Wiki linked, detail stamp info 'World Explorer'
Our new Project is Alive
After working on creating the individual WIKI location stamp pages (now over 180 of them, ALL of the Slowly location stamps, all 122 Countries present) – we moved to preparing a public announcement and release of this Feature.
See Yann's Customized 'World Explorer' here.
But stay with us and find out what is so special about this version.
What is it ?
Simple – many of us might be curious of knowing what is showing in that Slowly stamp we just received in a pen pal letter.
- What is 'Stari Most' ?
- Where in the worlds is 'Puente de la Mujer' ?
- What is the pretty flower showing in the stunning Grenada stamp?
- Or the one from Puerto Rico ? Or Nicaragua ?
Sometimes the Slowly stamps are brilliant representations of a real building, landmark, plant or animal, cultural artifact.
How was this done ?
When I decided that this would be cool to have, I was inspired by the only 2 existing Location pages on the Wiki at the time — the ones for Puente de la Mujer and Obelisco de Buenos Aires, both from Argentina.
I had created an account in the Wiki, and had worked on upgrading all the stamps images to a larger size. From the original 100 pixels size, we moved to 320 pixel versions – for all 670 stamps currently on file.
THAT was quite a bit of work, but I recognized the value of it, and wanted to support our good friend lessonwang who did the bulk of the WIKI's stamp additions. A huge job, which is not well known, but deserves our gratitude.
Method used ?
I learned on the job, the syntax and commands for formatting in the WIKIs are different from forums or blogs, which I use more frequently.
I used the Argentinian posts as models, copied their source, and from them on started adding new pages.
Yesterday, the job was completed. All of the current Slowly Location stamps, the National stamps for all 122 countries currently present, all of those have their own individual pages.
An example Wiki page
The one for 'Ahu Tongariki', a Chilean stamp which shows one of the Moai sculptures in Easter Island.
And linking them in 'World Explorer' was next goal
...which amazingly, I pulled off in one day of intensive editing. The job is done, complete, and I am now posting links to my own customized version of Slowly's World Explorer page.
See Yann's Customized 'World Explorer' here.
Details on what editing was required, the added HTML to each stamp's entry on Slowly's original are shown in my Work in Progress topic – which was edited and updated thru the day as it evolved.
What's new on this version ?
- the page is currently identical to Slowly's own, except for adding links.
- Each stamp is linked to its WIKI location page.
- Clicking in either the stamp or its name will open a NEW Tab for it.
- And this will be presented to Slowly Team for consideration.
I had chatted with my Team contact person about it. The feedback was extremely positive, which I was very grateful for.
This shows that our Fandom can have positive impacts in adding features, information, resources and attracting and educating users in this lovely place we hang out in, which I have coined the name SlowlyVerse ^(TM, by yann2)
Thank you for reading !
I will be delighted if you enjoy using those new resources. Comments and suggestions are most welcome.
Famous Last Words
Special Thank You to the folks behind this wonderful app — all the hard working people at Slowly Communications.
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