One could call the latest wiki update a multidimensional one. And that's for a reason - we now support 6 project types that can be documented on the wiki!
These include:
- Mods
- Modpacks
- Resource packs
- Data packs
- Plugins
- Shaders
If there's enough demand, we're always open to adding more in the future as well.
Let's dive into all the new features below!
🎨 New project types
When we first started the wiki, our focus was on providing a place for devs to publish documentation for their mods.
However, as we've progressed, we found that mods are not the only projects that often publish documentation or come with some kind of user guide. These projects face the same trouble as mods when looking at hosting options for their docs, and we'd like to fill the gap in this area, too.
The wiki's functionality has been expanded and adapted to now support multiple types of projects. Whatever your project is, if it's related to minecraft, there's a good chance we support it!
As mentioned above, there are now in total 6 types of projects that can be documented. The process and approach remains the same regardless of the projects, e.g. docs are hosted on GitHub and actively crawled by the wiki. Community documentation can be created for non-mod projects as well.
No additional steps are required - the project type is automatically chosen when you register your project on the wiki based on information provided by the hosting platform.
🔎 Improved browse page
Along with adding more project types, we've improved the project browse page to including new filter and sorting options for search.
The search algorithm now uses postgresql's built-in full text search algorithm to provide even more accurate results, taking into account more than just the project id.
We now also display the type for each project to better distinguish them in the list. We'll be working on adding more filter options and displayed meta information in the future.
🔧 Misc changes
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🐛 Fixed issues related to project revalidation not refreshing page data sources
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🐛 Fixed an issue where projects would not be shown on the dev dashboard due to the filter being case-sensitive
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🐛 Fixed an issue where the dev dashboard would try to use an expired GitHub token, resulting in no projects being displayed
Summary / TL;DR
✅ In this major update, we made the following changes:
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🛠️ Support for more project types - document your modpacks, resourcepacks, datapacks, shaders and more!
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🗺️ Improved browse page UI and added filter/sort options
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🐘 The Wiki Developer Toolkit gradle plugin is now available on the Gradle Plugin Portal!
🏗️ Features to look forward to, coming in the near future:
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📤 The Item Asset Exporter helper mod will get new export options and progress visualization!
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🗺️ Homepage UI overhaul
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🔗 Linking both CurseForge and Modrinth platform projects at once
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🧑🍳 Support for custom recipe types
🤝 We're looking for your feedback
Our team is working hard on improving the website's interface and feature set to bring you the next generation wiki for all of modded minecraft.
As always, please make sure to let us know if you have any suggestions or ideas we could implement on the wiki! Any feedback is appreciated!