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| Your potential design for the front page suffers from the same problem as the existing one. That is lack of propper navigation.
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| In my opinion there should be a single entry point for each of the 3 series and then through a series of sub-pages (no more than 2) lists of various headings, ie episodes, characters, cast, etc.
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| Using categories to navigate is not, in my opinion, a good method to find articles. In fact I came accross a page recently ([[Re-imagined Series References]]) that that was not linked to any other page, other than a page for Original Series references similarly linked. --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 05:25, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| :I know. I just started so there is going to be stuff that I haven't done yet. Right now I am just trying to get a base to that I can start from some where. I was reading the discussion on the current main page so I am trying to take everything into account. We should reall have portals and not catagories for all the different things in the upper bar. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] 05:42, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| :I think what we need is a main page that just fits a screen with links to a short summary for each series. This summary then links to separate pages as listed in my previous post and then on to the main articles. None of the summary or link pages should be more than a screenfull for clarity. --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 05:51, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| :Yep. I got that in my head. I am just trying to code it now. It's almost like following the format of Wikipedia (English), but with the Battlestar Idea. I got some cool names for the main sections. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] 06:06, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| :Ok. To put everything into a "Portal" like Wikipedia, we have to do some serious re-design and I need to talk to Joe first before anything. Hopefully he will contact me soon. (''*Hint Hint*'') --[[User:Shane|Shane]] 06:36, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| ::If you want to get his attention, you might have better luck if you drop him a note on [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|his talk page]]. That usually triggers an email (if you've got it set up that way) letting the user know they have a message. Not everybody reads the Recent Changes compulsively. (Like I do.) Glad to see you run with this, though! --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 06:51, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| ::I sent him something over Google talk. I saw your community portal. I can work those colors into the design. And I been just going through, during this time off from shows showing, we can really revamp the site and make it ''very clean and mean''! --[[User:Shane|Shane]] 07:05, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| I'm just amazed at how fast this Portal project is going. Soon we will have a navigable wiki to be proud of. --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 17:03, 14 March 2006 (CST)
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| Before this goes live are we going to have a period of time to test all the portals? --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 03:08, 16 March 2006 (CST)
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| :Oh yeah. No worries. It'll take some time to get this all going. Even if we got all the portals up, there's a lot that needs to be established in terms of policy/procedure anyway. (Process for selecting featured articles, etc.) The portals are a lot of the foundation that this new main page seems to be based on, so we'll want to have them solid before we prop anything on top of them. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:17, 16 March 2006 (CST)
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| :This main page will most likly stay under my name until we get everything done. I mean, we have till October to work on it :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] 10:34, 16 March 2006 (CST)
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| :I think the white-on-bright-red color scheme looks odd/is weird to read. Thoughts?--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 15:03, 6 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ::I agree, it doesn't fit the existing colour scheme. I fact I don't like the white on black at all. --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 16:55, 6 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :::What I don't like is the bright red bars; I like the dull red. Easier to read.--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 18:23, 6 April 2006 (CDT)
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| One this I never been good at are colors, so if you want to post some colors to use. I created a template so when can post colors. [[:Template:ColorWheel|Color Wheel]] so you can post ideas. Of course you post the colors on this page and not that page. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 18:37, 6 April 2006 (CDT)
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| : The content on the page looks pretty good so far. Ive got a few idea but im a bit busy today to write them out. My first concern though is all the colour. I quite like the homepage now with its mostly black background, easier to read and looks a bit cleaner. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 03:05, 7 April 2006 (CDT)
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| | <s>Well, I've enabled the RSS feed extension. The only thing remaining to be determined is the placement of the feed box.</s> ahem, I'm still working on it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:28, 26 December 2006 (CST) |
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| | Ok, I got the extension working. We just need to work out the placement on the main page, as well as other details. |
| | :Sweet! I'll play with adding a box under the "airdates" with just the post titles. Also, thanks for getting the site back up! --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:06, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
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| | :: No problem. Need to find out what happened in the first place... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:08, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
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| | ::: I talked with the Planet and it was some permissions. But then after we got that working, the database "connection" was messed. [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:17, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
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| | :::: Right. That was eaccelerator. When the server rebooted, the caching feature turned on, and that's why the database connection was fraked. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:27, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
| | ::::: Ah. :-) Expert. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:37, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
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| | ::: You had already done all the "hard" work, too. I switched to Click-ext (thanks, Shane) to have the icon direct you to the blog. There's room for 10 titles (vertically), but that might be overwhelming/information overload. If people can check out the new section on the project page and weigh in with opinions, we should be good to copy and paste if the consensus favors its addition. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:38, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
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| | This appears to be busted. Need to reinstall since the upgrade? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:02, 3 January 2007 (CST) |
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| I'm not sure which I like better, but I think both are better than the "White on bright red". Maybe not even specify a background, allowing the css style to determine the main background color and text color? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:16, 7 April 2006 (CDT)
| | : Need to find one that works with 1.9alpha... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:09, 3 January 2007 (CST) |
| : All the colros we spefic if would go in the CSS so it can be used across all the templates. right now everything is hardcoded in. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:46, 7 April 2006 (CDT)
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| Why not use pattern #1 for now, since that's the most readable. Unless anyone objects to it, I don't see the need for a vote. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:20, 21 April 2006 (CDT)
| | === Example of the blog post titles with brief snippet === |
| : All coded in. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 18:22, 21 April 2006 (CDT)
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| #[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 18:10, 21 April 2006 (CDT)
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| #[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:56, 21 April 2006 (CDT) Comment: I prefer the white header text of pattern 2. Also, you should post something about this on the Quorum, lest concerned users miss it.
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| #:Can this get posted where the Portal notice is right now? A link to the [[User:Shane/Main Page]] and a link to an example portal? --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 08:53, 22 April 2006 (CDT)
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| #::Done. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:47, 22 April 2006 (CDT)
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| #[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 22 April 2006 (CDT) - Go with the white header instead of the yellow one -- besides, it is too confusing with the fact that links are yellow-colored as well.
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| #:That can be done. Good point. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:26, 22 April 2006 (CDT)
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| #--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 15:21, 22 April 2006 (CDT) The white header is easier on the eyes; I think you meant to post under "pattern 2" Peter.
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| #:No, in general I prefer the other aspects of Pattern 1, such as the dark background. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:46, 22 April 2006 (CDT)
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| | Discussion? Thoughts? Questions? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:57, 26 December 2006 (CST) |
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| | update: I've added an example to [[Battlestar Wiki:Main page]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 22:06, 26 December 2006 (CST) |
| I thought we were not going to use the word Wikipedia. Shouldn't the heading be "Welcome to the Battlestar Wiki"? | | :Looks good. I have the updated lang bars. I think it's '''go''' for production. [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 00:29, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
| | ::Well, I think the placement is good as well, I think the text needs some work though. (I did it quickly, so it's not stellar material on my part, in my view, and thus this is a nice target for a nuclear warhead.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:50, 27 December 2006 (CST) |
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| Sorry forgot to sign before. Other than that the portal is looking good. --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 13:37, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :Oops. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 13:47, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
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| Doesn't the 'Did you know / So Say We All' section look a bit weird ? In the context of other wikis it sounds really awkward imho. 'So say we all' is a statement, not a question; it flows strangely as written, to me. --[[User:northtwilight|northtwilight]] 17:45, 24 April 2006 (CDT)
| | When the Colonial Fleet News Service has no references, the box just shows up. We need to find a way to hide the reference box on the main page when no references are displayed. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 13:40, 3 September 2007 (CDT) |
| :Hey, looks much better, thanks. --[[User:northtwilight|northtwilight]] 01:31, 26 April 2006 (CDT) | | :I think that would be pretty tricky to do. The citations box itself has no way of knowing that there just happen to be no citations on [[Main Page]] or any of the pages it transcludes. The best way would probably be to just comment out the citations box manually when there are no refs left. It's not ideal, but at least it's easy and doable. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 13:44, 3 September 2007 (CDT) |
| | ::Yeah, that's just about what I already figured. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 13:57, 3 September 2007 (CDT) |
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| I recommend that the series links below the central header be centered on the page. Also, it's not clear that the links to the right of the "Welcome" are for RDM. We know that the site is RDM heavy, but I remember that we try not to make so much emphasis on this unless spelled-out. Can we place a subheader over/near these links so that people know these links are generally about the RDM show? Else, also add a link to the RDM series with the other series links. | | One of the more recurring comments I've been seeing is that the Main Page is simply too cluttered. So a few things come to mind.... |
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| Finally, there remain some significant typos and other awkward phrasing. I, too, am not too cool on the "So say we all" usage. It should probably just be "Did you know...?". --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:42, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
| | Recently got a comment from the survey recommending that we move the quotes section down some more, since it is of low importance. I do tend to agree with that assessment, so in its place we can do one of a few things: |
| :: I can check on the headers. Just so Wiki code to code in. The links underneath the header could be the problem. Maybe instead of putting the RDM stuff all in a row, maybe just all of the series links. So say you all, it as something Steel started. I liked it.. Maybe another phrase instead of the generic. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 11:54, 25 April 2006 (CDT)
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| | # Move the portal stuff in its place, a la Memory Alpha's main page. |
| | #* Doing this would alleviate some of the "articles are hard to find unless I know precisely what I'm looking for" issues people are reporting... |
| | # Move the Colonial Fleet News box to its place. Since that's important as well. |
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| More comments are needed to get your input in. The main page could go active at acnytime now, with most of the "backend" done get your input in while it can still matter. We can only assume that there is no problems. that's about it. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 05:55, 27 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :I have some pretty big issues with this whole system, but as I've been very busy dealing with other things recently. I'll compose a full reply on this topic in due course. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:56, 27 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ::Not all the sections are the same width. Now this could be just an IE only issue but i dont have Firefox here at work to check. (ligntened up the red to show what i mean.
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| ::I also dont really like the "Have you heard..." section. I dont think theres enough data to make some kind of rotational fact thingy and to mee it seems a little cluttered and pointless. I'd rather see that remove and links to other sites added than the other way around.--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 03:44, 28 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :::A total IE error. They don't follow the www standards that Firefox does. In my IE though, the PNG images, minus the logos are not transparent... just an error or can we do something about that. We will pull the Wireless section. See how it fairs up to everyone else. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 08:15, 28 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ::::IE6 and below hate PNG files and fubar with loading of them. Sometimes its a black background, others grey and sometimes blue. Apatently this is fixed in IE7 but if its not working in IE then tuff. People should be using a decent browser anyway -- [[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 09:11, 28 April 2006 (CDT)
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| * The links left of the title appear too small. There still is a typo there, I think: "Original."
| | # Portals (we frankly need to have a bigger box, leading back to my earlier point, since it needs to be expanded... painfully so) |
| * Instead of "An encyclopedia that covers Battlestar Galactica", suggest:
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| ::An encyclopedia of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' sagas.
| | # BSW Blog & RDM blog |
| ::''(My favorite, rings better as a wiki)'' The ''Battlestar Galactica'' encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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| Also, add a link on the "Have you heard on the [[wireless]]..." just so newbies can understand the reference. Or, just shorten to "Have you heard...?" I recommend a question mark at the end in either case. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 07:29, 28 April 2006 (CDT)
| | Plus, get rid of the FrakMedia feed as well. That's worthless to most BSG fans, IMHO. |
| --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 07:29, 28 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :Not that we don't love ya ( :-) ) but we are pulling the section. Nice Jingle. #1 is the choice. Spelling is fixed. Mercifull did the logos. Kudos to him :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 08:15, 28 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ::Nice. Looks good to me, virtually ready for going live. Kudos to you, Shane, Mercifull, SV, and others. Wikicoding is still beyond my abilities, so I'm happily amazed when this stuff works. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:52, 28 April 2006 (CDT)
| | I would be tempted to get rid of the "sister projects" box as well, since we can roll that (and Frak Media's website) into the tab header (a lá [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]) that the wiki will have soon. |
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| ::I also am at a loss when it comes to HTML code, but I hope my comments are insightful (i.e. I'm not going "YOU IDIOT CHANGE THE FONT!", but rather "Hey, I think italics are hard for people to read; maybe we should make the font clearer in that section on the side over there" etc. etc. :) ) --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 14:18, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
| | I'll have more later, but I need to go away from the keyboard now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 13:19, 20 February 2008 (CST) |
| :::Your feedback is appreciated, and in fact spurred quite a flurry of activity. Have you seen the trimmed down banner? (We at least got it so that the banner is bounded at the bottom by the left side instead of the portal links on the right). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:21, 1 May 2006 (CDT)
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| | : Ok, good start so far. In the place of the old portals box (next to the "Welcome to Battlestar Wiki" box), we can move the search box there and be rid of the box further own down. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:31, 21 February 2008 (CST) |
| Maybe we should have a Q&A section on the front page, to make it easier for people to get questions answered. Links to the Quorum, the Admin noticeboard, and a prominent link to the "Reference Desk" might be the content. We could also potentially link in the "Official Communiques" article, though it is tempting to keep that lower profile. (It's mine. My own... my precious.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:54, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
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| :Most of these links can be found on the [[BW:CP]] already. No need to double. I added a sample [[BW:OC]] project section on main page. More on the [[BW:OC]] talk page. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 10:10, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
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Well, I've enabled the RSS feed extension. The only thing remaining to be determined is the placement of the feed box. ahem, I'm still working on it. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 20:28, 26 December 2006 (CST)
Ok, I got the extension working. We just need to work out the placement on the main page, as well as other details.
- Sweet! I'll play with adding a box under the "airdates" with just the post titles. Also, thanks for getting the site back up! --Steelviper 14:06, 27 December 2006 (CST)
- No problem. Need to find out what happened in the first place... -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 14:08, 27 December 2006 (CST)
- I talked with the Planet and it was some permissions. But then after we got that working, the database "connection" was messed. Shane (T - C - E) 14:17, 27 December 2006 (CST)
- Right. That was eaccelerator. When the server rebooted, the caching feature turned on, and that's why the database connection was fraked. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 14:27, 27 December 2006 (CST)
- Ah. :-) Expert. :) Shane (T - C - E) 14:37, 27 December 2006 (CST)
- You had already done all the "hard" work, too. I switched to Click-ext (thanks, Shane) to have the icon direct you to the blog. There's room for 10 titles (vertically), but that might be overwhelming/information overload. If people can check out the new section on the project page and weigh in with opinions, we should be good to copy and paste if the consensus favors its addition. --Steelviper 14:38, 27 December 2006 (CST)
This appears to be busted. Need to reinstall since the upgrade? --Steelviper 16:02, 3 January 2007 (CST)
- Need to find one that works with 1.9alpha... -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 16:09, 3 January 2007 (CST)
Example of just the blog post titles
Example of the blog post titles with brief snippet
Discussion? Thoughts? Questions? -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 21:57, 26 December 2006 (CST)
update: I've added an example to Battlestar Wiki:Main page. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 22:06, 26 December 2006 (CST)
- Looks good. I have the updated lang bars. I think it's go for production. Shane (T - C - E) 00:29, 27 December 2006 (CST)
- Well, I think the placement is good as well, I think the text needs some work though. (I did it quickly, so it's not stellar material on my part, in my view, and thus this is a nice target for a nuclear warhead.) -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 13:50, 27 December 2006 (CST)
Blank citations
When the Colonial Fleet News Service has no references, the box just shows up. We need to find a way to hide the reference box on the main page when no references are displayed. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New 13:40, 3 September 2007 (CDT)
- I think that would be pretty tricky to do. The citations box itself has no way of knowing that there just happen to be no citations on Main Page or any of the pages it transcludes. The best way would probably be to just comment out the citations box manually when there are no refs left. It's not ideal, but at least it's easy and doable. --Catrope(Talk to me or e-mail me) 13:44, 3 September 2007 (CDT)
- Yeah, that's just about what I already figured. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New 13:57, 3 September 2007 (CDT)
Quote box positioning and other things
One of the more recurring comments I've been seeing is that the Main Page is simply too cluttered. So a few things come to mind....
Recently got a comment from the survey recommending that we move the quotes section down some more, since it is of low importance. I do tend to agree with that assessment, so in its place we can do one of a few things:
- Move the portal stuff in its place, a la Memory Alpha's main page.
- Doing this would alleviate some of the "articles are hard to find unless I know precisely what I'm looking for" issues people are reporting...
- Move the Colonial Fleet News box to its place. Since that's important as well.
What we need to keep:
- Portals (we frankly need to have a bigger box, leading back to my earlier point, since it needs to be expanded... painfully so)
- News (including merchandise)
- BSW Blog & RDM blog
- The Search box feature (expanded so that it also covers BW)
- Featured Articles/Pictures
- Airdates
Plus, get rid of the FrakMedia feed as well. That's worthless to most BSG fans, IMHO.
I would be tempted to get rid of the "sister projects" box as well, since we can roll that (and Frak Media's website) into the tab header (a lá Battlestar Pegasus) that the wiki will have soon.
I'll have more later, but I need to go away from the keyboard now. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus 13:19, 20 February 2008 (CST)
- Ok, good start so far. In the place of the old portals box (next to the "Welcome to Battlestar Wiki" box), we can move the search box there and be rid of the box further own down. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus 18:31, 21 February 2008 (CST)
