Forum:Main Page- Revamping Help

Okay, I think it's about time for our main page to be revamped. The featured article and link box are great starts, but I feel we could have some more. Unfortunately, I can't code for tables/boxes/much else even if my life depended on it, so I'm going to need some help '''*pleads*. '''

Here are some ideas for things we could add, that have been tossed around before, or are "borrowed" from other wikis:


 * Update the orange "We need you!" box... I think it looks kinda sad.
 * Navigation box w/ text or icons. Wikimon has a similar idea, and we do have stuff on the sidebar, so I'm not sure how necessary this is.
 * Newest articles box (I know this can be coded for and left alone, no updating needed)
 * News box: maybe import something from Anime News Network/AniDB, or a user updated list (I'd be willing to do this)
 * Community section: quick links to forums, wiki discussion page, admins, MoS, etc.
 * Quotes
 * Did you know?: section of interesting/little known facts
 * Icons: we could add small animated sprites to boxes, as in what Bulbapedia has done.
 * On this day: Events that happened on the current day.
 * Tasks that are being worked on around the wiki: like episode summaries, music pages, etc.
 * "This article needs your love!!": A parody of a certain scene from the eng dub of Digimon Adventure, this box could feature article(s) that desperately need attention (esp. bad stubs, etc.). Include the crest of love pic and Garudamon's exact quote. Could be one featured article w/ a list of others, changed weekly/monthly, etc. Could be partially automated with stub, articles needing attention categories.

I, ahem, "borrowed" some of these ideas from various wikis, like Wookieepedia, Bulbapedia and Aselia. Rad140  "RAWR?  NO UPDATES!?"   23:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree as well. But as for the overworld sprites from Dawn/Dusk, I could probably do them. I did a gif image for Black Ace once, just for the fun of it, and it turned out pretty good. Takes about one hour or so only. Still, I need to know which ones to make, for one hour per image is a very long time. - Digi9346 - Your destruction is inevitable... 01:22, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

We can probably steal FFwiki's coding for their Quotes section. And Digi? If you can teach me how to do gifs, I can help out, though, y'know, with school starting and all it'll take a bit of time. Lanate (talk) 05:04, September 2, 2009 (UTC)