User:CIA391/Homepage rehaul

This is a big project to rehaul the main page.

Drafts

 * Current
 * Draft 1
 * Experimental draft

Pages to work on
Ultimate work needed to be done: Make everything flow better

DYK work

 * Halopedia:Main Page/DYK - Main page chunk
 * Halopedia:Main Page/DYK/Content - New content page.

Prep work to discontinue this page later! (Need to replace this in the sidebar)
 * Template:DYK - content (plus basic logic)

Socials work

 * Halopedia:Main Page/Discord
 * Halopedia:Main Page/Twitter

No "major" work needed.

Featured work
This needs to be re-worked so there is no need for a template.

Current
 * Halopedia:Main Page/Featured - Randomized list of articles that use the template to format it.
 * Template:FeaturedArticle - Layout fixer.

Ideal layout
 * Halopedia:Main Page/Featured - Main page chunk
 * Halopedia:Main Page/Featured/Content - Content

Ideas
 * Make it so we select an article every month. (I want this)
 * If we want to keep it random. Make the template a formatting page.

Improvement work

 * Halopedia:Main Page/Improvement

Investigate wikis, but this may need to be done in a better way.

Intro and nav work

 * Halopedia:Main Page/Intro
 * Halopedia:Main Page/Nav

'''Maybe merge these two into a nav/intro. Or tie them closer at the very least'''

News work

 * Halopedia:Main Page/News - Main page chunk + Official news
 * Halopedia:Main Page/News/Community - Content: Recent and upcoming media list

Work needed to be done: Make content their own pages 100%.

Quote work

 * Halopedia:Main Page/Quote - content
 * Template:FeaturedQuote - main page chunk
 * Template:Quote/featured - content logic

'''Work needed to be done: Swap these pages around. And remove the need for a template'''

AID
0 things to do Stub Cleanup Reference Renaming Outdated Images Categorize Deletion

Calendar based stuff
We could add calendar based stuff. Making some content date based. Nookipedia and Zelda wiki for example have a "On this Day" section or a "Birthdays" section.
 * Nookipedias Todays Birthdays section deals with characters in-universe
 * Zelda wikis On this day... section deals with stuff irl.

This "could" replace our featured articles. But we could move our featured articles to the news where each news we feature an singular article instead. (We also kinda do that on our twitter with Lore Thursday)

How I view it we could do this as a "Today In Halo" sorta deal. Or a IRL sorta deal. I way prefer the "Today In Halo" idea. But focusing on birthdays (outside of big important events)

Wiki status alert
We could implement a wiki status system where we put a symbol on the Main page (And Recent changes) showcasing the current status of the wiki. This would be used mostly for the regulars and is just there for a quick reference on users parts.
 * Status page

Wiki Project/Community stuff
A Banner at the bottom of the page to allow swift navigation between major wiki projects and community stuff of note. We will need a logo for each section though.
 * Halopedia - Archives - News - Discord - Forums - Twitter (Probably keep that out) - Fanon - International
 * Bulbapedia Main page Bulbapedias version in action.
 * A status look

For ref Halo Fanons logo.
 * Halo Fanons logo

Flair and design
It might be cool to add a small unintrusive to background of some banners. As long as the main text is still clear.
 * Bulbapedia Example


 * News cursor flair.
 * Make the news be popping with a unique cursor when hovered over. Really not vital, just a "cool" extra if we so wanted.
 * Main page link]


 * Push down content on main page so site logo takes center stage. (I personally dislike this but it does have 1 perk)
 * This is more a site revamp so unlikely. I still dislike this but had to note it.
 * Metriod wiki

Polls

 * Add polls. A lotta wikis have these. And we have the ability.
 * Polls in action on Halopedia here

Current title focus

 * Current title info
 * So if a recent title has daily events. Dedicate a section to that info. (Presumably automate it if possible)
 * After a certain time move said stuff onto the portal page so its still accessable.
 * Example Splatoon wiki
 * Version number and a link to the details
 * Example Nookipedia New Horizons current version

Fanart section

 * Featured Fanart
 * While best suited for Halopedia news featuring Fanart might be nice.
 * Example Nookipedia Featured Fanart