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| 08:32, 19 June 2012 | Andytizer (Talk | contribs) | New reply created | (Reply to SMW and Home Page refurb) |
| 02:45, 19 June 2012 | Andytizer (Talk | contribs) | New reply created | (Reply to SMW and Home Page refurb) |
| 16:03, 18 June 2012 | Masked Turk (Talk | contribs) | New reply created | (Reply to SMW and Home Page refurb) |
| 02:44, 18 June 2012 | Andytizer (Talk | contribs) | New thread created |
Hi Masked_Turk,
If you are interested in working on some stuff, I have some big projects that could use some attention.
Firstly, SMW is installed, and I have no idea how to start implementing its use. My hope is eventually to be able to have more flexibility about how to create lists of games. For example, I'd like to be able to have a list of low end games (http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List:Low_End_Games) but be able to actually pull in the system requirements, release date, OS, hdd space, etc. onto the page, instead of retyping and duplicating the data. I'd also like to get more flexibility in our categories, for example, creating a list of everything with the 'Windows' AND 'Games' category.
Secondly, I would like to figure out a solution for listing series. Preferably this should be close to the top of the page, because it could act as way to disambiguate. For example, http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun is a massive problem- it's difficult to get from this page to other Command and Conquer games in this series. Maybe we could use a template which can be pulled in on every Command and Conquer page to list every title in the series.
Thirdly, I am thinking of overhauling the front page, which has become unwieldy. Part of the problem is that it serves 3 functions (traditionally separate on a wiki):
- Explanation of what the wiki is about
- News
- Community portal
However, I'd like to keep this together as much as possible since I think we have gotten so used to it :). However I'd like to make a change, and for inspiration I like the look of the http://theportalwiki.com or the UESP wiki.
What I was thinking of was reducing the text, removing some sections (our header is redundant?, add more spacing, curved borders, some images/icons.
I think it would be good to have more 'discovery'- better links directly to important articles like Steam/Origin/GOG.com, beginner's guide, maybe add a 'Did you know..' section about PC gaming. Would love to know what you think.
I noticed the SMW functionality a while ago, hehe, was waiting for you to bring it up. Give me a few weeks and I'll put a good few man-hours into thinking about it (last exams, then a holiday these next few days).
As far as the main page goes, I get what you mean. We could definitely reorientate it's role to be more of a 'portal' than a clipboard. As above, I'll dedicate some thought to this in a few weeks :)
• Masked Turk 
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(Talk | Edits) •Thanks for taking a look :). I am going to experiment a bit on my own Sandbox for a new home page layout.
Another thing I am going to try to do is rename and standardise some of the templates, which are getting a bit complicated to use/understand/modify (for me at least!) especially the StoreLink/ID one, as I need to add a bunch of new icons into it.
I've been looking at refurbing the Sandbox and this is what I've come up with: http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/User:Andytizer/Sandbox
I am a bit hopeless when it comes to clean HTML and nice colours/icons. I am hoping you can help look at it before I continue?
- Do you think it's a good column layout?
- Can it be redone using divs rather than tables?
- Would it scale well for small/large screens?
- Any simple way of beautifying the look of the borders/spacing/headers?
Huge thanks for all your help :) Don't worry about looking at it soon, just whenever you can :). Good luck with final exams.
