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sirwoogie:
From the limited authors we do have, what do you feel is necessary to do before we release this to the community? At this point, I don't have a real preference how the main page is set, and I'd welcome others authors to give it a shot and see what comes up. We can always revert or move "potentials" to their own page for review. I just don't have the time this month to jump way into that type of design, but really the possibilities are not that vast for a meaningful index.
Are there modifications to the navigation or theme that should be done before? Obviously you guys can't change them so I'm on the hook really to do that.
Just by the wiki-fu of some of you, it really has blossomed quite a bit.
I'd like to get this to the community sooner rather than later. Opinions?
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: sirwoogie on February 28, 2006, 12:45:13 pm ---From the limited authors we do have, what do you feel is necessary to do before we release this to the community? At this point, I don't have a real preference how the main page is set, and I'd welcome others authors to give it a shot and see what comes up. We can always revert or move "potentials" to their own page for review. I just don't have the time this month to jump way into that type of design, but really the possibilities are not that vast for a meaningful index.
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As I mentioned on the Main discussion page (dunno if anybody actually reads that), I think it would be good if someone could write a brief introductory note on the Main page, maybe explaining the purpose of this hobby and what to expect out of it.
Other than that, I'd like to start a little documentation in the Software section. It seems as soon as you start writing a little in one of these things, the whole section starts to take shape pretty quickly. Did MinWah get invited? I'm not familiar with MameWah and it should probably get a page or two in there since it seems to be the frontend of choice.
--- Quote from: sirwoogie on February 28, 2006, 12:45:13 pm ---Are there modifications to the navigation or theme that should be done before? Obviously you guys can't change them so I'm on the hook really to do that.
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You might want to adjust the theme so a Google Ad is displayed on each page, just to help pay for all that bandwidth. You should probably remove the 'Donations' link on the sidebar, and perhaps the 'Current Events' link too. Oh, and add a link to the big 'Contents' page.
sirwoogie:
Yeah, I read it. Saint is writing the introduction paragraph as we speak. :) MinWah did get invited, but he hasn't posted content yet.
John, do you want AdSense on the wiki site? I have to change the code to provide that, but it's not a big deal. Just tell me where you want it if you want to include it.
I can remove those links on the sidebar as well. I agree with the deletions.
I wouldn't put a link to a "master contents" page as that really at the moment is a workspace for ideas. In the end, we'll have to have one, but it's going to be pretty fluid right now. I do agree putting the link on the Main_Page though.
mahuti:
Minwah was invited. As for content, there's plenty more that I can / will add, but I don't have much to offer in the way of introductory stuff. The most logical thing to add before it goes live, is a short description about making your own cabinet, and links to a beginner guide, then a short note telling people they can and should edit the pages with a link to a digest help page (rather than the full wiki site)
I don't have any comments about the navigation per se... just a shame that it has to look so off-the-shelf wiki like... especially with such a visually rich hobby as the one we have.
I do think that the help section should have basic WIKI stuff added to it before the site goes live. I know there's a whole site dedicated to wikiness, but the basics should be on that page.
Also "random page" is just silly chartjunk navigation, and community portal should go to the board rather than the BYOACWiki:Community Portal page.
sirwoogie:
I agree the skin is wiki-ish, but we don't have a consistent theme that works for all the sites, thus we stuck with the defaults for now. I don't like it, but I just haven't had time to work on a new layout based on some artwork I have, but no one else has had time either.
I agree that "wikiness" should have a more basic editor guide, but there are plenty out on the web for that. We should link to those, not write our own. Eventually we should have a look and feel guide for the wiki once it matures.
The sidebar has been changed.
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