Forum:Update main page

I think the main page really needs to be updated. Other wikis now have sliders on the page, with links etc. I know we have the slider at the bottom, but what is the point? No one looks at it.

I like the Click on a logo etc. thing, so maybe we could incorperate the logos into a slideshow? This is what it looks like on the Wallace and Gromit Wiki. We could do the logos (i.e, the Doctor Who insignia, Torcwhood insignia etc) with a link to the latest episodes being shown on the slideshow. If you have a look at the W+G wiki and you click on one of the slides, you are taken to a page corresponding with the picture. Our main page is just too bland, and we need to add some more colour.

Any thoughts? 16:01, October 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * The main page has a colour scheme that matches in with the rest of the wiki, it's simple and easy navigate, whilst keeping all the most recent stories (most of them) on the page so people can get to what they want easily. Unlike some wikis I've seen it's not visually overwhelming/over done.


 * The issue with comparing our wiki to many others is we've got a gigantic amount of content to show on the main page compared to any other wiki. TV x 3, Novels x 6, Comics x 6, Audio x 6 there's a lot to have on the main page.


 * The world of Wallace and Gromit is 8 stories, so they can afford to play around with their main page because they can link off to their stories easily.


 * I think adding a slideshow would introduce too many clicks to get people to where they want, the logos and the various covers represent easily identifiable images/logos that people can go to. If we split the logos/TV shows into a slidshow that's an ext 2+ clicks to get to the latest story.
 * Other science fiction and larger wikis also tend to go for simple layouts the Wookipedia and Memory Alpha and Battlestar Wiki all have simple main page layouts. --Tangerineduel / talk 16:26, October 12, 2011 (UTC)