Forum:More links for the page footer

I notice the Special:WhatLinksHere/PAGENAME link has moved to the page footer. Along the same lines I wonder if there might be consensus to include following useful links in that page footer block.


 * Print friendly view : EPAGENAME?printable=yes or EPAGENAME&printable=yes (I always forget which it is.) This was something we new and loved in the Monobook skin and something that is long overdue for Monaco.


 * Facts about this page : The Special:Browse/PAGENAME link which is the header of the semantic factbox might also appear in the footer. I plan to use the __ NOFACTBOX __ magicword on almost every page containing semantic data and so having that special browse link available in the page footer would be convenient.


 * Edit with alternate form : This might be a stretch request since SMW/SF is not yet widespread but for those pages that have default forms the "Edit with form" tab is already visible at the page header however, what about those pages that have an alternate form defined? It would be convenient for a Special:EditData/ALTERNATE-FORM-NAME/PAGENAME link be available in the page footer for such pages.

Maybe there are other ideas that users can suggest. najevi 09:17, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Factbox can be disabled site wide by a config option, you don't need the magic word. But alternate form? What alternate form? IIRC There was no such thing in SF, you don't go around using multiple forms on the same page cause editing with one breaks the others. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Jul 19, 2009 @ 21:07 (UTC)


 * Is the config option mentioned above accessible to site admins/sysops or does it require a Wikia staff to intervene and edit a .php file somehwere? najevi 06:56, 22 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Print friendly view is really necessary? Try to use the "print preview" of your browser: it loads the print.css styles so it's now "Print friendly", but only for printing, not for browsing. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 09:23, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes the printer friendly view is used for more than just preparation for printing. The page view created by the browsers built in print preview is more compact than that which displays on screen with "&printable=yes" appended. najevi 06:56, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I can't speak for the SMW related stuff, but adding the printable version link is a possibility. We don't want to overload the footer, but we're planning more improvements which it might be able to fit into. Are there particular situations you've come across you can point to to convince me further? 14:27, 28 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Now that you mention that, When I'm editing, often I want to check the WhatLinksHere, but those footer links don't appear in the page footer when editing. I really would keep the link in the sidebar, but now that link is missing in special pages, leaving a ugly empty space in the toolbox links. If at least the toolbox links were reallocated without leaving empty spaces, manually adding WhatLinksHere in the toolbox would be an option. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 18:23, 28 July 2009 (UTC)