Thread:Ursuul/@comment-171752-20180103172114/@comment-171752-20180103233147

You both seem to like Libre Baskerville, so I imported it on Wikia.css and created User:JoePlay/test to start working on a new design for main page sections. One of you liked the addition of a create box and the other liked a search box, so I used both for now. Feel free to adjust any of the styling as needed, or tell me what to change if you prefer not to edit the page. Once we nail down a theme, I'll convert it to a template with input parameters and transfer the inline styles to CSS classes using the names seen on the test page's code ( and  ).

As for choosing to use the custom navigation portal seen at Dragon Age instead of a standard slider, I think that would be a great addition. There is a lot to it (templates, CSS, and JS), so it'll take a while to get completely finished, but if there are enough categories/groups of things to showcase and link to, it'll be worth it!

The first thing to do is decide how many secondary items you want to appear on the right side of the main panel. For example, Dragon Age Wiki has four: Dragon Age Series, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II, and Lore. The reason to decide the number of items on the right is because the height of those images is determined by how many there will be, and I'll be cropping the images to fit the necessary size. Keep in mind that each item/category will have its own full-size panel, and each panel has the capacity to display a list of sub-items/subcategories on the left and a list of links in the main area for each subcategory. I only mention it to hopefully help you guys determine how to separate the content that you want to be featured on the navigation portal.

To get started, you can just decide on one main name and image (for the large image on the main panel) and the names and images for the secondary items. Once we have those names and images, I can get the base structure and functionality in place. Once that's done, it'll be fairly simple to add in the subcategories and links to each individual panel, which I'll show you how to do.