Hey all! I'm here with our second ever dev log - and this one's a big one!
In our Member Survey, several members suggested improving the home page as well as the nav bar / overall navigation of the site. Today, we deliver!

Home Page Update

The World of Lingua home page has received a crisp new look! It includes:

• A new sidebar - All user-specific links (some that you could find on the home page, others that were previously only reachable via the "Home" and "Activity" nav bar dropdown) are now easily visible in our new sidebar! In turn, the nav bar and home page itself could be significantly decluttered.
• Recent Characters and Recent Gallery Submissions are now visible on our home page!
• Spotlight member, Paralogos and Whiffling are now also visible on our home page and will change each month accordingly.

New Group Link Directory

We now have a Group Link Directory - This page functions as a hub that connects all information on our site, making it much easier to find whatever you're looking for!

• The directory includes almost all links that you previously had to find directly via the nav bar, as well as all links that were previously hidden behind several layers of links (f.e. the Past Events page).
  • In the context of hidden pages: The Legacy Word Claims and Triceridos Idiom Claims pages were combined into one Word Claims page which can now be found in the directory.
• In particular, we've included activity-related lore pages in the directory, such as Paralogos Magic Progression or Whiffling Crowns. (No need to worry, they are still part of our Lore section too.)
• The directory's sidebar will stick around when you click on one of its links, meaning you can click through pages much easier now!

Nav Bar Decluttering

The nav bar has been simplified! Thanks to this update (see above), we were able to remove/reduce a lot of visual clutter and redundant links in the nav bar. It should now overall become much easier to navigate the site. It might require some getting used to at first, but we promise it's worth it!

We hope you like this update and that it succeeds in improving navigation and overall clarity of the site!
We'd love to hear your thoughts about these changes, particularly if you have any specific feedback on what could still be improved in these regards!