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== Important Things to Change as the Year progresses ==
=== Calendar ===
* As a workaround, the time zone is set as Dublin during British Summer Time.  
* The Week Numbers start on the Monday and end on the Sunday.
** But the implementation on MediaWiki is that Sunday is Day 0 of the week and Saturday Day 6.
 
=== British Summer Time etc ===
* As a workaround, the time zone is set in Localsettings.php as Dublin during British Summer Time.  
** Return it to London when the clocks go back.
** Return it to London when the clocks go back.


== Mobile considerations ==
===Mobile considerations ===
* The use of tables means wide, mobile-phobic pages.
* The use of tables means wide, mobile-phobic pages.
* Tables result in their text contents often appearing in small font.  
* Tables result in their text contents often appearing in small font.  
* The use of ; and : result in small font on mobile phones, whereas * does not.
* The use of ; and : result in small font on mobile phones, whereas * does not.
=== HTML glitches ===
* If you cannot pass an '=' (equals sign) as a parameter, replace the = with %3D
=== Start new section of a page without interference from images above ===
Include the line:<br>
<nowiki><div style="clear: both"></div></nowiki>

Latest revision as of 23:10, 12 December 2024

Calendar

  • The Week Numbers start on the Monday and end on the Sunday.
    • But the implementation on MediaWiki is that Sunday is Day 0 of the week and Saturday Day 6.

British Summer Time etc

  • As a workaround, the time zone is set in Localsettings.php as Dublin during British Summer Time.
    • Return it to London when the clocks go back.

Mobile considerations

  • The use of tables means wide, mobile-phobic pages.
  • Tables result in their text contents often appearing in small font.
  • The use of ; and : result in small font on mobile phones, whereas * does not.

HTML glitches

  • If you cannot pass an '=' (equals sign) as a parameter, replace the = with %3D

Start new section of a page without interference from images above

Include the line:
<div style="clear: both"></div>