Forum:Help needed on Main pages

Hi, an update recently stuffed up the main page of my wiki. I couldn't fix it/didn't try. It looked so bad that I thought I needed staff help. I sent in a Special:Contact and User:DaNASCAT came back with Help:Main page column tags. Fair enough right. So then I read that page and it seems to conflict with itself. I send a reply to that effect. Now I find that User:Wagnike2 has "tried" to fix the page. He didn't at all. I then fixed once I was in a better frame of mind.

But besides from my rant, I'd like to ask whether having two table columns is the best road to go down/is there a better alternative to the current setup?

&mdash; thanks :) Starfleet   Academy  05:31, March 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * With Wikia's ad placement, using the mainpage tags really is the best way to go. Otherwise, there is no way to ensure your page is showing up properly when viewed with or without ads.


 * BTW, I went through and cleaned up some redundant code on that page for you. Rappy 07:33, March 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you Rappy!! I wasn't asking whether the mainpage tags are the best, I was asking whether the tables were the best. But by accident you have solved my problem!


 * PS If you have any other suggestions, I'm happy to hear them! :) Starfleet   Academy  08:15, March 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Kudos then.
 * BTW, your sig could further be shortened by adding the  to the   property like I changed in your last signing.   Rappy 08:28, March 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Interesting... very interesting. I have made that change Rappy. I might be able to do more with those extra characters now (m dash, special colors etc.). Thanks :) Starfleet   Academy  09:35, March 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * If you need the room, you can kill the excess 's and the spaces... also change #FFFFFFF to white. You could also drop   to   You'd end up with   Starfleet   Academy    Both font colors, DarkBlue and BlueViolet, are actually longer. =p Also, you might even be able to remove the white background altogether.... unless it's needed on dark wikis. Rappy 09:41, March 21, 2012 (UTC)

Oh yes. The unneeded characters and longer color hexes (hexen? XD). I had the hex values because I was building my own colors, but chose standard ones instead. I haven't really finished the signature yet. It's just acceptable at the moment. But it's not what I had envisioned. I will be making many changes soon, and will take your input into account. Yeah I removed it for Wikipedia, but for dark Wikia wikis I've still got the background. Thanks :) Starfleet   Academy  01:37, March 22, 2012 (UTC)