Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-24424249-20150723235653/@comment-15636815-20151030155734

Look at you! The community portal you designed is fantastic!
 * The rules are visible without scrolling. They are concise, yet specific.
 * The table of contents is visible without scrolling. Okay, not all of it, but enough of it so people can see it and know it's there.
 * I love, Love, LOVE sections 1,2, and 4. You show new users where to go to learn about editing, and you show all users what kinds of things the wiki needs done.
 * Everything flows logically and aesthetically.

Well done!

Right now, I see only one thing that I think could be improved: Make the link to the community portal more prominent on your home page.

While your main landing page does have a link to the community portal, it's hidden inside a sentence in the fourth paragraph, all the way at the bottom of the screen. For some, it's below the bottom, meaning they must scroll before they see it.

The background information in the first three paragraphs is important, of course, especially to your newest users. On the other hand, new users don't stay new for long. Most people landing on your home page will be returning users, and a significant number of them will want to visit the C.P. so they can reread one of the help pages or contribute using one or more of the links in section 4.

For all these reasons, the community portal link should figure prominently on your home page.
 * Bring it near the top, or maybe even all the way to the top.
 * Capitalize the first letter of each word, as you would the title of any chapter of any of your books. This tells people it's important. The community portal is some common, ordinary place, no more special than the city blocks in a residential neighbourhood built on a grid. On the other hand, the Community Portal is a destination, something relevant, somewhere people want to be. :-D

I hope I've given you something that helps. I also hope I haven't bored you in the process. ;-)

Happy Wikiing!