Talk:Main Page

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Main page layout update
Hullo! I am Kirkburn, your friendly local Wikia Gaming Helper!

Hopefully you have read about the skin and ad changes at Wikia's New Style on Central Wikia. If not, I hope you'll have a look.

One of the changes is a block of two ads on each main page. It's possible that they won't always show up, but to ensure your main page continues to work properly when they do, you need to update your main page column formatting code with new column tags.

I have drafted a main page using the new tags on User:Kirkburn/Dev which I hope you can take a look at - feel free to make a copy and edit it. Though the layout may seem restrictive at first, there really is a fair amount you can do with them - for example see these customized main pages - Muppet Wiki, WoWWiki, FFXIclopedia. You may want to chat with your wiki community about what direction to take with a new main page.

If you encounter any problems with the new tags, please let us know.

My apologies for any inconvenience these changes bring. Thank you for your time, Kirkburn (talk) 10:56, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know. Visually speaking, it looks a little obtrusive, like it's a little too organized. I never really noticed the ads that much to begin with. I'm indifferent to the new setup. Sake neko 04:31, 2 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I've given it some tweaks and updates to the layout to try and give a better representation and show the latest content - what do you think of it now? Kirkburn (talk) 09:51, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I have switched to the new layout - I hope it is easy to work with. Kirkburn (talk) 14:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Do we really have to use this layout? Because I prefer the old one. If we really HAVE to use this layout, I think we have to change the Main Page's template. I'm gonna need some help with that. -- Mr.Kraken 15:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I've got to agree with our Admin here in saying I preferred the old layout before any tweaks were done to it. I'm not too big a fan of it the way it is now. Kyosei 22:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Does anyone else have the problem of a laggy main page? Sometimes the newer edits don't even show up on the "recent changes" bar until I visit another page. Sake neko 07:03, 14 August 2008 (UTC)