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{{historical}} __NOTOC__
<div class="messagebox" style="text-align:center;">
{|style="background:#f9f9f9"
For draft/example archives see: ''']'''.</div> __NOTOC__
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==Original== ==2006 Original==
<div class="portlet" style="text-align: center">]</div> <div class="portlet" style="text-align: center;">]</div>


<div class="portlet"> <div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">navigation</div> <div style="font-size:11px">navigation</div>
<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ]
</div> </div>
</div> </div>
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* ] * ]
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==Redesign== ==Proposed design==
<div class="portlet" style="text-align: center">]</div> <div class="portlet" style="text-align: center;">]</div>


<div class="portlet"> <div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">navigation</div> <div style="font-size:11px">navigate</div>
<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
* ] * ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ]
* ] * ]
</div> </div>
</div> </div>

<div class="portlet"> <div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">search</div> <div style="font-size:11px">search</div>
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<div class="portlet"> <div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">interaction</div> <div style="font-size:11px">interact</div>
<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
</div> </div>
</div> </div>
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<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div> <div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span> * <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span> * <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span> * <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
<hr /> <hr />
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
</div>
</div>

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==Actually used==
<div class="portlet" style="text-align: center;">]</div>

<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">navigation</div>
<div class="pBody">
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
</div>
</div>

<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">interaction</div>
<div class="pBody">
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
</div>
</div>
<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">search</div>
<div class="pBody">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; background-color: #fff; border: 0px solid #bbb;">
<inputbox>
type=search
buttonlabel=Go
searchlabel=Search
labeltext=Search all ] articles:
id=searchInput
searchbuttonlabel=Search
width=17
</inputbox>
</div>
</div>
</div>

<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody">
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
</div> </div>
</div> </div>
|} |}


==Reasons behind the changes== =Reasons behind the changes=
*'''Logo'''
*Navigation box -- repurposed as a reader-oriented set of browsing links
**old logo (]) replaced with new logo (]), to eliminate white-matte artifacts. See ].
**] replaced by ]
*'''Navigate box''' — designed as a '''reader'''-oriented set of browsing links
**] and ] links added
**] link added
*Interact box -- created, to seperate the non-encyclopedic sidebar links
*'''Interact box''' — designed as an '''editor/meta'''-oriented set of information links
**] link added **] link added
*'''Toolbox''' — designed as a '''per-page'''-oriented set of links
**changed "Donations" link target from ] to ]. (allowing people to read a bit about why and how to make a donation, before being confronted with credit card details.)
*Toolbox --
**separated the contextual/local links (top) from the fixed/global links (bottom) **separated the contextual/local links (top) from the fixed/global links (bottom)
**moved the ] link to here, from the navigation box, as contextually appropriate. **moved the ] link to here, from the navigation box, as contextually appropriate.
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There are a ] that ''could'' have been included, but were left out of this redesign draft for various reasons. Primarily, to keep the initial redesign ''simple, and agreeable-to by all'', but also because many of them are not currently at a suitably high-standard. We envision some/many of them being added at a future time (it's easier to add links later, than to re-argue them at each draft stage). There are a ] that ''could'' have been included (in both the navigation box, and the interaction box), but were left out of this redesign draft. Primarily, to keep the initial redesign ''simple, and agreeable-to by all'', but also because many of them are not currently at a suitably high-standard. We envision some/many of them being added at a future time (it's easier to add links later, than to re-argue them at each draft stage).


=Toolbox variants in different namespaces=
{{further|]}}


{|style="background:#f9f9f9"
==Toolbox variants - for user pages, and other instances==
| width="220px" valign="top" |
'''On user pages''' ("Cite this article" is replaced by "User contributions" and "E-mail this user")


==Article namespace==
<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody">
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* ]
* ]
<hr />
* ]
* ]
* ]
</div>
</div>

| width="220px" valign="top" |

==User namespace==
<div class="portlet"> <div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div> <div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
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* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span> * <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span> * <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
<hr /> <hr />
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
</div> </div>
</div> </div>


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==Misplaced Pages namespace==
'''On special pages'''
<div class="portlet"> <div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div> <div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* ]
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* ]
* ]
<hr />
* ]
* ]
* ] * ]
</div> </div>
</div> </div>


|}

{|style="background:#f9f9f9"
| width="220px" valign="top" |

==Image namespace==
<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody">
* <span class="plainlinksneverexpand"></span>
* ]
<hr />
* ]
* ]
* ]
</div>
</div>

| width="220px" valign="top" |

==Special namespace==
<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody">
* ]
* ]
* ]
</div>
</div>

| width="270px" valign="top" |

==History & recentchanges==
<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody">
* ]
* ]
* RSS · Atom
<hr />
* ]
* ]
* ]
</div>
</div>

|}

...and so on, for the "Block user", and "trackbacklink" links.

''Note: The toolboxes for the namespaces "Template", "Category", "Portal", "MediaWiki", "Help" and all forms of "Talk" are identical to that of the Misplaced Pages namespace.''


==Links==
and so on, for the "Block user", "rss atom", and "trackbacklink" links.<br />
*]
See ]
*]

Latest revision as of 12:46, 5 January 2022

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Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump.

2006 Original

navigation search

 
toolbox

Proposed design

navigate search

 
interact toolbox

Actually used

navigation interaction search

 
toolbox

Reasons behind the changes

  • Logo
  • Navigate box — designed as a reader-oriented set of browsing links
  • Interact box — designed as an editor/meta-oriented set of information links
  • Toolbox — designed as a per-page-oriented set of links
    • separated the contextual/local links (top) from the fixed/global links (bottom)
    • moved the Recent changes link to here, from the navigation box, as contextually appropriate.
    • reorganised to place "Cite this article" and other reader-oriented links at the top. (a straight reversal of current ordering)


There are a number of links that could have been included (in both the navigation box, and the interaction box), but were left out of this redesign draft. Primarily, to keep the initial redesign simple, and agreeable-to by all, but also because many of them are not currently at a suitably high-standard. We envision some/many of them being added at a future time (it's easier to add links later, than to re-argue them at each draft stage).

Toolbox variants in different namespaces

Further information: ]

Article namespace

toolbox

User namespace

toolbox

Misplaced Pages namespace

toolbox

Image namespace

toolbox

Special namespace

toolbox

History & recentchanges

toolbox

...and so on, for the "Block user", and "trackbacklink" links.

Note: The toolboxes for the namespaces "Template", "Category", "Portal", "MediaWiki", "Help" and all forms of "Talk" are identical to that of the Misplaced Pages namespace.

Links

Category: