Help:Main navigation elements

Three main navigation elements are available on each page of the FlightGear wiki (from top to bottom):

• The user links at the top right. These are linked to your account (if you have one)

• The page tabs above the page content. These are, for example, links to the discussion page and the revision history.
• The sidebar at the top left, links to various tools and links to other language versions of a page.

Although there are two ways to view wiki pages, the desktop view and the mobile view, we will explain the desktop view here because the mobile view hides many features for the sake of simplicity. Features are described as they appear with the default skin.

User links

View of user links for a logged-in user

If you have an account and are logged in, the user links at the very top right are associated with your user account:

your user page

Your user page, where you are encouraged to describe who you are and what ambitions you have on the wiki. You can also add sub-pages to your user page with, for example, drafts and other wiki projects.

Talk

Your user talk page, where other users may be able to contact you. If your talk page has been edited by someone else, you will receive a notification the next time you log in or load another wiki page. You can also optionally configure your preferences to receive an email if your talk page has been edited.

Preferences

Your wiki preferences, where you can adjust and customize certain settings.

Watchlist

Your watchlist, which lists changes on pages you have "starred" and are watching.

Contributions

A summary of your contributions and uploads to the wiki.

Log out

By which you log out of your account.

Page tabs

The page tabs for a logged-in administrator (who can also delete and protect pages)

At the top of the page content, there is a set of tabs:

An article or page tab

To view the article if you are on another tab or to go directly to the page if you have been redirected. The page tab also gives an indication of the type of page you are on.

a talk tab

With the talk page for a wiki page or a user

Read tab

With exactly the same function as the page tab

Edit or edit wiki code tab

Which will allow you to edit a page on the wiki when you are logged in or see the page source if you are not.

History tab

Which will display the history of changes to a wiki page.

Favorite tab (star)

This will add or remove a page to or from your watchlist.

More tab

With a few extra functions, including a function to move pages (essentially renaming them). Wiki administrators also have a protection function and a deletion function.

Sidebar

The sidebar

At the top left is the sidebar with:

Navigation links

To certain pages deemed important enough to be linked from every page:

The wiki home page

Where you end up by going to https://wiki.flightgear.org/

Recent changes

Listing the latest changes on the wiki

The village pump

The village pump is the wiki talk page not linked to a particular page or user.

The summary of help pages

The portal pages

FlightGear WEB sites

• The home page https://www.flightgear.org
• The forum https://forum.flightgear.org
• The mailing lists where developers coordinate
• The source code repository on GitLab
• The bug tracker on GitLab
• The scenery database FlightGear which contains landmarks, such as larger buildings, masts, and wind turbines
• The livery database with many additional liveries for popular aircraft

Toolbox

Slightly dependent on the type of page you are viewing

• A summary of pages linked to the page you are viewing
• A summary of changes linked to the page you are viewing
• The upload wizard
• A set of special pages, with information on pages, categories, files, and users
• A printable version of the page viewed
• A link to the current revision of the page you are viewing
• Information on the page you are viewing

Language links

To versions of the page in other languages

Category links

Category link at the bottom of a wiki page

Categories will make it easier to navigate between related pages or images. If a page has been categorized, it will have links to the associated category pages at the bottom of the page. Category pages list the categories, pages, and files in that category and will contain links to any parent categories.