Talk:Main Page
Main Page Revamp
I am planning to redesign the main page, and would like the community contribute their ideas of what they would want the main page to be, and do. Here are some ideas that I'm toying with:
- Top Links remain, but are turned into buttons, and prettied up a bit.
- A "News" section to alert visitors about current stories being written, changes to the wiki, etc.
- Possibly a seasonal story competition . . . I could afford to give out an award four time a year without any issues. Would this be fun?
- The normal sections on wiki use and story formatting, cleaned up and made pretty.
- Maybe a section specifically for writing guides?
Anyone have any other ideas, or feedback on the ones I just posited?
Since I imagine most of the users on this wiki being readers rather than writers (and fellow writers also being readers in their own right) I'd say that anything that helps users find new stories to read easier is a plus. "News" section would therefore be a nice addition to main page, perhaps to replace "basic formatting rules", "advanced formatting" etc. They're all already here so a big, noticeable link on a main page to potential contributiors should be enough? Competitions might also be fun to try, maybe start with one to see how much interest there is, and also to get more content on the site. Maybe have a section of their own for them? I don't really have any ideas of my own, but there's my two cents on sugestions above. Innocent Ruin (talk) 14:51, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Revamping the main page is going to be great for navigation. I like the seasonal story idea as well. I don't know if it's possible, but maybe some general polls for fun on the main page could help with user participation and activity. --Green (talk) 04:22, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Also, if you need any help with that or css I can do a little. An example of CSS I've done is here compared to the original here. --Green (talk) 04:29, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Another idea could be raffling off branches of old or existing stories. What I mean is there are quite a few pending requests that users want to read, but nobody is currently writing them either due to author not being available or even just lack of awareness (some branches are difficult to get to and get back to). We could maybe have a featured story and authors could submit their versions of the page in, say, the discussion page or another page entirely. Then, users could vote on their favorite, which would then get featured on the page. (Logistically, I think like a cutoff date for entry, say a month, then open voting for 1-2 weeks.) This would be more work, for sure, and I don't know how high participation would be. Just a thought. Edit: This is more frivolous, and I know this isn't the forums, but maybe every user could get 1 "favorite" button a month and use it on their favorite page. Also, maybe a template for the user page for "top 3 favorite stories" can help interaction or at least let other people see who the user is. --Green (talk) 16:16, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
I thought I’d try to resurrect the conversation about revamping the homepage a bit. I like some of the ideas. Featuring a writer every month could be cool... I think I just got a vauge idea, but I want to mock it up in the sandbox and get feedback. --Hgcollins (talk) 19:28, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
How to create stories
I can edit them but how do i create new ones? Pls help
Sidebar "NSFW"
Why is "ATF Booru" in the sidebar listed as "NSFW"? This is an NSFW site, and "All the Fallen" is also NSFW. --Cum Girl (talk) 07:05, 25 January 2022 (CET)
Copyrights page
Will the page All_The_Fallen_Stories:Copyrights ever be created? It seems like a good idea to have some copyright information about how stories are available on this site. --Cum Girl (talk) 07:11, 30 March 2022 (CEST)
Suggestion
Maybe it should be encouraged (or even required for new stories) to list story codes and edit permissions at the top of the first page. My reasoning is that many people, like myself, probably keep an eye on recent changes, and sometimes discover stories that way instead of from the index. And it can be difficult to go back and find the story in the index, assuming the author even remembered to list it, so this would make that information more accessible. --BraveNudeWorld (talk) 11:47, 6 June 2022 (CEST)
If there was a template that made that look good and convenient and it was added to the instructions then I think that is a good idea. --Cum Girl (talk) 14:40, 6 June 2022 (CEST)
I'll think about the issue. At this point, a total revamp would be...cumbersome, but I understand the difficulty. --Elerneron (talk) 16:08, 6 June 2022 (CEST)
Create a page with the synopsis of the story, and also have the tags displayed on it. Then, you can add just that page to a specific category "Category:RandomMeta"... with that category, when you click the "Rando meta story", it would give you a random story from the "Meta Stories" category and you can read the synopsis and see if the tags are to your liking.
You'd also have to add a second category "Random Story", that way, you would be given a random story chosen from all the categories (Straight/Yuri, Yaoi, Fury and Meta) And again, if you don't like to gist of said story, just click the button again.
An example, would be Random page from 2T4U
--MrPib (talk) 22:40, 6 June 2022 (CEST)
Spoilers
I'm wondering if this Wiki already has a way (other than collapsible elements) to handle spoilers, preferably by blacking out the text (and possibly even images as a bonus) until it was selected/clicked on. I'm not sure if it's compatible with this MW version, but there is an extension for it at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Spoilers Dotty (talk) 18:45, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
- I made a spoiler template. It doesn't do images, but other that it works. Hover to reveal, or tap on mobile. Super secret message. I'll put this on your talk page to make sure you see it, but I figured I might as well leave it here as well in case anyone else is interested. --BraveNudeWorld (talk) 05:25, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
In the list of story categories at the very top of the page, the different links are very close to eachother, and it looks like #-CD-GH-KL-OP-ST-WX-Z is all one link! This could be confusing for some people if they want to find a story and click the wrong spot because they thought it was the same link. It is an easy fix, just add a an extra div, so that it might look like:
Instead of:
It is still a little squished, but at least the links look like separate links, (and, I did the code for you, so no effort is needed on your part, just copy and past) --RonaldMcDonald—talk 10:22, 15 July 2022 (CEST)
Featured Stories
I liked the idea of having a "featured stories" section where readers can hopefully discover the best of ATF Stories, particularly with some of the fantastic new addition's we've had lately. I was originally thinking it could live on the main page, but that comes with its own set of challenges. Instead, I'm thinking a section that links to the "Featured Stories" page would be great and provides some flexibility to perhaps feature authors and add a few fancier elements that wouldn't work on the main page. I am certainly open to suggestions. --Hgcollins (talk) 07:31, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
Featured Writers
I’ve come to the realization that we desperately need to have a section of featured writers. Now that we have multiple writers from Asstr and now from Lolicit, we need a place where readers can easily find their favorites. So this is now on my to-do list. We will need to have some pre-requisites for becoming a featured writer. They’ll need to have an author page with links to their stories (obviously), so that will be a big one. But maybe that’s the only hard requirement. Should I make this an admin only page or allow people to add themselves? That one is a toss-up for me. If anyone has any thoughts, let me know.--Hgcollins (talk) 16:29, 6 September 2023 (UTC)