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Hey, here are some ideas to make the main page somewhat smaller.
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===Main page===
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An idea to make the start page somewhat nicer. Had a look at different other wiki's and how they managed it. I like the heading in diffent colors to have a differentiation of the topics. Also the country list was quite tooooooo big, so now i think it's better for a first-time-visitor to navigate through the continents.  
  
For this version, I directly imported the text of the templates into the site. That can be arranged later, but for now it's easier to add/edit stuff. Only News are not touched. This are my points:
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Some points are still open:
* Header smaller
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* Why the hell is the menu on the left smaller than normal?
* Instead of 20+ links at the beginning we should write a small welcome text and lead the new hitchhiker through a sort of ''first-aid hitchhiking guide''. this can be a start page with an good overview of all the different topics he can learn something about. ( Boats, Plane-hitching, safety, etc....)  
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* Continent articles have to be much nicer, adding flags etc. ;)
** Might also be good for a sort of ''first aid kit for helping the wiki'' or something like that.
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* General Info and it's links are missing. I like more the one General Info article above in the box. And from there you can discover the rest. Looks more sorted and cleaned up. If coming a first time to the current start page, you see 20 general info's. What the hell ! Also Help pages etc. Are mentioned in the header and also might be added to the menu on the left. What do you think? [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small><sup>[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 23:12, 11 January 2008 (CET)
* The pictures are now next to each other, safes a lot of space down to the wiki. otherwise useres have to scroll down for years, looks not nice. Also looks totally different in each browser ( IE ≠ Firefox ≠ Safari ≠ Opera :-(  )
 
* Rearranged the countries. Deleted some states of the US and Canada. If we add them, then all (or all 5-6 regions like mid-west, east, westcoast, etc.) or nothing. should take care with african countries, there are a lot to come in the future (hopefully).
 
* Size of text with the ''general info''. Bigger? I like it with 88% - 90% font size.
 
* Hitchhiking Button as a start of text. maybe also next to the "news" header?
 
  
Any other suggestions? Add, edit and play around as much as you want! Let's create the best wiki main page in the world :-)
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:I like it.
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:The News and Hitchhikers columns are only covering about 40% of the total available space in my Firefox 1.5.0.12.
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:Can you get feedback from a couple of non-wiki people? [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 12:50, 14 January 2008 (CET)
  
[[User:platschi|platschi]]<small><sup>[http://hoerstel.travelblog.ch site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 18:48, 22 October 2007 (CEST)
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::Hey, I'm using Safari 3.0.4, only problem I discover is that the menu on the left side is smaller and that the Category at the bottom is going over the whole page. That's not what I wanted ;) Also had a look on a Windows machine with IE and Firefox (don't know which version), everything was looking fine except the menu on the left. And in IE the pictures of the day were quite small. On my machine they're covering all space they can get. Will ask more people to get feedback. [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small><sup>[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 12:29, 15 January 2008 (CET)
  
===[[User:MrTweek|MrTweeks]] suggestions===
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::Firefox 2.0.0.11: No problems; Safari 3.0.4: No problems; IE 6.0: No problems. Any other experiences? [[User:platschi|platschi]]<small><sup>[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]</sup></small> 22:36, 15 January 2008 (CET)
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:::Opera: no problems. (Guaka, you should update your browser ;) --23:11, 15 January 2008 (CET)
  
I would not remove the General stuff, because it's important for navigating, neither the hitchhikers-box, because it give people more of a community feeling.
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::::<small>(I changed my job instead [[User:84.25.37.153|84.25.37.153]] 15:08, 17 January 2008 (CET) ;)</small>
I think we should move both of them more to the end of the page.
 
 
 
Maybe we should put the pictures more to the top of the page but smaller), because it makes the page more colorful, more welcoming.
 

Latest revision as of 16:08, 17 January 2008

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An idea to make the start page somewhat nicer. Had a look at different other wiki's and how they managed it. I like the heading in diffent colors to have a differentiation of the topics. Also the country list was quite tooooooo big, so now i think it's better for a first-time-visitor to navigate through the continents.

Some points are still open:

  • Why the hell is the menu on the left smaller than normal?
  • Continent articles have to be much nicer, adding flags etc. ;)
  • General Info and it's links are missing. I like more the one General Info article above in the box. And from there you can discover the rest. Looks more sorted and cleaned up. If coming a first time to the current start page, you see 20 general info's. What the hell ! Also Help pages etc. Are mentioned in the header and also might be added to the menu on the left. What do you think? platschisite, wikitalk 23:12, 11 January 2008 (CET)
I like it.
The News and Hitchhikers columns are only covering about 40% of the total available space in my Firefox 1.5.0.12.
Can you get feedback from a couple of non-wiki people? guakasite, wikitalk 12:50, 14 January 2008 (CET)
Hey, I'm using Safari 3.0.4, only problem I discover is that the menu on the left side is smaller and that the Category at the bottom is going over the whole page. That's not what I wanted ;) Also had a look on a Windows machine with IE and Firefox (don't know which version), everything was looking fine except the menu on the left. And in IE the pictures of the day were quite small. On my machine they're covering all space they can get. Will ask more people to get feedback. platschisite, wikitalk 12:29, 15 January 2008 (CET)
Firefox 2.0.0.11: No problems; Safari 3.0.4: No problems; IE 6.0: No problems. Any other experiences? platschisite, wikitalk 22:36, 15 January 2008 (CET)
Opera: no problems. (Guaka, you should update your browser ;) --23:11, 15 January 2008 (CET)
(I changed my job instead 84.25.37.153 15:08, 17 January 2008 (CET) ;)