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--Tito☸Dutta 20:41, 13 October 2014 (UTC) and 07:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
New section
Should we add a new section in the main page like "Newest articles" or "New articles" or "Showcase"? This might be only section that will be automatically updated.
- Draft 01
Recent articles
--Tito☸Dutta 07:32, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Good idea! Please implement that. Let's call it "Recent articles". And, yes, that show hide box is cool. We can put that section just under "Featured article". --Abhidevananda (talk) 07:51, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Only thing I don't like about the appearance of the show/hide drop-down box is that it does not center under the title. "Click [show/hide]" should appear centered similar to "Recent articles". Haven't figured out how to make that happen. --Abhidevananda (talk) 08:07, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Okay I am adding draft 2 below.
Recent articles
Tito☸Dutta 08:14, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Draft 03
Draft 2 is still off-center. But I also don't like the format... too bold, too many colors, and the list is too long. Here is my suggestion, showing only the 10 most recent articles - could be reduced to only 5 - and with a more subdued appearance, similar to (not clashing with) the other sections.
Recent articles
This list of links is collapsible.The entries are in the following format.:
- [date time] [article title] [page creator's username]
- 00:36, 20 April 2024 Akash dakiya jay (hist | edit) [3,795 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3087)
- 03:12, 19 April 2024 Manera mayur meleche kalap (hist | edit) [3,660 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3086)
- 01:01, 18 April 2024 Tumi sarvavipadabhainjana (hist | edit) [3,463 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3085)
- 22:24, 16 April 2024 Kata juga pare ele (hist | edit) [3,618 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3084)
- 00:33, 16 April 2024 Svarna shatadala pulake jhalamala (hist | edit) [4,162 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3083)
- 02:54, 15 April 2024 Mananer kone elo kar se alo (hist | edit) [3,265 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3082)
- 21:56, 13 April 2024 Ei surabhita candana vane (hist | edit) [3,717 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3081)
- 21:01, 12 April 2024 Hemante jhara shishir vindute (hist | edit) [3,691 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3080)
- 22:59, 11 April 2024 Sharada prate jhara shephaliite (hist | edit) [3,976 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3079)
- 22:03, 10 April 2024 Je path dhariya caliyachilo prabhu (hist | edit) [4,492 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3078)
--Abhidevananda (talk) 08:39, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, a list of 10 is looking good and clear. Added help text. --Tito☸Dutta 08:45, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
- Draft 04
I'm inclined to go with a list of only 5 links. It maintains better balance on the page. We can expand it to 10 or change the title to "Latest articles" or "Most recent articles" when we start to get more than 5 new articles in a day on a frequent basis. As to the help text, I don't think it's needed. The format is intuitive. And the help text anyway omits the author's comment when posting the article... which I also might prefer to omit from the list, but I'm not seeing that option. It would also be good to add the parameter "namespace=Main"... which I am doing now... to limit the articles to the Main namespace. I considered adding the Navbar, but I don't like having it both above and below the list. So we can do without that. Also, I have added two line breaks at the end to ensure that the white space after the new section will be same as the other sections. See the following, which - with your permission - I will add immediately to the Main page.
Recent articles
- 00:36, 20 April 2024 Akash dakiya jay (hist | edit) [3,795 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3087)
- 03:12, 19 April 2024 Manera mayur meleche kalap (hist | edit) [3,660 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3086)
- 01:01, 18 April 2024 Tumi sarvavipadabhainjana (hist | edit) [3,463 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3085)
- 22:24, 16 April 2024 Kata juga pare ele (hist | edit) [3,618 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3084)
- 00:33, 16 April 2024 Svarna shatadala pulake jhalamala (hist | edit) [4,162 bytes] Abhidevananda (talk | contribs) (Song 3083)
--Abhidevananda (talk) 09:07, 24 November 2014 (UTC)