Talk:Portal:Main Page Development

Portal Development - Main Page
This is the top-level page for implementing the Main page as a Portal. It's composed of this Main Page, a box template format, and as many sub-pages as needed.

I'm following Wikipedia's tutorial for building a Portal:

LadyGeek 03:23, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Developer References

 * Transclusion, the key to it all
 * Help:Templates, simple example to get started
 * Help:Template, covers parameters, substitution, parsing
 * Advanced Templates, parameter passing
 * Magic Words
 * Parser Functions, how to process parameters passed to templates
 * Template Substitution
 * All about Namespaces

Suggested Reading

 * Guidelines on Portal Content

Sample Portals
Anything look interesting?
 * Portal Directory
 * Portal list by category
 * Featured Portals, highly rated

Potential Candidates

 * Mathematics
 * Business and economics
 * Architecture

Suggested Category Listing

 * First draft of current category/subcategory distribution to 3 main portal-llke categories (alphabetized a la wiki); assuming this structure requires tagged categories. For simplicity, all current listed entries would be subcategories of the portal root, and pages would (initially) include both parent and subcategory tags to insure maximum display of pages. The existing Retirement Plan category would become the "portal" link. Current subcategories are indicated by -->:

Financial Planning
 * Asset Allocation
 * Charitable Giving
 * College Savings
 * Estate Planning
 * Personal Finance
 * Tax Considerations

Investing
 * Asset Classes
 * FAQ
 * Indexing
 * International Domiciles
 * Mutual Funds
 * Portfolios
 * Resources and Links
 * Vanguard

Retirement Planning
 * Annuities
 * IRAs
 * Employer Provided Plans
 * Withdrawal Strategies

Blbarnitz 00:20, 22 February 2009 (UTC)