# Wiki redesign **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [June 11, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136 "2011-06-11T00:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/1 "2011-06-11T00:12:58Z")
Hello! Is it possible to make the wiki look more like [nginx.org](http://nginx.org)? Like neutral, clean and simple? Like: [KISS principle - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle) “It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”. Thanks, Tony ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/2 "2011-06-11T03:09:20Z")
Hi, At least in Opera you have an option do disable any style, so you’re back to 90s html. Easier for the world 😉 – Mars 2 Stay! > **[Golden Hammer](https://xkcd.com/801/)** > > Took me five tries to find the right one, but I managed to salvage our night out--if not the boat--in the end. /etc ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/3 "2011-06-11T11:59:42Z")
The design is fine; I’m more annoyed with the search feature, which doesn’t work at all: No results at all: [http://wiki.nginx.org/Special:Search?search=upstream&fulltext=Search](http://wiki.nginx.org/Special:Search?search=upstream&fulltext=Search) Random results: [http://wiki.nginx.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=0&search=location&fulltext=Search&ns0=1](http://wiki.nginx.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=0&search=location&fulltext=Search&ns0=1) It’s more of an annoyance than anything, but it’d be nice to have. Kind Regards, -Mathew D… 2011/6/11 Nuno Magalhães [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/4 "2011-06-11T15:12:16Z")
On 6/11/11 6:11 AM, Tony wrote: > No the design isn’t fine. It looks like something right outta the cold war. > What’s wrong with you?? The wiki is designed and maintained by Cliff W.. I imagine he’ll chime in at some point, but feel free to contact him with your suggestions. > Tony > [http://www.orangeriet.no](http://www.orangeriet.no) > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Mathew D. \< > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote: > > > The design is fine; I’m more annoyed with the search feature, which doesn’t > > work at all: I agree with this assessment. The search function is unreliable at best. This is something that should be examined and hopefully improved. – Jim O. ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/5 "2011-06-11T15:14:07Z")
> > > The design is fine; I’m more annoyed with the search feature, which doesn’t > > > work at all: > > I agree with this assessment. The search function is unreliable at best. > This is something that should be examined and hopefully improved. > > – > Jim O. Swallow pride and replace with a google search box? Thomas ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/6 "2011-06-11T12:12:02Z")
No the design isn’t fine. It looks like something right outta the cold war. What’s wrong with you?? Tony [http://www.orangeriet.no](http://www.orangeriet.no) On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Mathew D. \< ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/7 "2011-06-11T15:53:01Z")
It used to be a Google search box and it worked even worse than it does now. As far as I know the search is currently handled via Sphinx so there’s plenty of options for tuning it, for example I think it’d be a lot better if it was configured to do partial word matching on the title and give that more weight than the body. Experimentation should lead to much improved results. The biggest problem, though, is that when searching in the search box at the top of the wiki you’re taken to the search page but not shown any results. Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Wiki redesign](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,205775,205933#msg-205933)** > > Hello! Is it possible to make the wiki look more like nginx.org? Like neutral, clean and simple? Like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS\_principle "It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is not ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/8 "2011-06-11T16:03:31Z")
On 11 June 2011 15:52, Ensiferous [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > It used to be a Google search box and it worked even worse than it does > now. How’s that possible? ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/9 "2011-06-11T15:23:21Z")
> Swallow pride and replace with a google search box? I’m not sure how this is “swallowing pride” but again it is for Cliff to decide. I’d be surprised if he weren’t around here soon. ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/10 "2011-06-11T18:01:26Z")
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 12:11 +0200, Tony wrote: > No the design isn’t fine. It looks like something right outta the cold > war. What’s wrong with you?? The cold war is over and is fair game for retro-design inspiration. I wouldn’t be opposed to some design efforts on the wiki (there are lots of pages that could use some layout help), but I’m not interested in changing it to look like craigslist or gmail. We had something like that previously when we were on MoinMoin, and the change to the new design was generally welcomed. Cliff ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/11 "2011-06-11T16:43:39Z")
Saw this topic through the mailing list, thought i’d chime in… For one of my sites I had to engineer an algorithmic SQL query, currently it’s set to search through 3 different tables and return a list of combined results. I’d love to work with Cliff if he’s interested :] could have a pretty sweet search section. -Brad Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Wiki redesign](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,205775,205944#msg-205944)** > > Hello! Is it possible to make the wiki look more like nginx.org? Like neutral, clean and simple? Like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS\_principle "It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is not ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/12 "2011-06-11T18:05:45Z")
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 00:12 +0200, Tony wrote: > Hello! > > Is it possible to make the wiki look more like [nginx.org](http://nginx.org)? Like > neutral, clean and simple? If you have a mockup you want to share, I’m not opposed to discussing it. But be ready to do some work, and be prepared to have some of that work rejected or criticized. When you say “is it possible”, well of course it is. But realize that someone, somewhere, has to do the actual work, and if you’re not able/willing to commit to at least some of that work then it’s just idle chatter. Regards, Cliff ---
**Author:** ![merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@merc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merc)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-redesign/208136/13 "2011-06-11T18:02:03Z")
If this is something you’re interested in helping with, I’d be glad to give you access. Contact me off-list. Cliff