User blog:Daiku/The Move...and such

So, I posted this on the Wiki-Metru Forums, since it's easier to discuss things there than on a blog or article here. But I don't know how many of you read the forums, so I'll repost it here. The original's here, if you want to add your input. If you don't have an account on the forums, or don't want to make one, you can leave a comment here. Here's some of what I've been looking at changing:

The Corner Image

It's as much of a hassle changing the name on the current image as it is making a new one, so here's the one I made for now.

It's a .bmp, though, and I don't have anything on my computer right now that can convert something from BMP to JPEG without getting it all grainy and stuff. I miss my old computer. Could somebody do that for me quick? It only takes a minute.

The Main Page

Move most of the stuff there to the Community Portal, so most everything is visible without having to scroll down a long ways. I'm thinking of leaving just the Banner, Welcome Box, Poll, and a new box referring users to the Community Portal. Not sure what to do with Quick-Nav - get rid of it, put it at the bottom of the Main Page, but it on the Community Portal, or what. It seems like it's been replaced by the lists on the left side now. Regardless, we'll want to change some of the links there anyways. The Main Page would also house announcements that don't belong in sitenotice. And we'd have a temporary "Where's Bioniclepedia?" box, explaining the move and switchover.

Community Portal

Community Portal would get a total revamp. The catch-all discussion would go to the talkpage, and the page would get User of the Month, Featured Article, News, and have the poll on there as well; plus adding new boxes for a Tip of the Week and an Improvement Drive, a kind of Collaboration of the Week. Maybe a Quote of the Week, too. Oh, plus a box for Custom Bionicle.

Rating System

I'd be suspending the Rating System for a while, since I'm not sure what workloads for our admins are gonna be looking like.