Template talk:halloweennav
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Too Dark
The red template background color I think is too dark. It makes the blue "Halloween" link text hard to read. I think a lighter red would be better. --Stux 19:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- I made it orange.76.112.122.212 22:46, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
- I think it's better before. So I reverted it. What does anyone think of it?
Sam the Man 
22:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
- I think it's better before. So I reverted it. What does anyone think of it?
Ween Template
What if the Halloween template looked more like Template:aprilfool and Template:decemberweennav?
| Halloween | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Halloween Costumes (Rejected, Other, What are you supposed to be?, I really like your costume, Icon References), Fan Costumes, Halloween Teasers (Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes) |
- I don't know how to tighten up the spacing AND employ "font-size:smaller" (in the manner of Template:Decemberweenvent Calendar Nav)
- Fan 'Stumes are separated onto their own line because they're released after the holiday proper. Ween Intro is on its own line because it's a "site component" rather than a regular release.
- I'm guessing Ween Intro is from 2001 because that's when the regular Old New Intro was implemented.
- "Halloween Safety" is in there twice because, unlike other teasers, it has a separate short toon ahead of it.
| Halloween Toons | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Big Toons | Homestarloween Party | The House That Gave Sucky Treats | Pumpkin Carve-nival | 3 Times Halloween Funjob | Halloween Fairstival | Halloween Potion-ma-jig | Happy Hallow-day | Jibblies 2 | Most in the Graveyard | Doomy Tales of the Macabre | Which Ween Costumes? |
| Toon Info | Costumes, Game | Costumes, Game | Costumes | Costumes, Song | Costumes | Costumes | Costumes | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes |
| Fan Costumes | Fan Costume Commentary | More Fan Costumes | Fan Costumes '06 | Fan Costumes '07 | Fan Costumes '08 | Fan Costumes '09 | |||||
| Other | Main Page 7 | halloweener, Ween Intro | ghosts, Answering Machine 7.0 | Malloween Commercial, Malloween Mix-Up, Stencils | That a Ghost, Homestar vs. Little Girl 2 | Halloween Awards Show | Marshie vs. Little Girl | Costume Commercial | Decomposing Pumpkins, Punkin Show |
| |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| Big Toons | I Killed Pom Pom | The House That Gave Sucky Tricks | Later That Night... | Haunted Photo Booth | Mr. Poofers Must Die | The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods | Halloween Hijinks | Halloween Hide & Seek | 2022 Costume Pack Now Available | The Show: Ween Edition | |
| Toon Info | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Walkthrough, Responses, v2.0 Trailer | Costumes, Teaser | Costumes, Teaser | |
| Fan Costumes | Fan Costumes 2015 | Fan Costumes 2016 | Fan Costumes 2017 | Fan Costumes 2018 | Fan 'Stumes 2019 | Fan 'Stumes 2020 | Fan 'Stumes 2021 | Fan 'Stumes 2022 | Fan 'Stumes 2023 | ||
| Other | Halloween Safety | Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix | Large Bean, Greatest American | Kooky Moonlight | Action Cool News-oween Report | ||||||
| Halloween Costumes (Rejected, Other, What are you supposed to be?, I really like your costume, Icon References), Fan Costumes, Halloween Teasers (Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes) | |||||||||||
For comparison, here is the current template as of 2024-06-07:
| Halloween Toons | ||
|---|---|---|
| Big Toons | Homestarloween Party (costumes), The House That Gave Sucky Treats (costumes), Pumpkin Carve-nival (costumes), 3 Times Halloween Funjob (costumes, theme), Halloween Fairstival (costumes), Halloween Potion-ma-jig (costumes), Happy Hallow-day (costumes), Jibblies 2 (costumes), Most in the Graveyard (costumes), Doomy Tales of the Macabre (costumes), Which Ween Costumes? (costumes), I Killed Pom Pom (costumes), The House That Gave Sucky Tricks (costumes), Later That Night... (costumes), Haunted Photo Booth (costumes), Mr. Poofers Must Die (costumes), The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods (costumes), Halloween Hijinks (costumes), Halloween Hide & Seek (costumes, walkthrough, responses, v2.0 trailer), 2022 Costume Pack Now Available (costumes), The Show: Ween Edition (costumes) | |
| Teasers | Jibblies 2 Teaser, Most in the Graveyard Teaser, Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser, Halloween Safety, The House That Gave Sucky Tricks Teaser, Later That Night... Teaser, Haunted Photo Booth Teaser, Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser, The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser, 2022 Costume Pack Now Available Teaser, The Show: Ween Edition Teaser | |
| Other | ||
| Site Components | Main Page 7, Ween Intro | |
| Toons | halloweener, ghosts, Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0, Malloween Commercial, That a Ghost, Halloween Awards Show, Costume Commercial, Decomposing Pumpkins, Punkin Show, Joystick Wagglin' with Videlectrix: Halloween Edition, Large Bean, Kooky Moonlight | |
| Puppet Stuff | Homestar vs. Little Girl 2, Marshie vs. Little Girl, Greatest American Homestar, Action Cool News-oween Report | |
| Games | Egg Throwing Game, Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha, Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up, Punkin Stencils | |
| Fan Costumes | 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| Costumes | Halloween Costumes, Rejected Costumes, Other Halloween Costumes, Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes, What are you supposed to be?, I really like your costume, Icon References | |
Discussion
So I wanted to give back some feedback, mainly based on personal opinion:
- Personally, I prefer the first sample, where only the big toons are listed by year.
- I find the second sample compelling but I'm not in love with it. I don't think it's useful to split the "other" stuff by year. Fan Constumes: I'd be okay with grouping by year but OTOH I like that it has its own grouping. I'm 50/50 on that one.
- I feel the third, 2D Matrix-like table is compelling, but at the end of the day I find it too busy :(. Maybe reducing the width of the bar on the left side might help but I wonder how it would look on smaller screens?
That's my feedback for revision 833605. So, I hope this helps! --Stux 14:00, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for chiming in! Here are my thoughts:
- I think at minimum the Big Toons should be grouped by year. Not only is this the same practice for the two other holiday navs, there are so many big toons and their names are so long that the block of links becomes hard to parse.
- I kind of like keeping the loading games with their respective Big Toon, but agree that organizing everything by year isn't that useful. I'm leaning towards keeping all fan costumes together rather than splitting them up by year. I'm also concerned that the columnar layout would be hard to update annually.
- Interesting but too busy and too much dead space. I also don't like that the header column has to repeat itself twice.
- Some other thoughts on the current template:
- Punkin Show could potentially be filed under "Fan Costumes", it's sort of cousins with Fan Costumes '09.
- I hesitate to call Punkin Stencils a "game"... it's interactive, but it's not filed under Games and never was listed on any games menu on the site. Maybe a move to "Site Components"? -- Bleu Ninja
16:51, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
