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Adding Maps 
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Would anyone know how to add other maps? For example, Tirisfal Glades is missing [61, 60] being the base of the Zepplin north of Undercity. Sanderdolphin 18:06, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
- Tirisfal Glades coords tooltip works for me. Dustwallow Marsh doesn't tho, [71, 51]. --
Fandyllic (talk · contr) 10:07 AM PST 12 Jan 2008
- All the map thumbs appear to be listed at User:Pcj/coords.js. I checked Dustwallow Marsh and it should be good. Not sure why it isn't working. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 10:11 AM PST 12 Jan 2008
- Oh wait it's working now that I looked at the 300px thumb. Maybe the server expires thumbs and you need to refresh them locally? Don't really understand how it works. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 10:13 AM PST 12 Jan 2008
- User:Pcj/Zone maps automatically generates all the proper thumbnails when you visit it, if any start disappearing, open that page up. --Pcj (T•C) 20:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- I've had a lot of the graphics fail to load consistently. When that happens, refreshing the page usually fills them in. I rarely have to refresh twice. Occasionally, I have to follow a link to a graphic to get it to cache, then the page loads just fine.
- This problem with graphics not loading seems to have started within the last few months.Madkaugh (talk) 05:05, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Oh wait it's working now that I looked at the 300px thumb. Maybe the server expires thumbs and you need to refresh them locally? Don't really understand how it works. --
- All the map thumbs appear to be listed at User:Pcj/coords.js. I checked Dustwallow Marsh and it should be good. Not sure why it isn't working. --
Can we get instance maps added? I'd like to add some coordinates for NPCs in larger instances. -- ScratchMonkey (talk) 22:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Usage with place names Edit
How can I use this in conjunction with a place name? I'd like to add coords to the page for Tower of Althalaxx. - ScratchMonkey (talk) 00:10, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
- I don't know where it is on the map, but something like {{co|50|30|Darkshore}}: [50, 30]. --Pcj (T•C) 01:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
- No, I mean stylistically, how should it be incorporated on a page like that? There's already a thumbnail map at the bottom, apparently another template, but it has no provision for placing coordinate dots. - ScratchMonkey (talk) 05:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
- I found the solution: Template:Zone Map. See Patch of Elemental Water for example usage. - ScratchMonkey (talk) 20:47, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
- No, I mean stylistically, how should it be incorporated on a page like that? There's already a thumbnail map at the bottom, apparently another template, but it has no provision for placing coordinate dots. - ScratchMonkey (talk) 05:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
All Thumbs and Maps used Edit
See Template:Coords/Maps transcluded below. --
Fandyllic (talk · contr) 3:23 PM PST 23 Apr 2008
I like this idea! Edit
I've got a coordinate mod, and as such, coordinates are generally easier for me to use than descriptions. Coordinates are in a standard format, whereas descriptions are not. Plus, not everything has a description of how to get to it - a lot of the trainers, for example. Not everything has coordinates either, but I'm adding them for the trainers as I use them. IChrisI (talk) 07:17, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Resized zones Edit
I saw the edit to the template and think it might need the same thing done for EPL, due to a note in the Gatherer addon's change log about both SW and EPL changing size. -- ScratchMonkey (talk) 23:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
Darnassus broken Edit
It's because the icons are misspelled as "Darnassis." I'm not sure what the best way is to correct this, so I'm hoping someone else will. -Howbizr (talk) 05:12, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
- This is a known issue, because the maps were taken directly from the WoW resource files where it is also misspelled. Since a user would use "Darnassus" in the template and it works, there is no reason to fix the misspelling. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 4:41 PM PST 11 Feb 2009
- Darnassus [50, 50] is definitely not working. Even after I added File:WorldMap-Darnassus.jpg and added a redirect to File:WorldMap-Darnassis.jpg. Any ideas?
Howbizr(t·c) 4:08 PM, 21 Jul 2009 (EDT)
- Reverted your blind change and fixed the actual problem. --Pcj (T•C) 20:32, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- I fixed a clear spelling error, the template is still broken ([50, 50]), so what exactly did you fix? Howbizr(t·c) 4:39 PM, 21 Jul 2009 (EDT)
- Image needs to reside at original spelling. Template will be broken for a few hours until the JavaScript cache (server-side) catches up. --Pcj (T•C) 20:41, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Is it possible to (a) upload the duplicated copy of the image with the right spelling, (b) change the code to use the correctly-spelled one, (c) point any other references to the correct one, then (d) delete the old one when it's all said and done, and the cache is updated? I know how to do most of that, minus the protected templates/Javascript. Howbizr(t·c) 5:00 PM, 21 Jul 2009 (EDT)
- Is it possible to (a) upload the duplicated copy of the image with the right spelling, (b) change the code to use the correctly-spelled one, (c) point any other references to the correct one, then (d) delete the old one when it's all said and done, and the cache is updated? I know how to do most of that, minus the protected templates/Javascript.
- Image needs to reside at original spelling. Template will be broken for a few hours until the JavaScript cache (server-side) catches up. --Pcj (T•C) 20:41, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- I fixed a clear spelling error, the template is still broken ([50, 50]), so what exactly did you fix?
- Reverted your blind change and fixed the actual problem. --Pcj (T•C) 20:32, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Darnassus [50, 50] is definitely not working. Even after I added File:WorldMap-Darnassus.jpg and added a redirect to File:WorldMap-Darnassis.jpg. Any ideas?
Coord Edit
I see a lot of {{coord|...}} rather than {{co|...}}, especially in the tooltips. Is this deprecated? Should I change instances of {{coord|...}} to {{co|...}} when I see them? Madkaugh (talk) 05:12, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Umm... {{co}} is a redirect to {{coords}}, so I think you have it the wrong way around. You can leave {{co}}, but if you feel the need to make it correct, change it to {{coords}}. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 4:40 PM PST 11 Feb 2009
Instance maps Edit
I'm having problems using the new maps. For example, Naxxramas [50, 50]. 
Howbizr(t·c) 7:56 PM, 19 Jul 2009 (EDT)
- What new maps? --Pcj (T•C) 21:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
- Remember when they added maps for some of the newer instances, like Naxx. How do I make that work?
{{co|50|50|Naxxramas}}seems intuitive but it doesn't work. Howbizr(t·c) 11:19 PM, 20 Jul 2009 (EDT)
- Someone added the maps but neglected to tell me. The "new maps" are not yet supported. --Pcj (T•C) 03:26, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Simple instance maps are now supported (those instances with one map for the entire instance). I am going to have to figure out how to reference the multi-map instances. --Pcj (T•C) 03:50, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Remember when they added maps for some of the newer instances, like Naxx. How do I make that work?
- Instead of a new paramater (since not all instances have multi-maps) cant we just call the main map Ulduar - the next one Ulduar1 and such ?
| Thumbnail | Image | Namve variation |
|---|---|---|
| 300px-InstanceMap-Ulduar.jpg | File:InstanceMap-Ulduar.jpg | Ulduar |
| 300px-InstanceMap-Ulduar1.jpg | File:InstanceMap-Ulduar1.jpg | Ulduar1 - linked to Ulduar name |
| 300px-InstanceMap-Ulduar2.jpg | File:InstanceMap-Ulduar2.jpg | Ulduar2 - linked to Ulduar name |
| 300px-InstanceMap-Ulduar3.jpg | File:InstanceMap-Ulduar3.jpg | Ulduar3 - linked to Ulduar name |
| 300px-InstanceMap-Ulduar4.jpg | File:InstanceMap-Ulduar4.jpg | Ulduar4 - linked to Ulduar name |
| 300px-InstanceMap-Ulduar5.jpg | File:InstanceMap-Ulduar5.jpg | Ulduar5 - linked to Ulduar name |
and just use the {{coords/dev|<50>|<50>|<Ulduar2>}} setting ? (I would think that would be less re-programing.) -- (M o r p h | C | T) 
21:59, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Maybe I said that wrong - Make each map section a single instance map and make redirect pages for Ulduar1, Ulduar2, Ulduar3, Ulduar4, Ulduar5, to Ulduar or Ulduar (instance) so that when they click on the name it works normaly - that way features work fine - just like any other single instance map -- (M o r p h | C | T) 22:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Now I really don't understand. Why would you need redirects - there are multiple maps that are all separate. Howbizr(t·c) 6:25 PM, 21 Jul 2009 (EDT)
- The redirects were because as Pcj said the link would show Ulduar1, Ulduar2, Ulduar3, Ulduar4 or Ulduar5 -- and if you clicked on them they would go to the Non-Existant Red-linked pages - the redirects would then take you to Ulduar - but it's a moot point now -- (M o r p h | C | T) 22:38, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- The redirects were because as Pcj said the link would show Ulduar1, Ulduar2, Ulduar3, Ulduar4 or Ulduar5 -- and if you clicked on them they would go to the Non-Existant Red-linked pages - the redirects would then take you to Ulduar - but it's a moot point now -- (M o r p h | C | T)
- Uh, no. We aren't creating otherwise useless redirects to hack around a simple programming change (also it would still display Ulduar5 as the link name if we did a redirect). It will use 1 as the default, the additional parameter will override. --Pcj (T•C) 22:26, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Now I really don't understand. Why would you need redirects - there are multiple maps that are all separate.
- Maybe I said that wrong - Make each map section a single instance map and make redirect pages for Ulduar1, Ulduar2, Ulduar3, Ulduar4, Ulduar5, to Ulduar or Ulduar (instance) so that when they click on the name it works normaly - that way features work fine - just like any other single instance map -- (M o r p h | C | T)
New features Edit
- Moved to the forums. Howbizr(t·c) 5:07 PM, 21 Jul 2009 (EDT)
Still having problems with Naxx Edit
These still don't work for me. I assume they were supposed to since they were added to the doc. Howbizr(t·c) 5:51 PM, 28 Jul 2009 (EDT)
- {{Coords|30|30|Naxxramas}} -> [30, 30]
- {{Coords|30|30|Naxxramas|section=1}} -> [30, 30]
- {{Coords|30|30|Naxxramas|section=5}} -> [30, 30]
- The JavaScript is rolling through the cache now. Give it a few hours. --Pcj (T•C) 21:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Coord template bug with overlapping Edit
The problem can be seen in Orgrimmar article. There are two places where the template is used: beginning of the article and infobox. Coords in the beginning works fine but coords in infobox glitches: not working in IE8 at all, flickering in FF3.5 and causes crash in Opera 10. I believe it happens due to overlapping of link and tooltip. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fairax nme (talk · contr). 08:11, September 23, 2009 (UTC)
- It only sort of works in Chrome. I would agree that it needs fixed, but I don't have the skill to fix it, so I'm not sure it will be. Howbizr(t·c) 3:38 PM, 24 Sep 2009 (EDT)
Major changes Edit
I moved most of the work from JavaScript to the template, this should make it more manageable and reduce load times and DNS queries. I moved the exception/map naming standardization list to Template:Coords/Naming. Maps are "WorldMap" unless provided for by exception at Template:Coords/Maps, where sections are now also introduced. --Pcj (T•C) 00:14, April 5, 2010 (UTC)
