Thread:Gemspinner019/@comment-188432-20140516192152/@comment-188432-20140521012204

Thanks very much for taking the time to give thoughtful responses to the questions. This will help immensely in coming up with a product that's not only technically sound but also one about which you can be enthusiastic. And thanks for your forgiving attitude on timing; I may well have to take you up on that, but I do nevertheless expect progress for you this week.

As for your part of this redesign, your next major task is to start creating DYK facts. This is pretty simple. You just start creating w:c:bejeweled:Template:DYK/1, w:c:bejeweled:Template:DYK/2 and so on.

How far should you go? Well that's up to you, but the more factoids you have, the better the feature will work. Since you're wanting four on each page, I'd say that you should strive towards getting up to at least w:c:bejeweled:Template:DYK/100. We'll then put a randomiser on the base w:c:bejeweled:Template:DYK and people will get served different facts on each page load.

You'r probably thinking that 100 different factoids is a lot to ask for. And it probably is. But consider this. Once you get up to 100, the chances of seeing the same four factoids on any two page loads becomes really tiny. It'll look kinda like a "magical" supply of facts. And best of all, it'll be wholly automatic. So a little work now prevents you form having to do a lot of maintenance in the future!

How do you create 'em? Easy. Just start a page that's called w:c:bejeweled:Template:DYK/1, and cut and paste the following format on to it: ... that whatever page name is

Fill it out with whatever info you want. Make sure that the subject of the fact is bolded and linked. Also make sure to include as many other blue links to pages as you can.

Keep your facts short. Don't spend more than about 25 words on each.

When you're done with /1, move on to /2, then /3, then /4 and so on.

If you run into any questions, gimme a shout!