Welcome to Wowhead's New Front Page

Wowhead Posted 2017/06/06 at 4:02 PM by perculia

previewing the improvements

Easier News Navigation: In Legion, Blizzard increased the pace of PTRs and in-game events, while the Wowhead team expanded the news team for more frequent coverage. With only six articles highlighted on the front page, news tends to fall off faster than before. To make news easier to navigate, we're creating more compact and polished previews and expanding the amount of articles on the front page. We've also added a "Latest News" section to the top right of the front page so you can browse the headlines easily.

Easier News Filtering: We know some people love PTR news, while other players only care about live events. We've added colorful labels to the top left of every article so you can easily see the news tags and decide if it pertains to your interest or not.

Better Visibility for Today in Broken Isles: Today in Broken Isles highlights everything to do in WoW on a particular day. It's currently a bit low on the page, so we're moving it up to where the current featurebox images are. The featurebox images are being removed because they mainly link to content already covered Today in Broken Isles, which feels redundant. We've also shifted some details around so there's less blank space, especially if ads are enabled.

More Links to Relevant Content: In Today in Broken Isles, you'll now see a section for 7.2.5 PTR updates, Current Content, and Archaeology. By adding sections to Today in Broken Isles instead of relying on featureboxes, we can link more articles on the top of the front page--plus better organization.

Easier-to-find Blue Posts: Our reblogs of important Blizzard posts are quite popular, but many players do not know about the Blue Tracker, which powers all of our hotfix and Blizzard Roundup posts. We're now highlighting it a bit better by listing top news from the tracker at the top left of the page. If you want to skip Wowhead's PTR, merchandise, or community posts and just navigate to the Blizzard responses, it should be more convenient to do so.

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Comment by DarkliteHow do I change it back?Comment by xeXurraIts very nice!Comment by perculiaHow do I change it back?preview a few weeks agoComment by IntervencionI love it. Thanks for the work!Comment by EpsynusGreat job, it's a massive improvement to the old layout, it finally allows me to ditch a certain other WoW news website and convert to only using WoWhead for everything!Comment by ZuhaltersLove these changes! I think having the blue tracker up top is maybe my fav part. It just feels so much more streamlined and quick. Thank you all for the Improvements.Comment by Blazingpawlooks kinda ok.... 9/10Comment by AgentkillerleeTrying to look at all the class changes in the PTR, but it sends me to the new legendaries one, which already has a link on the main Page.Comment by projectHUMANHuge improvement, great work, yall.Comment by perculiaTrying to look at all the class changes in the PTR, but it sends me to the new legendaries one, which already has a link on the main Page.Comment by GendouCongratulations! The hard work paid off!Comment by oa127BUT PERCULIA, WHERE IS EVERYT.... Oh, there it is.Comment by HaznoLooks good! My only gripe at first glance is the bullet points in this article. They're not really pleasant to look at with the color/contrast.Comment by ThomxLovin' it. Good work, team!Comment by perculiaLooks good! My only gripe at first glance is the bullet points in this article. They're not really pleasant to look at with the color/contrast.class mountsComment by InterestLooks nicer than the preview implied. I like the compactness though I have to admit being a Patron biases my review (with ads it looks a bit squished, which I expected based on the preview.Comment by GooveyOh my gosh! It's new and scary and I don't like it. It looks like a clickbait website now. : /
I guess I'll grow to like it. I liked the larger article previews from the homepage before clicking into them for more detail but I suppose with the new setup, you can see more articles on a single page.
"Today in Broken Isles" *still* shows the Draenor Menagerie for the day. Is that *really* the most important information you could put there? Why not put the Northrend Dalaran weekly raid quest there as well, while you're at it?Comment by perculiaOh my gosh! It's new and scary and I don't like it. It looks like a clickbait website now. : /
I guess I'll grow to like it. I liked the larger article previews from the homepage before clicking into them for more detail but I suppose with the new setup, you can see more articles on a single page.
"Today in Broken Isles" *still* shows the Draenor Menagerie for the day. Is that *really* the most important information you could put there? Why not put the Northrend Dalaran weekly raid quest there as well, while you're at it?Comment by Lezz2014Love the new page!Comment by SynthisI'm liking the new look of it, although the red bullet points threw me off for a moment. xD
It may take people some getting used to but it is a great improvement imo. Nice job!

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