Wikia v ShoutWiki

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Template:Nav2 Below are the differences between wikia and shoutwiki and detailed instructions on how to leave wikia for shoutwiki.

Differences between Wikia and Shoutwiki[edit | edit source]

See also Instructions to leave Wikia for Shoutwiki.

Feature Shoutwiki Wikia
Choice of skin Shoutwiki allows an editor to choose any skin (including Monaco, albeit only for paid users after 1 July 2011) Sites forced to use the new wikia skin.
Leaving the wiki States informally that they will delete the wiki on communities' request[1] Refuses to delete the wiki on request, staff will block and desysop editors who advertise the new website.
Advertising

2 locations: Google text ad on right of screen and small ad below toolbar. Click to enlarge photo

10 locations:

  1. Banner ad at the top
  2. video ad which takes up over 25% of the screen width, in the sidebar
  3. side vertical ad below site's pictures and wikia spotlights
  4. 2 video ads at the bottom
  5. advertising other wikias at the top (links in entertainment, gaming, lifestyle)
  6. advertising other wikias on side (wikia spotlights)
  7. advertising other wikias on bottom. (wikia spotlights)Click to enlarge photo
  8. Advertisements on green links randomly placed in the article
  9. A slider ad (the same placed over the recent activity module) when you scroll down the page. (see [4])
  10. Ad after clicking an external link
Ad free hosting Ad free hosting available, no pricing yet.[2] $19.95 a month[3]
Load times 3.57 seconds to load page[4]

3.43 seconds to load page[4]

EXTENSIONS Further Wikia v Shoutwiki/extensions
BlogArticles[5] No[6] Yes
Forum Yes[6] Yes
Achievements No[6] Yes
Poll (Ajax poll) Yes Yes
Shoutbox Yes No
Rich Text Editor No[5] Yes
Liquid Threads Possibly[7] No

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Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. User talk:Jack Phoenix: "If you want to move to a different host from ShoutWiki, we'd obviously be sad to see you go, but we feel that it's only fair to honor the community's request to have our copy of the wiki deleted."[1]
  2. User talk:Jack Phoenix: "When premium features (such as ad-free hosting) are released, the prices will be available on ShoutWiki Hub. As of now we haven't released the features yet, so the prices aren't available either."[2]
  3. Wikia recently started offering ad-free wikis for $19.95 a month. Any wiki with less than 20,000 pageviews per month is eligible for this program."[3]. On November 24, 2010 the program was still ongoing (see Still ongoing?)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Compare Reports: simpsons.shoutwiki.com, simpsons.wikia.com, GTmetrix.
  5. Coding
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 User talk:Jack Phoenix
  7. Per e-mail.