The MediaWiki.org main page needs a redesign. It needs to be user friendly more information about information quicker to download things and easer to find older mediawiki releases ( for testing ). It would be greate if the main page look a bit like translatewiki.net which makes the page look different because it isent using vector as its default skin for main page.
Task filed at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108486
I agree, the main page looks archaic. Some rounded borders would be nice, and that disgusting download button needs to go. However these are just details, a proper redesign should start at a higher level. Should we change the elements of the main page, or just the look?
I'm not sure, if rounded boxes is a good idea, in my opinion it looks like an old design, too. The button could be changed to a mediawiki.ui button (progressive I think). That would make it a bit better, I think. Opinions?
There is currently no way to use OOUI in wikitext. If we would use InputBox for this button, we would switch to OOUI just in the moment, when InputBox switches to it. But InputBox doesn't have a simple button iirc.
Regarding the download button, I think that using a mediawiki.ui button would be great.
I would also add that there is no need to link to the release notes of the latest version, much less of the previous one, in the main page. They can be easily accessed from the Download page (to which the download button links). This would leave only the download button in the "Current version" section, which would make the section unnecessary. I'd move the button somewhere else, maybe to the right of the welcome message, and get rid of the "Current version" section entirely, which would make room for the News and Opportunities sections, or allow us to insert some other content. Anyone agrees?
Well the look and elements it needs to describe more on where to download skin and extensions. probably recommended ones.
It needs a refresh look with more info.
There was already an effort to add fluff to the Main Page which looks rather cool. Only this ridiculous photo at the top should imho be removed. Why not go for this?
I think that design looks awesome, or at least much superior to the current one. We should implement it immediately, but why wasn't it implemented already, if it's already developed?
Well not really as this is a community wiki they want people to vote for it. just like the English Wikipedia they had some pretty greate desgn in 2012 but none were picked. We would need to get a hold on one of the admins on here and ask but what about something that has a desgn like http://codepen.io/awesomephant/full/DxIBo
Sorry folk, but it seems impossible to add links to Flow, that really bad. Well, this post too since it is off topic.
Fixed ;) You can switch to wikitext mode and use the "normal" wikitext syntax for internal links.
I cannot even change my post to remove typos. Now I am really pi...d. You know what ... I am out of this discussion.
This desgn http://codepen.io/awesomephant/full/DxIBo looks really good. Maybe we should create a bug for mediawiki to have footer redesign to look like http://codepen.io/awesomephant/full/DxIBo even if there is an option to even use old footer or the new one.
@Paladox2017: This design get's a -1 from me. The new design of our main page shouldn't loose the identity of MediaWiki.org (or, to be specific, Vector). So it should look very nice, but with Vector. The design preview mentioned by 91.65.247.53 looks awesome! There is a task for it in phabricator: task T653.
I wasn't suggesting using all the code from there just some I suggest we redesign the header maybe a big Text with words Welcome to Mediawiki. with maybe the iconic logo on the sides of it with a colourful background.
What about something like this https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Paladox2017/MediaWiki/Redesgn for a header for mediawiki. Please feel free to edit if you have improvements to it or have an alternative desgn for it.
