Forum:New Sidebar Element Being Tested

Hello,

I wanted to give you a heads-up about a new sidebar unit we are experimenting with on Wikia. We've been looking again at our Answers websites, and have just redesigned them to have a similar look to other wikis, and to make it easier to match the theme to a similar regular wiki.

Next we would like to point people toward a wiki’s corresponding answers site via a box on the right hand rail of the wiki, similar to the Recent Activity box.

This box is a bit like the the Answers widget we introduced last year, but is simpler and just shows a list of questions recently asked or answered on the corresponding answers site, much like one would expect to see on “Wiki Activity” if one were actually on the answers site. For this test, the box would only show to logged-out users.

We've chosen wikis with plenty of activity and an Answers wiki on the same subject - ut if we've chosen the wrong Answers Wiki to link to please let us know. If you are logged out, and see the “Recent Questions” box, feel free to give us your feedback! --daNASCAT http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:03, May 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads-up. Good to hear there will be better use of the siderail. It is a seriously underdeveloped area imo. I'll keep an eye out for it. When will it be live? How long is the test expected to last for? (Our answers site is Bleach Answers.) 19:45, May 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure how long the test will be live for. That's part of the test - figuring out if it works and if it does, it may stick around permanently or stick around in a redesigned cycle. It will be enabled later this week, possibly today. --daNASCAT http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:08, May 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks 21:27, May 4, 2011 (UTC)

Well its up. Doesn't take up to much space & is not too small either. I wonder though was it intentional that all the links go to the answer site's main page or is this a bug? I think it would make more sense for the questions to link to the questions themselves rather than the main page, leaving the link at the bottom of the box to link to the main page. Can't think of anything else to say about it. 13:22, May 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * NVM, I forgot I had highly customized what shows up on pages in Opera for me.--