Help:Navigation

From Ciscowiki

When viewing any page on a CiscoWiki, you'll find four main navigation elements:

1. The sidebar on the RIGHT gives you access to important pages in the wiki such as Recent changes or Upload file.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. In the middle of the main page you'll find the Product Selector Application (PSA) which helps you select a specific product or technology under a certain category.

Sidebar

The sidebar is displayed on the RIGHT edge of the page. This sidebar gives you access to important pages in the wiki such as Recent changes, Upload file, Help, and Feedback.

Navigation

The links in the navigation section just below will take you to important pages of the Cisco Support Wiki.

• Home takes you back to the CiscoWiki home page. In the home page you'll find the Product Selector Application (PSA)and important news about Cisco. Clicking on the logo on the top LEFT corner brings you back to the main page of Cisco.com.

• Community Portal provides relevant information about the creation of the CiscoWiki.

• Current Events shows important events that users have posted on the CiscoWiki.

• Recent Changes contains all the updates on the CiscoWiki. Here users can see the latest contributions and edits to the CiscoWiki as well as the person who contributed. Users can select either the number of articles they want to see or the latest days with contributions.

• The Help page is the place where users can learn more about the CiscoWiki. The Help page provides useful links where users can learn more about adding conteng and performing more advanced editing. Users should get familiar with the information posted here, since it can guide them to use the CiscoWiki in a better way.

• Adding Content gives users the four main ways in which they can contribute to the CiscoWiki

• Feedback is where users can send in their questions or comments regarding the CiscoWiki

• Index of Terms has all the contributions to the CiscoWiki in alphabetical order.

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):

• 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 MediaWiki special pages. In MediaWiki 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.

Page Tabs

The page tabs are displayed at the top of the article 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 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.

Default for all Logged-In users

namespace (article, help, special page, template, user page etc.)

discussion

edit (may read view source if anonymous editing is disabled, the page is in the MediaWiki: namespace, or the page is protected)

history

move

watch

Extra tabs for sysops

protect

delete

Administrators can add or remove tabs by using JavaScript or installing extensions, so the tabs you see may be different depending on which wiki you are using.

User Links

The user links are displayed at the top far right of the article (if using the default MonoBook skin). These tabs 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.

• <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.

• 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.

Product Selector Application (PSA)

The Product Selector Application (PSA) is displayed in the middle of the CiscoWiki home page. The PSA let users choose a prodcut, technology or solution from the different categories listed. For some products and technologies there exists a subcategory, which helps narrowing the quest. However, not all products and technologies contain subcategories (e.g. Routers). Once a product or technology is chosen users can see all the articles that exist for that category as well as the subcategories if applicable. In addition, users can add articles under a specific category by simply typing the title of the article on the box that says "Create an Article to this Category" and clicking on Submit.