Wikipedia talk:2008 main page redesign proposal/Wintran


 * Please see my latest (fourth) proposal, which is a modified version of my second proposal. They include many new features.

Credits
Modified from Main Page alternative (misty breeze), this is a work in progress. Expect ugly code and so on, and please view with Firefox for now. - Wintran (talk) 19:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Idea
My goal with this design is usability with clean and appealing graphics. I think the current Main Page is too cluttered with text and links, with too little space between objects, which decreases both usability and its visual appeal. I chose to center the main title to give it more emphasize (the title of a site should always be clearly visible on its main page) and placed a search box there which I believe could prove very useful for new users. I chose to modify Main Page alternative (misty breeze) because I liked its box design, or more specifically, its design of icons and titles on the boxes. I also liked its simple placement of the portals, which I included in my version. Feel free to came with proposals or copy this design and make your own version of it. - Wintran (talk) 19:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Margins within boxes
Does anyone know why the margin-setting in the "featured article"-box doesn't affect the bottom text ("Recently featured..." etc)? Also, the "In the News"-box doesn't seem to apply the margin-settings either (at least not the right side). - Wintran (talk) 19:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Searchbox
Really digging the searchbox at the top.

Even though Wikipedia's search is so awfull.. Miserlou (talk) 17:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)