Board Thread:Suggestions and Ideas/@comment-14600979-20150610003725

This discussion happened a few years ago, but it came up again in chat.

We've been using Wikia's service for a while now, and issues keep coming up, especially as we approach the release of SmileBASIC.

However, it may be possible that we could get our own site hosted for the community and sharing program info and download keys.


 * Anonymous users--that's you guys browsing but without an account--Have complained about the advertisements on Wikia. Not only is there often a very large banner ad at the top which pushes the content down, Wikia also thinks people enjoy video advertisements.  As far as program viewing goes, Wikia is disadvantageous for most people because of that.


 * The category issue: We had to make a second wiki because of the difficulties of separating programs for the upcoming SmileBASIC and Petit Computer. Things like this that are caused by the way Wikia works would not be an issue if we moved to our own site.


 * Cleanliness: Users not following or even knowing about the standard layout has long been a big issue. If it weren't for Wikia, it would be super easy to just give people some forms for information and create the page for them, or even just make sure they always start out looking at the standard layout.


 * Editing/Submission: Also part of the above. The ridiculous new visual editor is broken in so many ways, and there is no way to force the older editor on users.


 * General interface: We would have so much more control over this. The Oasis (Wikia default) skin doesn't even load properly on my tablet, so that's something.

There are two main points we want to hear from you about.

One, would you move to the new site? Is there anything that you feel we would miss? And two, it's possible that it wouldn't be up until some time after SmileBASIC releases. Would it be worth it with the wait? 