Answer Keys with a bot I wrote
 
**Most were extracted from Answer Keys with a bot I wrote
**Bot's are stupid
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**Bot's are stupid, mine especially so
 
***Unnumbered requirements and important notes
 
***Unnumbered requirements and important notes
 
*Lesson Plans
 
*Lesson Plans
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*Translate to German
 
*Translate to German
 
*Allow users to select a division (defaults to NAD view)
 
*Allow users to select a division (defaults to NAD view)
*Users will see their own divisions honors
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**Division saved in profile for registered users
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**Attempt to determine division based on anonymous user's IP address
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**Division selector will be similar to language selector
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*Users will see their own divisions honors by default
 
*Users can still see honors from outside their division
 
*Users can still see honors from outside their division
**These honors will be displayed with a warning.
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**"Outside" honors will be displayed with a warning.

Latest revision as of 22:32, 11 February 2021

Changes to the Wiki, for first quarter of 2021

Things That Are Different

New look

  • Color matches Club Ministries
  • Tabs
  • Mobile view
  • New skin
    • Better looking indices
    • Same skin for desktop and mobile

Honor Infobox

  • Replaces banner at the top of the answer key pages
    • Approval authority
    • Skill Level
    • Category
    • Year
    • Improved See-Also feature including Roman numerals.
      • Master Awards
      • Advanced honor
      • Next/previous in sequence (Swimming, Camping Skills, Bully, etc)
      • IA connections
  • Downloads
    • Requirements
    • Answer Key
    • Worksheets


New metadata

  • overview blurb
  • challenging part
  • instructor
  • speaker
  • field trip
    • required
    • optional

Overview

  • Provides quick look at honor
  • Place to put historical notes, etc

Requirements

  • Single-point of definition for Requirements
  • Requirements can be read from single-point and used anywhere
    • Answer keys
    • IA
    • Worksheets
    • Lesson Plans
  • Change it in one place, it changes everywhere
    • Inconsistency is impossible.
    • AdventSource could quit making requirements PDFs since we've got that covered.
    • Restructuring protects requirements from editing
    • Answer key's table of contents no longer a poor proxy for requirements


Answer Keys

    • Collapsible answers

Placeholder for Lesson Plans

Worksheet

  • See Taiga example

The Invisible Changes

  • Updated to latest Mediawiki (1.35)
  • Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book shortened to AY Honors
  • Much easier translation
    • Localized templates means we don't have to duplicate them.
  • Template documentation
    • How to use
    • Description of mechanics (template syntax is very obtuse)

What we need help with

  • Write overviews
  • Audit requirements
    • Most were extracted from Answer Keys with a bot I wrote
    • Bot's are stupid, mine especially so
      • Unnumbered requirements and important notes
  • Lesson Plans
    • Time metadata depends on Lesson Plans
  • French!

When will this go live?

  • Maybe in April?
  • Still need to finish moving the translations

After that

  • Translate to German
  • Allow users to select a division (defaults to NAD view)
    • Division saved in profile for registered users
    • Attempt to determine division based on anonymous user's IP address
    • Division selector will be similar to language selector
  • Users will see their own divisions honors by default
  • Users can still see honors from outside their division
    • "Outside" honors will be displayed with a warning.