Thread:The grey wolf/@comment-22439-20140320164821/@comment-1330470-20140322233705

Much can be learned about how the other guy did it by viewing their source code. I think that the "photos on the main page" you refer to is done with the  tag, which displays recent wiki activity (including pictures).

Content can be placed on the right using main page column tags. Basically, one might do as follows:



(This content will be on the left, where the usual article content is)

 

(This content will be in the place of the side rail, which is only available for use on the Main page)



The boxes they used were done with the following code: