Template talk:Bahá'í books

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I like it.

Some minor thoughts:

• could it be changed later if there is a need to add another book once an article is written (psst. Kitáb-i`Ahd)? I don't know much about these technical things, but it seems like it would.
• about consistancy with the general Bahá'í template, if that is a concern, the main one is thinner and has a dark grey border and the colored headings don't reach the edge border, which I think is a pretty classy thing to do.
• green seems a nice color, do you think it's too dark? (again with respect to consistancy) the only other color that comes to mind that would be nice for books is brown, but with all the blue and grey all over the wiki site you probably made a better choice with green.

Again, I like it. As far as I'm concerned it can go out as it is. As a newbie I'd like to say that I respect all of the contributions you and a few others have made. I just gave some critiques because you asked for them. LambaJan 19:04, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

After trying for a long time. I can't figure out why the main Baha'i template adds spaces on the sides of the colored headings, or why the background is grey, or why the border is grey. If anyone else knows what they're doing please try. I had problems with templates before. Cuñado - Talk 14:13, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

By the way, yes, if you edit the template, all the pages using the template will also be changed. You can see I just added two books. You can add a template to a page by typing the code: {{Bahá'í books}} on the page. Cuñado - Talk 06:00, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Wow! You got the spaces on the sides! I just noticed something though... The background color of the ringstone image is white and the other background is off-white. I don't know if this is what still looks off to you, but you can see the edges. LambaJan 23:27, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

The picture is .png, and it supports transparency (ie, the background is "clear" and not white), and on a firefox browser it loads as transparent, but on an Internet Explorer browser it appears as white. I don't know why, if someone knows what they're doing please fix it. You might notice that the main Baha'i template has the same problem. Cuñado - Talk 11:11, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

That's interesting, because I am using the firefox browser and it's still white. btw- do you have to type in all of that stuff every time to get your custom signature? I'm assuming yo don't. Maybe there's a tutorial you could direct me to. LambaJan 18:59, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Here's a tutorial: on the top right of your page, next to your name and "log out", click on preferences, then under "nickname" you can type in some code and save. If you're not sure how to format it, there's a help link on the second line of the page.

OK I have no idea about the transparency. On my computer it works in firefox but not in IE. Cuñado - Talk

I like the look of the template, but is it really appropriate to use the ringstone symbol in this context? It just feels a little too casual, but that could just be me. Is there any reason we shouldn't just use the nine-pointed star from the general Bahá'í Faith template? It seems like that would keep a bit more cohesion, so anyone who had seen the Bahá'í Faith page could conceivabley run into an article on the Kitáb-i-Íqán accidentally and still be able to immediately recognize it as a Bahá'í topic, without having to learn and remember two symbols (even ignoring the "Texts & Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith" bit). Keldan 02:54, 17 September 2005 (UTC)