Help:Navigation
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When viewing any page on Arthapedia, you'll find three main navigation elements:
- The sidebar on the left gives you access to important pages in the arthapedia such as Recent changes or Upload file.
- At the top of the page are links (often called tabs) which relate to the page currently displayed: its associated discussion page, the version history, and—most notably—the edit link.
- In the top right corner you'll find user links; as an anonymous user, you'll see a link to create an account or log in (they are the same page). As a logged-in user you have a collection of personal links, including ones to your user page and preferences.
Sidebar
The sidebar is displayed on the left edge of the page below the site logo (if using the default MonoBook skin). This sidebar gives you access to important pages in the arthapedia such as Recent changes or Upload file.
Clicking on the logo brings you back to the main page of the arthapedia. The links in the navigation section just below will take you to important pages of the arthapedia. These links can be configured by site administrators.
Toolbox
The toolbox contains a selection of links which change depending on what type of page you are viewing.
- On all pages (except special pages)
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- “What links here” takes you to a special page that lists the pages on this arthapedia which contain a link to the current page. This is helpful when you are looking for pages of related information. The “what links here” information can also be useful when you are refactoring arthapedia pages and need to check whether links to this page are still relevant after changes in the current page.
- The “related changes” tool lists all recent changes in the pages linked to from the current page. Recent changes to all relevant template pages are included in the resulting page list. The "Hide minor edits" option that can be set in the user preferences applies, among other things, to “related changes”.
- On all pages (including special pages)
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- “Upload file” displays a special page that allows logged-in users to upload images and other files to the arthapedia. Uploaded files can be linked from or embedded in arthapedia pages. Uploading files, viewing files on the server, including them in arthapedia pages and managing the uploaded files is discussed in the managing files section of this manual. This is not displayed if file uploading is not enabled.
- The “special pages” tool lists the Arthapedia special pages. In Arthapedia terminology, a special page is one that presents information about the arthapedia and/or allows access to administration activities for the arthapedia. For example, a list of users registered with the arthapedia, statistics about the arthapedia such as the number of pages and number of page edits, system logs, a list of orphaned pages, and so on. These special pages are commonly generated when the special page is loaded rather than being stored in the arthapedia database.
The function and use of the default special pages can be found in the special pages section of this manual.
Page Tabs
The page tabs are displayed at the top of the page to the right of the site logo (if using the default MonoBook skin). These tabs allow you to perform actions or view pages that are related to the current page. The available default actions include: viewing, editing, and discussing the current page. The specific tabs displayed on your pages depend on whether or not you are logged into the arthapedia and whether you have sysop (administrator) privileges on the arthapedia. On special pages only the namespace tab is displayed.
- Default for all users
- “namespace” (page, help, special page, template, user page etc.)
- “comments”
- “edit” (may read “view source” if anonymous editing is disabled, the page is in the MediaWiki: namespace, or the page is protected)
- “history”
- Extra tabs for logged-in users
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- “move”
- “watch”
- Extra tabs for sysops
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- “protect”
- “delete”
Administrators can Template:Mediawiki by using JavaScript or installing extensions, so the tabs you see may be different depending on which arthapedia you are using.
User Links
The user links are displayed at the top far right of the page (if using the default MonoBook skin). These tabs allow the logged-in user to view and edit their user page and arthapedia preferences. Additionally, the user links allow the user to quickly access their contributions to the arthapedia and logout.
For anonymous users the user links is replaced by a link to the arthapedia login page or, if enabled, a link to your IP address and your IP address's talk page.
- “<username>”
- This links to your user page which is where you can put information about yourself, store bits of information you want to remember or whatever else you fancy.
- “my talk”
- This links to your discussion page, where people can leave messages for you.
- “my preferences”
- Allows you to change your personal site preferences.
- “my watchlist”
- A list of all pages that you are watching. Pages can be added to this list by clicking “watch” at the top of the page.
- “my contributions”
- A list of all contributions you have made to the arthapedia.
- “log out”
- Click this link to log out of the arthapedia.
