Help Page - Navigation

If you look at a page in the Twin Wiki, you'll find three main navigation elements: The sidebar on the left gives you access to important pages in the Wiki like recent changes or file upload. At the top of the page are the links which belong 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, as an anonymous user, the link to create an account and login (they are on the same page). As a logged-in user you have a collection of personal links, like the one to your user page or your preferences.

Sidebar

The sidebar is displayed on the left edge of the page. This sidebar gives you access to important pages in the Wiki like recent changes or file upload.

Navigation

A click on the Twinstuff Community link at the top of the page brings you back to the start page of the wiki. The links take you to important pages in the wiki, they can be configured by site administrators of the individual wikis

Other Options

Many pages contain a selection of links which change depending on what type of page you are viewing.

On all pages (except special pages):

• What links here takes you to a special page that lists the pages on this wiki 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 wiki 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):

• Upload file displays a special page that allows logged-in users to upload images and other files to the wiki. Uploaded files can be linked-from or embedded-in wiki pages. Uploading files, viewing files on the server, including them in wiki pages and managing the uploaded files is discussed in the managing files section of this manual. This is not displayed if file uploading has been disabled or not enabled in the first place.

• The Special pages tool lists the Twin Wiki special pages. In Wiki terminology, a special page is one that presents information about the Wiki and/or allows access to administration activities for the wiki. For example, a list of users registered with the wiki, statistics about the wiki 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 wiki database.

The function and use of the default special pages can be found in the special pages section of this manual.

This Page Tab

The This Page tab is generally displayed down the upper right-hand side of the page. These options allow you to perform actions or view pages that are related to the current article. The available default actions include: viewing, editing, and discussing the current article. The specific tabs displayed on your pages depend on whether or not you are logged into the wiki and whether you have sysop (administrator) privileges on the wiki. On special pages only the namespace tab is displayed. Please note that the Add Reply button will take yu to a discussion page for that wiki.

Default for all users

Add Reply (takes you to the Twinstuff Community Wiki forum)

Extra tabs may be added, or some taken away, by wiki administrators using JavaScript or adding extensions so these may be different depending on which wiki you are using.

My Pages Links

The My Pages user links are displayed at the top right of every page. These links allow the logged-in user to view and edit their user page and wiki preferences. Additionally, the user links allow the user to quickly access their contributions to the wiki and logout.

For anonymous users the user links is replaced by a link to the wiki login page or, if enabled, a link to your ip address and your ip address's talk page.

• my page

  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.

• 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 wiki.

• log out

  Click this link to log out of the wiki.