Thread:AVoraciousReader/@comment-28083312-20170718110752

I know this is the third message lol, this is just to make sure that when you get back you’ll be up to date on the stuff I’ve changed, there’s no rush or urgency or anything. Anyway, era icons are one of the very few modifications we are legally allowed to make the the Header area via JS/CSS & after seeing them employed on many other Wikis I thought they might turn out very useful. Basically what they are is small icons placed on the top-right of a page which display a small image which does three things; A) it serves as a link to the general page about whatever a particular page covers, B) it produces a small dropdown on hover which can be used to provide further information, & C) it helps to associate characters or places with symbolism that can be easily recognized when used elsewhere throughout the Wiki.

So, I’ve made two new templates for them: Icon & WPI. The first is used to generate any of the regular symbols I used in the War Infobox only as Era Icons, an example can be seen at Ebenezar McCoy. The second stands for “Wikipedia Icon,” which is used to link to the Wikipedia article about a particular concept we have (such as Karrin Murphy). Both can be used at the same time such as in the Harry Dresden page, but they should always be placed at the very top of the page or else they come out weirdly in Mercury. The templates are fully customizable so I can replace the icons if you have better imagery in mind, add more icons for different organizations, or create a whole new template such as when linking to equivalent articles on external sites. There’s a lot of options available, so if you have any suggestions for improvements or if you think the idea is bad/should be trashed then please let me know. 