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two things:

1) Are there any like, uber-skilled CSS-ers reading this who might be able to help me with some layout problems I'm having with a stylesheet? I've done pretty good so far, but there's just one thing that's completely stumping me. Also, I need help with IE compatibility with stylesheets - I have no idea where to start with hacks and whatnot.

2) Having to ask this question has given me a thought - Should I create a community along the lines of

fandom_lawyers, called something like fandom_itgeeks or something? It would function in a similar way to fandom_lawyers. i.e. A place where you can ask questions of the IT experts (who are also fans!) watching the community about specific problems with IT you're having. Probably more web-IT than personal computer stuff.

Because, you know, I dig out and hang around a bunch of IT support boards when I have problems, but a lot of the times I really *don't* want to link to my website of gay porn and geekdom, yaknow?

So it would be a place for things like: I'm having trouble with positioning in my css stylesheet, or: does anyone know why this mediawiki extension isn't working for me? or: halp! I broke the php in my lj layout! So, a tech support resource for fandom webmasters.

So not necessarily the low-level stuff like "can someone make me an icon because I only have MS paint, lol!"

What do you reckon?

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Isn't there already comms like that here? I mean it's a great idea and I could see most people using it, but it just seems like it's already going to be up and running.

Wish I knew where....

I think that's a great idea - really useful. I think I'd definitely use that, rather than be a helpful contributer, though, because my IT skills= suckage.

I like that idea a lot, and would definitely find it very useful.

*big vote aye*

I love that idea, and I think I would definitely participate. :))

And I might be able to help you with CSS, maybe? Although I will admit I know very little about IE compatibility.

Am going to email you, re:css, right now :)

is it the bottom of the main box you're having trouble with?

I don't know too much about CSS, but I have a basic understanding of it (and an awesome book!) and I'm quite good at reading and finding problems in code (I studied "geek" for two years ;-))

you probably have these links, but anyway:

http://www.positioniseverything.net/
http://www.quirksmode.org/

the real pain in the arse is IE7. there was a "star hack" that used to work in IE, but not in this version, apparently.

i don't code half as much as i should, so i'll readily admit that i tend to snag existing tried'n'tested template layouts and then tweak them.

b.x :)

cheers!

Not sure my CSS is up to helping, so I'll pass, but I think the comm is a great idea!

If you haven't had help yet, email me the page in question (mailto:katemonkey@gmail.com) and what the problems seem to be.

And fandom_it would be quite lovely, I think. There's

accessfandom for web standards and accessibility, but it's fairly dead-ish. I'd love to see more out there (especially with regards to web design and the like)

I am about to email you right now :)

I think I will create a fandom_it comm... just need to figure out the guidelines etc for it first, though (would you be interested in co-modding it?)

Yeah, what the hell. However, I have the technical ability of a goldfish, so hopefully, people won't expect me to answer their computer problems.

And I got your email and I'll look it over when I'm more awake. I can see the problem, I just need to figure out how to solve it.

I think it's a great idea. *nodnod*

I'd go for a geek comm. I could help with search engine optimization and hiding, as appropriate. Not so much with CSS :-(

Um, this may be way off track, but I'm having trouble getting a google coop search extension for mediawiki working. You wouldn't be able to give me some technical advice about that, would you? *hopeful*

Yep, I did the best article about that search service so far (will email the URL). The main problem is that it uses the websearch index, which updates on an irregular basis. If you want something more reliable, I can offer some suggestions!

I am quite keen on the google coop - partly because it's for a work project based on mediawiki, and our main audience is utterly confounded by any search engine that doesn't function like google, sigh. I've put it on our main organisation website, but couldn't get the extension to work for mediawiki, despite following all the instructions, dammit!

If you have any ideas of how to tweak and play around with the existing mediawiki search, though, I'd welcome them.

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