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


| width="210px" valign="top" |

==Easy==
<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">Interact</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>

<div class="portlet">
<div style="font-size:11px">Toolbox</div>
<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
* ] * ]
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<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">
* ] * ]
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<div style="font-size:11px">Search</div> <div style="font-size:11px">search</div>
<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; background-color: #fff; border: 0px solid #bbb;"> <div style="white-space: nowrap; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; background-color: #fff; border: 0px solid #bbb;">
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<div class="pBody"> <div class="pBody">
* ] * ]
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<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>
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The only differences between "easy" and "optimal" are:
*Optimal has the "search" box above the "interact" box.
*Optimal reorganizes the ordering of the links within the "toolbox" (and moves the "recent changes" link down here)
and that's all up to the programmers. (see ] for reasons behind "easy" variant)
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==Reasons behind the changes (optimal version)== ==Reasons behind the changes (optimal version)==
*Navigation box -- repurposed as a reader-oriented set of browsing links *Navigation box -- repurposed as a reader-oriented set of browsing links

Revision as of 22:53, 28 August 2006

For draft/example archives see: Archive of older versions.

Original

navigation search

 
toolbox

Optimal

navigation search

 
interact toolbox


Reasons behind the changes (optimal version)

  • Navigation box -- repurposed as a reader-oriented set of browsing links
  • Interact box -- created, to seperate the non-encyclopedic sidebar links
  • Toolbox --
    • 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)



Toolbox variants - for user pages, and other instances

On user pages ("Cite this article" is replaced by "User contributions" and "E-mail this user")

Toolbox


On special pages

Toolbox


and so on, for the "Block user", "rss atom", and "trackbacklink" links.
See talk:Archive 03#Toolbox