User:FeralKitty/Sandbox/Navigation

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To do

  • Drop down navigation
  • (New two-column layout for main page)
    • Consider article ToC column on main page?
  • (Update FAQ and MiniFAQs)
    • Merge or maintain separate FAQs by game?
    • Move game-specific MiniFAQS into tabs or visually identify by game?
  • Categories
    • Xbox 360 Game -> Classic
    • New Viva Pinata category as top level for ToC, other categories?
  • Jump-to navigation?


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Button a.png Trouble in Paradise
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FAQ Button x.png Species Button y.png Piñata Vision Button a.png P-Factor
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Couch Social

MediaWiki.org uses this in their documentation (e.g., Installation guide, technical guide).

Jump-to navigation helps users travel from one article to other related articles. The navigation would vary, depending on the topic, and some articles might not have jump-to navigation. We already use it (in a see-also format) in a few places (e.g. Category:Species).

In a sense, the navigation brings the "pages in the category" details (e.g., Category:Trouble in Paradise with minor omissions) to each page.


Considerations

  • Consider using (existing see-also format or jump-to) navigation on more articles, to help visitors easily get to other related articles.
  • Consider switching from a see-also text format to a more visual layout, to make the navigation stand out, and be distinct from the article.
    • Con: Jump-to tables and tabs might visually conflict.
    • Con: More likely to stretch the screen at low resolutions.
    • Con: Jump-to can't clearly spell out (as catmore currently does) that there is a category article with more information:
For more information, see Species.


Examples

Species categories and their category articles

Button a.png Species
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Classic species Button x.png Trouble in Paradise species Button y.png Pocket Paradise species

Hybrid using catmore and jump-to

For more information, see Species.
Button a.png Classic species
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Trouble in Paradise species Button x.png Pocket Paradise species


Trouble in Paradise articles, text format


A - Z


By game

Categories and their category articles
General Classic Trouble in Paradise Pocket Paradise Party Animals TV show
Category:Species

Species

Category:Classic species
List of Viva Piñata: Classic species
Category:Trouble in Paradise species
List of Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise species
Category:Pocket Paradise species
List of Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise species
   
Category:Plants

Plants

Category:Classic plants
List of Viva Piñata: Classic plants
Category:Trouble in Paradise plants
List of Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise plants
Category:Pocket Paradise plants
List of Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise plants
   
None
None

Category:Xbox 360 Game
None

Category:Trouble in Paradise
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise

Category:Party Animals
Viva Piñata: Party Animals
   
Category:Commonly asked questions