Portal:Main/Reform

Documentation
This is the documentation of the proposed main page and its inner workings. For the actual planned layout, see below (there is a large gap between the proposal and documentation). This page is intended to, upon completion, follow the layout described in this document (the document linked is the sole brainchild of AndyRoo337) with heavy influences from this document (produced by The Kaufman. It depends on the following templates, which will require regular updating (none of the content in them is accepted yet, and it is just default):

Template:WikiEvents
This template will contain news on the current happenings around the wikia, allowing (ideally) plenty of opportunity for contributors to get involved in challenges, votes and just see what others are doing.

Template:Advice
A selection of good advice on conlanging from people who know what they are doing. It could probably be extended to include examples of high-quality languages, so that amateurs or conlangers who just need fresh inspiration can learn from the masters.

Template:Other
Anything else that needs to be seen. This template probably doesn't need regular maintenance, as it needn't be updated unless there is something to say.

Template:User:AKsroa4a/MainPageFeatured has been removed from the main page, and will not be re-added unless it is both desired and made to work harmoniously; the text below it tend to try and squeeze in between the spaces separating articles.

Template:User:Waahlis/Sandbox/Portal:Main/Template:CreateLangs could do with a revision, and possibly be integrated (once it is more complete) with the Conlinguistics Portal.

The two sliders below serve different purposes. The first one is to give a brief overview of the wiki, suggesting places a web surfer may wish to visit. As such, it is broadly similar to the slider on the old main page. The one below that is to display current activities on the wiki. As such, it will include challenges, spotlights, etc. One may thus describe the difference as roughly being that topics mentioned in the top slider lack a definitive closing date, while those on the bottom possess one.

- Come in and join the chat to talk to fellow conlangers in real-time! When in doubt, contact the admins, ED and AK.



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