Preparing images for infoboxes
Note: This document is a work in progress. This is a work in progress
Since Fandom's rollout of their Unified Community Platform (UCP), they've migrated to newer "portable infoboxes". Sure, it requires some migration and work from legacy templates of the longtime Wikia system, but the goal is to reach more users across desktop and mobile platforms. This document has been tailored for users of Apple products on the Apple Wiki.
There are various image types, but the most commonly used are JPEG, GIF, PNG, and now WebP.
- JPEG (.jpg) is ideal for photos and presently does not account for transparent pixels.
- GIF (.gif) is usable for legacy icons with 256 colors or fewer, and 1-bit transparency (it is either completely opaque or transparent, on or off).…
UCP migration has occurred on the Apple Wiki
Some editors may have noticed subtle and not-so-subtle changes to the site. We've just made the migration to Fandom's new Unified Community Platform (UCP) and there's no going back. Here's a quick list of the caveats:
- Blogs: The Blog:Recent_posts page now also displays posts from the community feed. Here is Fandom's page regarding the migration of blogs. To browse blog posts only, see all blog posts (not in chronological order).
- Editing: If you're having trouble with the new UCP source editor's bugginess, lagginess, and broken "Preview" feature, you can enable an older functional editor by going into your preferences, then the Editing tab, then select "Source editor" from the pop-up menu under Editor. Right now, this pop-up menu preference has not…
LOL rumor sites
There's a disproportionate amount of energy being poured into rumors of new iPhone 12 and iPad Pro models as things are reaching a fever pitch for the October 2020 event. Wikipedia has their rule about overt speculation, but we're not Wikipedia, so here's a few practical guidelines I'd like to lay out so we can keep the fun and enthusiasm, without turning into a fanon site...
- Most important, include a link or reference to the source from where you're getting your info from, so we know you're not just making it up.
- Ideal sources that warrant new stand-alone articles should be confirmed information from Apple itself, data gleaned from beta releases, or confirmed leaks of information from manufacturers in Apple's supply chain (photos of parts …
Online resources at Apple
Here are useful links to reference resources at Apple for their hardware and software products:
- Identify your Apple TV model
- Identify your Apple Watch
- Identify your iPad model
- Identify your iPhone model
- Identify your iPod model
- Identify your iMac model (2009 and later)
- Identify your MacBook model (2009 and later)
- Identify your MacBook Air model (2009 and later)
- Identify your MacBook Pro model (2008 and later)
- Identify your Mac mini model (2009 and later)
- Identify your Mac Pro model (2009 and later)
- Tech Specs (search existing and discontinued products since 1984)
- News and Updates (latest builds of Apple software for developers)
- Newsroom Archive (search past releases since 2000)
Viewing expired auction links from Japan
Auctions can be a valuable resource for finding information about vintage items. However, Yahoo! JAPAN will expire auction listings after a set period of time (a tactic that eBay has also adopted), causing search engines to lead to dead links.
However, even though a URL for a Yahoo! JAPAN auction may have expired, the data from the auction can continue to be viewable through a 3rd party online auction service. For example: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c681773627
Copy the auction ID number from the Yahoo! URL above and paste it to the end of the web address below: https://aucview.aucfan.com/yahoo/c681773627 [SUCCESS!]