Editing User talk:Phasma/Main Page New 2

==In Progress==
* Maybe swap the order in campaigns of HC and Hota to match the campaign pages? Plus HC came first :)
** Perhaps? But Heroes Chronicles are 8 different games with a different storyline and feel more distant to the main chronology. I know I'd keep HotA before Chronicles but it depends how others feel. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 20:41, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

==Complete==
* At risk of reigniting a debate I found on a talk page somewhere...I don't think Forge should be listed with the other towns as it isn't playable in-game
** I've done the new towns menu and have left out Forge, at least for now. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 14:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
** Oh yeah...a towns tab. Lol great idea. I never thought of that either... --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 14:39, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
*** This also solves the very important issue of how you had 1 background from each expansion, but not AB :)
** Maybe overlay the town name on its picture?
*** I did think and try that, but it feels a bit cluttered. I'll give it another go and see it it looks decent or just adds too much to the screen! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 14:41, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
*** I definitely like the version with the names better. --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 17:39, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
** Maybe consider putting both Hota towns on the same line (and denoting that these are hota) and centering the conflux town?
*** All done with the names and HotA towns separation - it does look nicer with the names on, I think! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 15:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* Swap placement of towns on right to match the recently updated town placement (i.e. good towns are 1st column instead of 1st row)
** New towns menu does away with this (which I personally don't agree with regardless) since it's organised normally but in 2 columns. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 14:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* Add links/bottom text from current Main page
** Evaluate whether we have the right links down bottom. Maybe a few more high-level/interesting/high-traffic pages? Maybe a goal is that we can navigate to all pages on the wiki via some chain of clicks from the main page?
*** [[Adventure Map]]
*** [[Cheats]]
*** [[Did you know?]]
*** Maybe organize the cut content stuff into a single hierarchy and link here
** With regards to the above, I'll have a think about how to integrate that in a way that looks presentable other than just throwing text at the page. I'll come up with something, haha [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 14:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
** Done now in a second extras menu. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 16:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
*** Looks good. Have you considered combined the 2 extras menus (2 columns like the town menu), or do you think that would look to cluttered? --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 17:39, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
**** Maybe instead just change the "Extras 1 Menu" to something like "Modding"? Not sure the right title.
****I think that's very doable - working on it now, check back in 5-10 minutes and it'll be done! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 17:52, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
****Done now. The tab name can change as we see fit. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 18:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* Consider dropping the word "Menu" from most of the tabs (except Main Menus) (e.g. "Campaigns Menu" -> "Campaigns")
** I agree that it looks cleaner without all the "menu"s! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 18:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* Consider moving the wiki contains x pages text from the top to the bottom near the discord link.
** Done. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 18:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* Consider making the menu larger? Not sure if there is a target width we are aiming for?
** I'd mark this as definite no, considering these are the source images and it also saves space if people shrink their browser windows (and is more mobile friendly). [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 18:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* You did a great job finding button icons to match the color/feel of each page! The only one I would consider swapping is maybe the {{An|Power of the Dragon Father}} for {{An|Lion's Shield of Courage}}. It has reasonably close colors, fits the Castle theme for this page better and is a shield to match the Artifact on the hota menu.
** Done! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 18:08, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* Preference: The magic spell pic doesn't look quite right to me. --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 17:43, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
** Have you tried mirroring the Magic arrow? It looks backwards to me right now :)
** Possibly use the [[File:Scroll Magic Arrow.png]] pic?
*** Done! [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 18:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* On the towns tab, consider marking the Factory and Cove with the Hota symbol.
** Done. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 20:41, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
* How do you feel about the word "lists" instead of "main menu"? –[[user_talk:imahero|imahero]] 19:21, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
** Changed to other labels after Discord chat. [[File:Hero Cosmos small.gif|link=special:contributions/phasma|→ Phasma]] 20:41, 26 January 2024 (UTC)