Forum:Using Portals?

Hi, I'm from the Echo Bazaar Wiki, and the wiki has grown quite a bit that I feel it is time to have a more detailed homepage. I really like what the Dragon Age Wiki has done with theirs, but I cannot quite grasp how they did it. Hovering over the different boxes, I noticed that the edit links all point to a Portal/Component of some sort.

My question is: How do I use Portals? I have looked at DragonAge's Help:Portal page, and I don't quite get where or how to start.

Specifically I want to have
 * icons which link to pages in my wiki (plus points if I get it to 'flip through different pages like DA wiki does)
 * a news feed box, capturing the most recent blog posts
 * a How to Help box
 * feed from the forum
 * a space for polls
 * twitter feed

I know some basics of html and css, but I am very very new to the wiki language. :) Links to tutorials and stuff would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers, Neonix (talk) 02:26, April 5, 2011 (UTC)