Forum:Main Page redesign

Is it ok if I make some slight modifications to the main page (like at Fallout Wiki/sandbox)? I feel the second logo is not really needed seeing as there is a second one right next to it and the news should be featured more prominently. -- Porter21 (talk) 07:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I personally like the content section above the news. --Macros 08:16, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, if you want the average user to actually notice the news, it's not a good idea to have them in a place where you have to scroll down to see them. From a web design standpoint dynamic content should go above static content. -- Porter21 (talk) 08:36, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I also prefer the content section to be above news myself. For a wiki, news is not as important of a part as the content. We're not really that much of a news site. Ausir 09:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good, but I'd place the News below the article of the day, leave List of Contents where it is and move "How to help" below it. Also, change the style of the templates to fit your other work, Porta' That Furry Bastard 09:20, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe we should drop the timeline section, move news above article of the day, and add a "did you know?" section? Ausir 09:22, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I could also live with moving the contents section down or cutting it down if we added more sections to the sidebar, like "Fallout world", now that Monaco has an expanding sidebar. What do you guys think? Ausir 09:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

It's not necessarily that I want the contents to go down, I just want the news up :P The whole issue is mostly caused by the bloody ads but I guess we have to live with that. I'd agree with adding a "setting" or "world" category to the sidebar, a lot of the articles in there are quite interesting. Also agree about dropping the timeline, while certainly interesting a link (in the new sidebar category?) would probably be enough. Essentially, everything that's in the "content" section should be covered by the sidebar in my opinion.
 * I can also do a visual redesign to make the page more fit our info- and navboxes. Incidentally, this would probably save us some vertical space as well. -- Porter21 (talk) 10:28, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Just please keep it so people who don't use Monaco can still access everything as easily as they can now. --Macros 15:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's their own fault for not using Monaco :P Just kidding. I've put a new version up; mostly moved the contents back up, removed the timeline and did some visual changes. -- Porter21 (talk) 15:39, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's perfect. That Furry Bastard 00:23, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I've made the portal design more modular and switched all portals (main, Portal:Fallout 3, Portal:Project V13 and The Vault:Community portal) to the new design. I have not yet changed the actual content of the main portal; personally I'd favor the version in the sandbox with the possible addition of a "Did you know?" section. However, I'd like some more feedback on that first though.

On a sidenote, I think we should also create a New Vegas portal; after all, FNV has better chances to actually be released than Project V13 in my opinion and the latter has an own portal as well. -- Porter21 (talk) 18:24, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Good job on the redesign. And yeah, creating a New Vegas portal is a good idea. Ausir 20:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)