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==Let us make the landing page cleaner==
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I think the Main Page has become something of a hodge-podge, so it has less utility to the user who is not already familiar with the wiki.
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Someone with experience in wikiwork knows to go to [[:Special:SpecialPages]] to start familiarizing herself with the wiki. Others need a well-organized Main Page.
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An improvement to the status quo would involve:
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* Editing the information preceding the table of contents (that is, preceding the first Heading 2) to tightened up, eliminating duplication, gratuitous graphics, broken links, etc.
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* Have further sections (heading 2) as follows:
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** News—this section would have information about future events and news of the last 12 months. Older items would be migrated to a [[Toastmasters Past Events]] page.
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** Getting started—for prospective members and new Toastmasters. It would include a reference to [[All About Toastmasters]] and would add a reference to [[For the new member]], a page with information to help the new Toastmaster get oriented to the [[Toastmasters Club]], [[Toastmasters Educational Program]], [[Contests]], [[Convention]], [[District]], and [[Toastmasters International]] official website.
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** Path to Distinction—for somewhat more experienced Toastmasters who are more familiar with this wiki. It would point to [[Speaking]], [[Leading]], [[Contests]], [[District]], [[Convention]], etc. The current section on Leading, would be heavily abbreviated, moved elsewhere—something.
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** About this site—for those wishing to work actively with (edit) the wiki. Point to a page that has the information now under Background to this Site, Site Map, New: Club Sites, and Promote Wikia.
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Let me know if you disagree with this direction. Because the changes are so great, I probably would proceed by creating a new Main Page for us to vet.
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[[User:ArthurOgawa|ArthurOgawa]] 18:44, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Revision as of 18:44, 5 April 2009

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--Erich Viedge 12:05, 30 Jul 2005 (UTC)

redesign

I read an article about Google that partly ascribes its success to the fact that it only has 7 things on the home page.

I wanted to apply the same principles to this site. That's why the front page only has six items plus a picture.

SEO purpose

The current code could be improved with some keywords in title and alt attribute, by example

<table width="270" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><td><a href="http://toastmasters.wikia.com/ title="Toastmasters International Wikia"> <img src="http://toastmasters.wikia.com/images/9/95/TM-Wikia.gif" alt="Toastmasters International Wikia Badge" width="270" height="80" border="0" /></a> </td></tr> <tr><td align="center"> <strong>Visit <a href="http://toastmasters.wikia.com/" title="Toastmasters International Wikia">toastmasters.wikia.com</a></strong> </td></tr></table>

Let us make the landing page cleaner

I think the Main Page has become something of a hodge-podge, so it has less utility to the user who is not already familiar with the wiki. Someone with experience in wikiwork knows to go to Special:SpecialPages to start familiarizing herself with the wiki. Others need a well-organized Main Page.

An improvement to the status quo would involve:

  • Editing the information preceding the table of contents (that is, preceding the first Heading 2) to tightened up, eliminating duplication, gratuitous graphics, broken links, etc.
  • Have further sections (heading 2) as follows:
    • News—this section would have information about future events and news of the last 12 months. Older items would be migrated to a Toastmasters Past Events page.
    • Path to Distinction—for somewhat more experienced Toastmasters who are more familiar with this wiki. It would point to Speaking, Leading, Contests, District, Convention, etc. The current section on Leading, would be heavily abbreviated, moved elsewhere—something.
    • About this site—for those wishing to work actively with (edit) the wiki. Point to a page that has the information now under Background to this Site, Site Map, New: Club Sites, and Promote Wikia.

Let me know if you disagree with this direction. Because the changes are so great, I probably would proceed by creating a new Main Page for us to vet.

ArthurOgawa 18:44, 5 April 2009 (UTC)