Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-28398720-20160729121652/@comment-27794543-20160807022259

Bugthe wrote: The Main page is simply just a whole lot of puzzlepieces (literally!) that all ned to click, so it takes a lot of work.

... I have copied all the individual puzzle piece code of the left column to here.

The templates on the main page should stay. Their use make the main page code really simple (btw: main page is designed be edited in source editor). Moving the code from all the templates onto one page is poor programming practice. It makes the page more complex and harder to read. Good software engineering practice is to separate code into readable sections instead of putting everything in one huge piece.

The problem isn't the main page. Unless you're trying to change the layout, you should not be touching the main page. To edit the content, you should only edit the appropriate template:


 * The primary template are Welcome Main Page, The 100, CharacterPortal, Content, and HelpOut.
 * The right column templates are News, FeaturedQuote, FeaturedArticle, Blogs, and Polls.
 * The page ends with affiliates templates: Affiliates,, , and.

One idea I've seen other wikias use is to make the templates editable to registered users. Vandals aren't going to bother reading the source code to find the main page templates. Regular users can keep the main page updated by editing the templates and use the suggestion forum for any large or disputed changes.