Thread:JoePlay/@comment-5175866-20170311165601/@comment-5175866-20170320234930

We had our meeting and I should be able to consult with you without any specific requirements or restrictions on what is needed.

As of now the only specific changes I have already implemented are the removal of a featured article area and reducing the amount of words on blogposts to 400 rather than 600 (but not increasing the amount of blogs, thereby reducing the amount of text by 800 words).

I am also thinking about trying to find a new background image and new images for the three major areas of navigation. The most desirable would be a format similair to the mobile skin's display, but then I would want to increase the amount of "portal" links. Is this something you reccomend? I know you also reccomend using sliders, but I am bit a hesistant. Would the gallery feature be something worthwhile to try (does it allow linking of the image).

I was also thinking of removing the center nav "About BPOV Admins Beliefs Wiki", in addition to the Welcome to Bible Wiki header.

What I need your help with is suggestions on how to create a good design and a little bit of the fine work. For one I am wondering if the current right-column setup is in the best possible order (as in items that should be below other things or above others; are there enough images in the column). I had a very specific idea in mind for the creation of some special graphics (which could have multiple ideas for placement). S

Since the two core activites of Bible Wiki are to "Study" and "Write" about the Word of God I was thinking we could have some special graphics to represent the Study and Writing. They could be similair to the boxes on Special:Community and utilize the orange-brown button coloring and white text and images. I was thinking there could be one "button" or "box" that says "Write" and include a white-pencil icon (in particular I was thinking the image from the mobile skin class "icon pencil" that goes with an svg) and then another for "Study" with a plain white generic open book that has some tilt backwards. They should be bigger than the Special:Community graphics, but obviously not be gigantic. I am not sure whether or not I would want something specifically incorporated as a seperate item to put the Scripture as the center.

It seems in the end that its going to have to be up to me how the design is, but your help in specific suggestions and creation of the ideas I am wanting to be implement will be most helpful. Let me know your answers to my concerns and any other specific feedback or follow up questions. I will begin searching for a new background image and some new "portal" images (as I mentioned above I could stick with the three or increase the amount).