Forum:SH Archive/New skin

In the words of John Q., Wikia staffer:

"[&hellip;] as a result of the survey we did a while back, we've been working on a new skin targeted at visitors ... those people who come to read but don't really get engaged in the site (about 90% of people who pass through). The skin is designed to present more options for finding other articles in your wiki (most popular articles, etc.) in addition to making it clearer that you can edit and how. As we roll this out, existing users won't see any change ... they'll still see the monobook skin unless they go into their preferences and choose this new one. However for visitors, we'll be presenting this to try to capture more of them into your wiki. We did a bunch of research on eye tracking to help design this, etc. Again, for existing users, there should be no change ... we're just trying to find the best way to motivate more visitors. We've taken some pains to be sensitive to your existing design... we can do a dark one also, if that's the direction you want to go ... what do you think?"

- John Q.

Low resolution image of the new skin.

Short bullet list to summarize:


 * This is a new skin specifically designed for Wookieepedia.
 * It's designed to motivate visitors to contribute to articles.
 * Regular users won't see the new skin unless they choose so in their preferences.

Now, what we want is feedback. Voice your approval or disgust, or suggest changes. Would we like a different design? A different color scheme? Please take the time to tell us what you think. --Imperialles 01:24, 30 April 2007 (UTC)