Forum:Updating the wiki's look!: Difference between revisions

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::I agree as well. This looks a lot better and gives users more information. My only suggestion would be to format the video (or add more "Recent releases") so that it does not interrupt the dividing section line, if possible. Still, this looks great and I'm a fan of the suggestion. - [[User:NightHammer|NightHammer]] ([[User talk:NightHammer|talk]]) 13:55, 8 November 2014 (EST)

:::The list would definitely be a bit longer and there are a few adjustments to be made. Understand that this is simply a draft made with Paint. The "covers" would also be more numerous, with ''Halo 2 Anniversary'', ''Halo: Nightfall'', ''Halo: Broken Circle'', ''Halo: Spartan Strike'', etc. (depending on what is more "in"), and their size should be adjusted properly. "Recent releases" may also be rephrased, since announcing a new map or weapon doesn't exactly constitute a release. "Recent announcements" or "Recent news", perhaps. I'm also trying to figure out how to implement what I said about "promoting" articles that have been recently created/improved and that matter in "recent" ''Halo'' lore. (i.e. [[Skirmish on Installation 03]] at a time when we were all following the events of "The Next 72 Hours"; right now ''Broken Circle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s best and most important articles would be the "current articles" featured, so anyone can easily consult them to see what important stuff was in the book). This feature would be separate from the news, of course. Perhaps it may be put below or on top of the "category articles" (see what was discussed previously on this page, with the ONI images supposed to represent a new format, etc) [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 19:35, 8 November 2014 (EST)

:With regards to the first proposal about notifying visitors of recent edits, we can place a compact version of [[Special:RecentChanges]] (of, say, the latest 10 edits) on the landing page. This works better and it does not require users to manually update to show what has been recently updated.

:As for the "Official News", I like the concept of "small news" and "big news". We can most definitely separate the "small" and "big" news with a visible dividing line, just like in the image you attached. However, I don't think the videos and images in the "Official News" box should be included, because they don't look nice when viewed in mobile theme. One thing to note: [[Main Page/News/Community|"Community News"]] (and [[Talk:Main Page/News/Community|its submission page]] was essentially "small news". Its intended purpose is for the greater Halo community and not to be limited only to the wiki community. For some reason, it was converted to match the {{:whatsgoingon}}. Anyway, we could still make use of the submission page for "small news" submissions and revive the "Community News". And yes, this should be incorporated in the landing page. I'll whip up a working model some time today.

:Also, to clarify one thing about the video: videos featured are randomised and is never fixed (unless you have not cleared your browser's cache). So, you shouldn't see just one video every time you visit the landing page. The wiki has [[Halopedia:Featured/Video|a submission page for videos]]; the main issue is that users rarely submits them on that page. Unless the wiki receives constant submissions, I think the randomisation should stay to make the landing page ''looks'' fresh. If it receives updates, then the randomisation goes and videos will be fixed by the most recent submission. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 00:33, 9 November 2014 (EST)

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 ::I agree as well. This looks a lot better and gives users more information. My only suggestion would be to format the video (or add more "Recent releases") so that it does not interrupt the dividing section line, if possible. Still, this looks great and I'm a fan of the suggestion. - [[User:NightHammer|NightHammer]] ([[User talk:NightHammer|talk]]) 13:55, 8 November 2014 (EST)
 :::The list would definitely be a bit longer and there are a few adjustments to be made. Understand that this is simply a draft made with Paint. The "covers" would also be more numerous, with ''Halo 2 Anniversary'', ''Halo: Nightfall'', ''Halo: Broken Circle'', ''Halo: Spartan Strike'', etc. (depending on what is more "in"), and their size should be adjusted properly. "Recent releases" may also be rephrased, since announcing a new map or weapon doesn't exactly constitute a release. "Recent announcements" or "Recent news", perhaps. I'm also trying to figure out how to implement what I said about "promoting" articles that have been recently created/improved and that matter in "recent" ''Halo'' lore. (i.e. [[Skirmish on Installation 03]] at a time when we were all following the events of "The Next 72 Hours"; right now ''Broken Circle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s best and most important articles would be the "current articles" featured, so anyone can easily consult them to see what important stuff was in the book). This feature would be separate from the news, of course. Perhaps it may be put below or on top of the "category articles" (see what was discussed previously on this page, with the ONI images supposed to represent a new format, etc) [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 19:35, 8 November 2014 (EST)
+:With regards to the first proposal about notifying visitors of recent edits, we can place a compact version of [[Special:RecentChanges]] (of, say, the latest 10 edits) on the landing page. This works better and it does not require users to manually update to show what has been recently updated.
+:As for the "Official News", I like the concept of "small news" and "big news". We can most definitely separate the "small" and "big" news with a visible dividing line, just like in the image you attached. However, I don't think the videos and images in the "Official News" box should be included, because they don't look nice when viewed in mobile theme. One thing to note: [[Main Page/News/Community|"Community News"]] (and [[Talk:Main Page/News/Community|its submission page]] was essentially "small news". Its intended purpose is for the greater Halo community and not to be limited only to the wiki community. For some reason, it was converted to match the {{:whatsgoingon}}. Anyway, we could still make use of the submission page for "small news" submissions and revive the "Community News". And yes, this should be incorporated in the landing page. I'll whip up a working model some time today.
+:Also, to clarify one thing about the video: videos featured are randomised and is never fixed (unless you have not cleared your browser's cache). So, you shouldn't see just one video every time you visit the landing page. The wiki has [[Halopedia:Featured/Video|a submission page for videos]]; the main issue is that users rarely submits them on that page. Unless the wiki receives constant submissions, I think the randomisation should stay to make the landing page ''looks'' fresh. If it receives updates, then the randomisation goes and videos will be fixed by the most recent submission. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span>  00:33, 9 November 2014 (EST)