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* Lack of images | * Lack of images | ||
| − | * Inclusion of relative junk (e.g. [[Test/Main-page-panels]] - visitors don't want this) | + | * Inclusion of relative junk (e.g. [[Test/Main-page-panels]] - visitors don't want this)<s> |
| − | * Lack of structure (people, events, etc. all jumbled together, in a way this reflects the software structure, which doesn't interest people, not the semantic content which does) | + | * <s>Lack of structure (people, events, etc. all jumbled together, in a way this reflects the software structure, which doesn't interest people, not the semantic content which does)</s> |
* Lack of details | * Lack of details | ||
* Quite a lot of space used up - seems not good for small screen devices | * Quite a lot of space used up - seems not good for small screen devices | ||
| − | * Annoying "File:" at the start of the list of files | + | * <s>Annoying "File:" at the start of the list of files</s> |
* Lack of excitement? | * Lack of excitement? | ||
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This is not an exhaustive list. I ''never'' use the main page. I wonder what it would take to make it helpful for me. I note a test page which includes image/video... | This is not an exhaustive list. I ''never'' use the main page. I wonder what it would take to make it helpful for me. I note a test page which includes image/video... | ||
[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 05:28, 27 June 2014 (IST) | [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 05:28, 27 June 2014 (IST) | ||
| − | + | : I use Feedly pro as my RSS reader. I scan a vast number of articles every day and tag maybe a dozen or so as worthy of proper review - reduced to maybe 6 on reading. I would like to be able to display the linked titles of those tagged article - probably on the Main page but certainly linked from there. Since I include new WS pages in the reader, tagging those would result in links to them too. I'm bogged down in the technicalities and may cry help --[[User:Peter|Peter P]] ([[User talk:Peter|talk]]) 06:55, 27 June 2014 (IST) | |
| − | + | :I'd also like to be able to put a simple bit of linked text on the main header where the site maintenance warning goes, in order to draw attention to some other cause du-jour. For example [[Denis Rancourt]] is a long-standing colleague who has just lost his 3 year long defamation case for a cool $1 million - [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/denis-rancourt-legal-defence-fund/x/1311109 See here]. I want to link to that appeal. I'd like to be able to have the space blank or to show an appropriate link with brief detail and be over-ridden by the site maintenance warning when necessary - Simply!!! --[[User:Peter|Peter P]] ([[User talk:Peter|talk]]) 07:06, 27 June 2014 (IST) | |
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Revision as of 13:09, 10 August 2014
Known issues to work on
I've just refactored the source code for easier readability. In the process I've lost the orange (easily reinstated, but actually prefer just blue. I was never convinced orange was a good match:) but deliberately left it otherwise unchanged for now. However, since it's SMW based, adjusting the content should be a breeze. Issues to work on:
- Lack of images
- Inclusion of relative junk (e.g. Test/Main-page-panels - visitors don't want this)
Lack of structure (people, events, etc. all jumbled together, in a way this reflects the software structure, which doesn't interest people, not the semantic content which does)- Lack of details
- Quite a lot of space used up - seems not good for small screen devices
Annoying "File:" at the start of the list of files- Lack of excitement?
This is not an exhaustive list. I never use the main page. I wonder what it would take to make it helpful for me. I note a test page which includes image/video...
Robin (talk) 05:28, 27 June 2014 (IST)
- I use Feedly pro as my RSS reader. I scan a vast number of articles every day and tag maybe a dozen or so as worthy of proper review - reduced to maybe 6 on reading. I would like to be able to display the linked titles of those tagged article - probably on the Main page but certainly linked from there. Since I include new WS pages in the reader, tagging those would result in links to them too. I'm bogged down in the technicalities and may cry help --Peter P (talk) 06:55, 27 June 2014 (IST)
- I'd also like to be able to put a simple bit of linked text on the main header where the site maintenance warning goes, in order to draw attention to some other cause du-jour. For example Denis Rancourt is a long-standing colleague who has just lost his 3 year long defamation case for a cool $1 million - See here. I want to link to that appeal. I'd like to be able to have the space blank or to show an appropriate link with brief detail and be over-ridden by the site maintenance warning when necessary - Simply!!! --Peter P (talk) 07:06, 27 June 2014 (IST)
