Talk:Main Page

Tag cloud

So I was thinking, how do you guys feel about having the categories on the front page, using a cloud format, aka, more frequency/more articles bigger font? wang 20:46, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Sounds good. Maybe something like this: http://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/Main_Page. If you want to mess around, head over to Main Page 2. I'll try it out tonight if no one else has given it a shot by then. Admin 07:29, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

I'm trying to figure out how to get a weighted list like on Flickr or last.fm . It could go by number of number of page views, or number of pages under a category, etc. I don't know if we could include a tag cloud with the wikisoftware... hmmm wang 23:28, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Looking into it right now. I think it should be possible. Admin 18:15, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

<category-cloud category="CategoryOfTopics" minsize="80" maxsize="150"></category-cloud>

<tagcloud> min_count=10 </tagcloud>

In anticipation of an influx of users, I'm going to increase the protection on the main page so that only admins can edit the layout. The content comes from Intro, Links, and the relevant Calendar page. For the time being, I'll leave those editable by anyone. Admin 18:15, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

You may also have noticed than only registered users can now edit the wiki. This is for two reasons. First, we were getting some spam. Second, I want to encourage people to register. I don't anticipate making it any more stringent than that. I think it would be a great shame and even downright harmful to require columbia.edu email addresses or prevent off-campus people from contributing. I'd welcome any support or criticism on this issue. Admin 18:15, 23 March 2007 (EDT)