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Revision as of 13:11, September 5, 2021
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
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 in a very easy to edit way.
- Halopedia:Main Page/Random - Main page chunk that features 1 item.
- Halopedia:Main Page/Random/Content - Specially selected content.
Test
Improvement work
Investigate wikis, but this may need to be done in a better way.
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
Needs assets if we use
AID
874 things to do
Ideas
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.
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.
For ref 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.
- 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.
- 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
- So if a recent title has daily events. Dedicate a section to that info. (Presumably automate it if possible)
News exclusive
Fanart section
- Featured Fanart
- While best suited for Halopedia news featuring Fanart might be nice.
- Example Nookipedia Featured Fanart
- While best suited for Halopedia news featuring Fanart might be nice.