Home/Page

Home, also known as Main Page, was a Gaia Menu Bar feature.

Overview[]

The homepage is the first page a user will see when they sign into the site. The layout shows the basics of what to expect.

There are a set of bonuses for those who want to collect items and currency. In the header is the 'Daily Treat' tv and 'Cash Tree'; which takes users to a page to watch a video advertisement to receive Gaia Cash. And to the right of the these is the Daily Chance machine. And sometimes official announcements in the 'bulletin board' will give out cash and Gaia Gold/Platinum if users view the announcements preview and click the 'claim' button.

Layout[]

Top, from the left

The 'what's hot' module; this module displays the most recently announced news that is primarily site related. To the right of it is the latest 'item and sales announcements' and 'staff notices'. Above it is a display for the number of users currently logged on.

Bottom, from the left

The 'featured artwork' will show artwork by Gaia staff and Gaians. Below that is advertisement for sponsors, clicking on their banner will take a user to their site. To the right is the 'bulletin board', this displays a variety of active threads and official announcements.

Over to the left corner is a NPC:Diedrich art.

Feature timeline[]

2003 Jul 11 - Update, Main page revamp
2004 Jan 22 - Notification of scam: Go-Gaia Beta
- Dec 25 - Christmas Event 2K4, mini comic linked from main page
2005 Dec ?, - Maintenance, homepage becomes a status page
2007 May 22 - Announcement of feature
2010 Aug 05 - Bug fix, menu hovering causing avatar to vanish
- Sep 24 - Bug fixes
- 'Dev Notices' replace 'Popular items'
- Oct 21 - Update, 'what's hot' module added
- Dec 14 - Update, page becomes Gaiaesque by look and feel
2011 Aug 03 - Bug fix, redirecting user to homepage upon login
- Oct 13 - Update, New logged-out home page
2014 Aug 14 - Navigation Changes, 'Home' tab removed
2016 Oct 13 - Update, Community and Featured Announcement removed replaced with 'Announcements'
2007 Mar 16 - Saint Patrick's Day 2K7, users could collect clovers around the site
- Apr 06 - Easter Day 2K7, users could collect eggs around the site
- Aug 06 - Update, new look for page
- Dec 14 - Christmas Event 2K7, advertisement for December's Monthly Collectibles
2008 Feb 13 - Update, main now 'home page', gets a new look
- Feb 27 - Notification about previous polls accessed from main page
- Apr 22 - Notification of scam: Gaia Online Beta
- Oct 03 - Update, Daily Chance cart
- Nov 29 - Another Daily Chance announcement
2009 Mar 07 - Daily Chance announcement
- Apr 04 - Update, Community Spotlight added to page
- Apr 05 - Announcement for upcoming homepage changes
2010 Jan 21 - Notice of Community Spotlight banner
- Oct 18 - Announcement of upcoming, 'Coming Soon' feature

Feature Items[]

Other items[]

Gaia Gold / Gaia Platinum
Gaia Cash
Spinami / Catch
Daily Treat / Cash Tree
Daily Chance
Gaia Items
12 Days of Gaia

Gallery[]

Gaia Menu Bar/Gallery

Additional info[]

Site feedback[]

Work In Progress

Technical issues[]

Site & Forum

Work In Progress

Flash space

Work In Progress

Trivia[]

Although not exclusive to the homepage the bonus items when a user first signs on is a Daily Stamp Card and a chance at Spinami.

References[]

External links[]

Landing page Welcome to Gaia

Announcement forum

Featured Announcements

Topic Main page revamp - Posted: Ling Fri Jul 11, 2003 4:30 pm
Topic SCAM: Go-gaia Beta DO NOT SIGN UP HERE - Posted: VO Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:20 pm
Topic A GAIA Xmas story starts noon on Xmas day! - Posted: VO Sat Dec 25, 2004 3:35 am
Topic Planned Downtime (Wed Dec 14th @ 5PM Pacific Time) - Posted: Jakobo Tue Dec , 2005 6:04 am
Topic Happy St. Patrick's Day from Gaia Online! - Posted: [NPC] Leon Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:51 pm
Topic Happy Easter from Gaia Online! - Posted: [NPC] Easter Bunny Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:12 pm
Topic A new look for Gaia! - Posted: admin Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:49 pm
Topic News Update: The Want-O-Tron, New PJ Pants & December MCs! - Posted: [NPC] Cindy Donovinh Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:16 pm
Topic New Starter Sets & Hairstyles, Registration & New Homepage - Posted: [NPC] Liam Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:41 pm
Topic Update: new eyes/mouths/hair & the Weekly Poll - Posted: admin Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:40 pm
Topic News Bulletin: Account Safety, New Minicomic, Webware 100 - Posted: [NPC] Cindy Donovinh Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:46 pm

Community Announcements

Topic Aquarium Update: Two New Fish! - Posted: [NPC] Mirai and Barrett Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:27 pm
Topic Community Spotlight: Gift Exchange - Posted: admin Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:01 pm
Topic Community Spotlight: New Roleplay & Make Daily Chance Work - Posted: admin Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:39 pm
Topic Gaia's New Homepage is Coming Soon! - Posted: admin Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:59 pm
Topic Community Spotlight: Easter Mystery Party and more! - Posted: admin Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:36 pm
Topic Community Spotlight: Any Volunteers? - Posted: admin Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:14 pm
Topic Coming Soon on Gaia - Posted: admin Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:25 pm

Staff notices

Topic Forum Tweaks - Posted: Panagrammic Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:10 pm
Topic Homepage, tabula rasa - Posted: Panagrammic Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:00 pm
Topic This Notice is Meta - Posted: Panagrammic Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:23 pm
Topic Home Page Changes Tomorrow - Posted: Panagrammic Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:42 am
Topic Homepage Sneak Peek - Posted: Panagrammic Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:57 am
Topic Wednesday Glitches - Posted: Panagrammic Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:26 pm
Topic New logged-out home page - Posted: carbonphyber Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:15 pm
Topic Navigation Changes - Posted: Zero Omega Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:35 pm
Topic Navigation Changes Live - Posted: Zero Omega Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:32 pm
Topic Announcement Forum Update - Posted: Narumi Misuhara Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:04 pm