Forum:Redesigning the front page

Hello there community. Recently, I have begun the process of making our own ELITE clan events. With those came official blogs detailing them. When talked about in IRC, it has grabbed the attention of N7, who thought that it should get its own part on our front page. Carb then made a valid point; the front page looks cluttered and messy. I personally believe that the bottom part needs redesigning. We have a ton of white space under the Improvement Drive section, and the sections containing the news blogs look short and extremely messy; N7 also thought that we need more than three blogs for each section. The likes of N7 and Carb, however, think that we should start from scratch and completely redesign it. Opinions? PotatOS Wanna Test?My Own Test Chambers 02:22, February 26, 2012 (UTC)

How should it be redesigned, if it should? Top section Bottom section The sides All of it Stay as it is

Redesigns
We would like it if some editors would post a link to their redesigns of the main page here. That includes anyone who's willing to take a shot at it is free to create their own redesign. You're free to do whatever you please, as long as it still functions (I.E. Remove the links to "wAW and COD4 portals or make the Did you know section smaller or relocate anything.) Carb 0 02:56, February 26, 2012 (UTC)


 * I would like to remind everyone that this whole proposal evolved from my proposal to put my Clan Ops blogs on the front page, since now they're official and will probably become a big part of the community. PotatOS Wanna Test?My Own Test Chambers 17:01, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
To further explain my reasoning, I think starting over from scratch would end up looking better in the long run due to all the sections the page has now and it would prevent certain sections from looking like an after thought or just out of sync with the rest of the page. Carb 0 02:28, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree, fixing something that's broken isn't usually a long term solution. If we're going to re-design it, we should redesign all of it. 02:33, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * I also agree. Starting from scratch is the best way. Of course, since we have excellent editors here, with their help put together, the front page would be spectacular. 02:38, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * If we want to redesign it just redesign the whole page as if you redesign one thing on the page it would look weird
 * Well, with the looks of our great editors here, not just the administrators and bureaucrats, the front will turn out great, and I know that for a fact. Right now, I'm on a Macbook and it looks pretty good, but it's sort of old now; the Call of Duty wiki must stay entertaing, thus attracting more new editors. 20:24, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

If it helps out, I made a sandbox for this for editing and re-designing. If anyone wants to help out with this, feel free too. 03:20, February 26, 2012 (UTC)

I just want to point out that I can't see a "ton of white space" under the ID section in either Monobook (my preferred skin) or Oasis. Any idea why that might be? Sgt. S.S. 10:38, February 26, 2012 (UTC)


 * I beg to differ. PotatOS Wanna Test?My Own Test Chambers 10:48, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * That's probably because you're using Safari. Use Firefox or Chrome and it should look normal. 10:52, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * This is what I'm seeing. Shotrocket6 10:54, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * I am using Firefox; you people have totally different front pages. In that version, everything looks...squished together. PotatOS Wanna Test?My Own Test Chambers 10:57, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * We can try figuring this out; A) What version of Firefox is it, and B) Ew, 9gag. 11:00, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * Version 4.0.1 PotatOS Wanna Test?My Own Test Chambers 11:03, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * Firefox 4? At the moment we're on Firefox 10 :3 11:10, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * STOP MAKING ME FEEL BAD PotatOS <font size="1" font color="Green">Wanna Test?<font size="1" font color="Green">My Own Test Chambers 11:15, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * SR6's image looks like what I'm seeing - I'm on Firefox 5, btw. Sgt. S.S. 20:05, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm on Firefox 3.6, on OSX like Daniel. It looks fine to me. 20:56, February 26, 2012 (UTC)

I don't think there should be two columns. It's too much clutter for a reader's eyes. Shotrocket6 10:44, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think two is fine. imo it makes it look neater. 10:56, February 26, 2012 (UTC)


 * If I remember correctly, AdvancedRookie created a slideshow-option thing that could be incorporated in as well. Do you still have it AR?
 * I do still have it.AdvancedRookieSig2.png 12:49, February 26, 2012 (UTC)

It doesn't really need to be redesigned, but if we're going to redesign it, it needs to be a complete redesign. Otherwise there isn't a point. We need to think about how things are going to be re-arranged though. Diagrams would help for this. 15:31, February 26, 2012 (UTC)

If it's gonna be designed from the scratch, will the templates on it also be changed? Like the FA template, would its layout change to better fit the new design or would it stay the same? 20:58, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * The idea was to let any and everyone do what they wanted to the page so if someone wanted to yes they could change the template but the community would have the final say in what does and doesn't make it to the final version. Carb 0 03:44, February 28, 2012 (UTC)

We can't really make any progress until someone proposes a change in their sandbox. We can make changes from there. Shotrocket6 02:25, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Hang on - why are we voting on this so soon? At least, I assume that's what the poll is there for. Sgt. S.S. 19:55, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * The poll says "How should it be redesigned, if it should". The poll is to give a general idea of how to re-design the Main Page, discussion is whether we should or not. 20:16, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a preliminary inquiry to see who would like change. We're not going to change anything based off of that poll. Shotrocket6 20:35, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Shotrocket6 has a point. However, as we have been doing in this forum, we can propose features to go into a new main page so that the person who creates the sandbox has an idea over what he/she has to do. 04:56, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * That depends, first we have to find someone who is willing to code and doesn't make a total mess out of it. 13:40, March 5, 2012 (UTC)