Forum:New Main Page

If you haven't noticed, I added a slideshow to the main page in place of the previous header. I'm trying to both clean up the main page and make it more interactive and attractive for new users. I still have a few things to fix, and I'll probably make more changes soon, but first I want to see what the community opinion is. Please tell me below whether or not you like the new look and if I should carry on with the changes. If many people are against it, then I can revert it back to the old layout. Let me know what you think. Turambar1  03:43, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

Hehehe so you still went with my slideshow idea from ages ago XD!

I think it looks totally fine as it is! Except for the text.There seems to be way too much text for people to read...perhaps we can hide some boxes or make the text more succinct? 04:58, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

I do think a lot of text can be cut out of the existing sections, especially the news. We could actually create a page for HOTD news and eliminate the section or just cut it down to the top two or three items. I was also thinking of adding new sections to give the page more variety. One thing would be a featured article section in which we can feature the most recent completed article. As of right now, this wouldn't include any articles, but Takashi and Saeko are getting there. Also, we could add a poll just to make it a little more interactive. Turambar1  13:51, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

Yes the separate news page makes sense, but we should still have a little bit of news on the main page. New sections? Seems like a good idea, but we need to make sure it doesn't give off a too cluttered appearance. I see that you have finally taken into consideration about my poll idea XD 20:04, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

I know we talked about adding a poll before, but I never really got around to it. The main purpose of it would be to even the columns out if/when a new section is added under News. If you didn't notice, I put a single news template there instead of the two and cut the HOTD News part down to two items with a link to the News page. I think there's a lot that can be added to the news page now that we don't have to worry about it taking up too much space.Turambar1  20:18, March 25, 2011 (UTC)