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8th August - Phil Chett There have been loads of embeds recent added. Far more than those on the embed wish list http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-80150#post-236461 refers. Squark has kindly...
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Historical Library is an encyclopedia in Serbian language in which you can find interesting texts about different subjects from political history and history of literature.
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New start page????
Phil ChettPhil Chett 1215269012|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

The above is a revamp of an original idea from hartnell.
It is a proposal for a new "start" page, to attempt to include some of gabrys requests.

unfold New start page???? by Phil ChettPhil Chett, 1215269012|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Re: New start page????
scottplanscottplan 1215375625|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Love it. Very approachable.

unfold Re: New start page???? by scottplanscottplan, 1215375625|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Re: New start page????
David MarseillesDavid Marseilles 1215384926|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

How do you feel about putting the welcome info that's currently under Latest Community News at the very top outside the tables, or as it's own row? If you were willing to make those cell titles headers, a ToC could be nice at the top too.

Everything looks good though. Nice work.

unfold Re: New start page???? by David MarseillesDavid Marseilles, 1215384926|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Get rid of...
GabrysGabrys 1215386257|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I would delete the following two boxes from the start page (and put them somewhere else):

  • Things YOU can help with
  • Keep Informed

This would make it cleaner.

unfold Get rid of... by GabrysGabrys, 1215386257|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
RSS
GabrysGabrys 1215387030|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I've just added the RSS link to the community news

unfold RSS by GabrysGabrys, 1215387030|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Organize Start Page
Craig MacomberCraig Macomber 1215387526|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

The "New to Wikidot? Get Help." Box should be at the top. It is small and high priority. The big long news thing won't bet pushed down much by the change, but it would help new visitors a lot.

Acually, to reduce clutter for new visitors, I would recommend a separate news or activity page for the forum activity and news posts. Link it from the start.

Also, the "You might be looking for…" section should not be listed as part of forum activity. It is separate (and more important?). Put it near the top as a separate section.

unfold Organize Start Page by Craig MacomberCraig Macomber, 1215387526|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Re: Organize Start Page
David MarseillesDavid Marseilles 1215466062|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

On that activity page, it'd be nice to see Recent Embed requests, Recent Bug reports, and Recent Wish List entries.

unfold Re: Organize Start Page by David MarseillesDavid Marseilles, 1215466062|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Re: Organize Start Page
David MarseillesDavid Marseilles 1215756994|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

If there ever is an activity page, I've put up some ListPages for the most recent bug reports, wishes, and embed requests. It's probably not the most important thing in the world, since you can kinda tell what's new from the main pages, but I like it.

improve-wikidot

unfold Re: Organize Start Page by David MarseillesDavid Marseilles, 1215756994|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
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GabrysGabrys 1215439732|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I've reorganized boxes and made some typography changes.

Now both columns are more or less equally high, which is good looking :).

unfold more changes by GabrysGabrys, 1215439732|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Ready?
GabrysGabrys 1215441520|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

As I'm going for my vacation now I won't contribute to this page layout/template, so if you think this page is ready for setting as the start page, discuss and do it.

Cheers!

unfold Ready? by GabrysGabrys, 1215441520|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
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