User talk:HappyDog/Hub-based Main Page

Update
I have removed the introduction box and moved the versions into the news row. Thoughts? --HappyDog 17:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I like it.--Rogerhc 01:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I also tried adding some prominent quick-links into the main intro box. Again - thoughts? --HappyDog 17:39, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice work! Ideas: putting them in table cells of their own tends to make them read as headers, which they are not. They are good links to have there under the "Welcome to MediaWiki.org" heading however. So maybe presenting them the common "links of interest" web idiom would be good, in one wide table cell or simply above the intro paragraph. Example:

About this site | About MediaWiki | Download | Help & support
 * We would like visitors to read them instantly as links, not headers or dynamic menus. It might be equally done by simply removing the cell borders so that the links are not each enclosed in boxes but remain in dynamically width adjusted space:


 * or


 * Hmm, I probably favor the simple tableless centered links between pipes idiom for simplicity. It's an instantly recognized web idiom. I like the look of the page otherwise. Nice work!
 * --Rogerhc 01:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Here's two more alternatives:  --HappyDog 02:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Versions box
I like the recent Versions being stated somewhere on the main page. The "Versions" box does it nicely. I'm a System administrator (novice but running my own MediaWiki on a FreeBSD box, wikigogy.org) who likes to be reminded what the current release version is. I feel it is good public resations to indicate our healthy release schedule on our main page, too. Our? I'm not even a developer but I feel included because it is announced on the main page - good public relations, and relevant info to me. A sign of life in the eyes of simple Users, too. I'd keep it there somewhere, like you have. :-) --Rogerhc 01:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)