User blog:Colin687/Wiki Main Page

Hello everyone!

First off, let me say that it's been a whole month since I've been on DARP, and you know what? I want to come back! Real life is gonna kill me, I swear!

Anyway, I should get to my main subject.

I know many of us don't use the main page, so if you didn't know already, the main page is a little ... To wish for a better word, broken. There's a lot of div's in the wrong places and the right column is all whacked out and ... pretty much it needs help. The main page is a good source for new users, and new users add to the wiki, which is what we want, right? I think so.

At least in my opinion!

So that's why I made this page, to talk about the main page and get everyone else's input on it.

Please answer the polls below :D

Do you agree or disagree that the main page should be updated: Yes No

Agree or disagree? I'd like to see a main page that covers current things happening on the wiki. Agree Disagree Unsure/Undecided

Agree or disagree? The main page would be beneficial to myself and new users. Yes, beneficial to me and new users. No, not beneficial to me or new users. Yes, beneficial to me, not new users. Yes, beneficial to new users, not me.

Would you be interested in helping the wiki create a new main page? Yes No Maybe Also, please be sure to put your feedback in the comments. Briefly now, I'll tell you what my ideas for a new home page are:

Implement the current stuff into a new setting
We're all used to the current format of the homepage, so why stray so far away from it? I love the idea of a title that says "Boom! We're DARP! Welcome to the party!" and then the nice picture that shows what we're all about. Harry Potter of course, but Hogwarts for the most part. I think we should have the following things included in the home page:

(In advance: Widget basically means template ... that you can use from the page ... hard to explain in words) This is all I got right now.
 * Welcome section, of course
 * Getting Started
 * Getting started tab & link to official
 * Policies tab & link to official
 * Sorting hat widget (link included)
 * EasyChars widget (link included)
 * EasyBubbles widget (link included)
 * I think this section will need some decision making.
 * Role-Play
 * Includes tabs showing information on Hogwarts School, Ministry of Magic, Shops & Stores, and Expansion Locations.
 * Maybe there could be a "featured store" thing or "featured location" thing?
 * Maurauders Map template
 * Random location widget
 * Expansion
 * I have no clue what do with this one honestly*
 * Administration
 * Shows the Admin team thing, Departments, Contact, and other help. That sorta thing.
 * Maube if it gets started* Spotlights!
 * User, character, and location spotlights.
 * This still has to be decided and confirmed with in the future. But we'll see? :)

I think everyone should have a say in how we make this. It's our wiki, let's make it the way we like it, right?

 COMMENT BELOW!

 ~ Colin  687