User talk:Doldrums/Main page

features

 * 1) all leads identical, capable of synopsis, large image or overlaid formats.
 * 2) cleans up clutter at the top of the current main page
 * 3) brings together contribute section with needed help and guidance
 * 4) thanks to Bawolff, tabbed nav allows browsing by region, topic and date.

caveats

 * 1) needs new parser preprocessor and tabbed nav script.
 * 2) accessibility of overlaid lead is poor
 * 3) all invitations to write moved down the page, so less prominent
 * 4) not so latest news will be limited to so many stories (as are developing and disputed lists)
 * 5) colors, it appears, is not my strong point

fixes needed

 * 1) center headlines in leads
 * 2) make borders and other formatting uniform.
 * 3) IE6 (surprise, surprise!) mangles tab borders.

This page is broken
...not quite. the page relies on the new parser preprocessor which has not been installed "for real" on Wikinews so far, but is expected to be. however the preprocessor can be tried out by appending  to a page's permanent link. this is what the 'click here' is doing. –Doldrums(talk) 06:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Some changes
I moved the news in pictures up, replacing the "featured portal", and also added a fourth lead. Feel free to revert me completely or improve it further. I had some problems adapting the image size on the 4th lead BTW, and the image overlay looks strange in Firefox. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:48, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * the "Main page feature" is just a box, but it can used to highlight a lot of neat stuff we do and i obviously expect it to stay. the image overlay needs some formatting fixes - centering the text and so on. it shld not be difficult to achieve but has certainly proved beyond my efforts to date. we can always ask others (Bawolff springs to mind) to chip in. –Doldrums(talk) 17:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)