The home board #57

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2026-07-28T08:10:39Z

archvillainette commented

2026-07-28 08:10:39 +00:00

Part of #47

Question

What is the home page?

Home is the flagship of this whole effort and the page the owner actively dislikes. Today home.tpl is a hero with a missing image removed by an onerror handler, a dead status strip, several paragraphs of lore, four identical entry cards all pointing at the wiki, and a news list. It reads as a template waiting for art that is not coming.

Per the map, home is a framed board — what is happening in the world right now, plus the way in — not a cinematic splash.

Resolve, and prototype in the live stack:

Block inventory and order: news, dev blog, server status, join path, wiki entry, community. What is above the fold when there is no art.
What replaces the hero. It still has to say what this is to a stranger in one glance, without a picture.
How much lore stays. There are currently five paragraphs and a pull quote on the front page; decide what home owes a first-time visitor versus what belongs on a setting page.
The four entry cards: they currently point at the same destination three times. Decide the real first-visit paths.
Where the status slot sits and how it composes with everything else, using the contract from its own ticket.
Art slots: dimensions, treatment, and what the block looks like empty — which is the state it will actually ship in.
Whether logged-in and logged-out home differ, since a returning player and a stranger want different things.

Compose from the named ornament components; do not invent new chrome here. Prototype on a throwaway branch, look at it, link it.

Part of #47 ## Question What is the home page? Home is the flagship of this whole effort and the page the owner actively dislikes. Today `home.tpl` is a hero with a missing image removed by an `onerror` handler, a dead status strip, several paragraphs of lore, four identical entry cards all pointing at the wiki, and a news list. It reads as a template waiting for art that is not coming. Per the map, home is a **framed board** — what is happening in the world right now, plus the way in — not a cinematic splash. Resolve, and prototype in the live stack: - Block inventory and order: news, dev blog, server status, join path, wiki entry, community. What is above the fold when there is no art. - What replaces the hero. It still has to say what this is to a stranger in one glance, without a picture. - How much lore stays. There are currently five paragraphs and a pull quote on the front page; decide what home owes a first-time visitor versus what belongs on a setting page. - The four entry cards: they currently point at the same destination three times. Decide the real first-visit paths. - Where the status slot sits and how it composes with everything else, using the contract from its own ticket. - Art slots: dimensions, treatment, and what the block looks like empty — which is the state it will actually ship in. - Whether logged-in and logged-out home differ, since a returning player and a stranger want different things. Compose from the named ornament components; do not invent new chrome here. Prototype on a throwaway branch, look at it, link it.

archvillainette added the wayfinder:prototype label 2026-07-28 08:10:39 +00:00

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#51 Server status slot: states and data contract

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#53 Palette candidates on a dense page

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#54 The ornament and frame component set

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Wayfinder: Westgate palette re-tune and game-site structure #47

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