User:Cumbrowski/usertalkarchivenav


 * This is a modified copy of Template:Talkarchivenav and you can see it in action here.


 * Do not  subst  this template!
 * Supports up to 41 user talk archive pages
 * This template was modified to work in the USER name space only!

User Talk Archiving Primer

 * 1) Create a new User Talk Page with the suffix "/Archive 1". Here is the link to it.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Username/Archive 1 
 * 2) It will say that the page does not exist yet. Go and press edit.
 * 3) Add at the top the following code.  
 * 4) Open your default talk page at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Username  and press edit.
 * 5) Select everything you want to archive and cut it out of the page ("Ctrl-X")
 * 6) Paste the content into the new talk page after the   template
 * 7) Add a link on your standard talk page to the Archive page   *  * You can also use    instead to make the linke to the archive pages on your main talk page include the word "Archive X" in the anchor text instead of just "X".
 * 8) Save the standard talk page and you are done


 * Notes
 * The next archive pages would work the same, just call them .../Archive 2 ..../Archive 3 etc.
 * The template is a modified version of the  template and adds the little box to the archive which you can see here User_talk:Cumbrowski/Archive 1. It creates a link to your current talk page automatically (that's why the specific name .../Archive X). It also adds a little navigation to the previous and next archive page. In addition to that (my custom part) does it add a reference to your user page and shows your name (that it is your user talk archive) and the  at the bottom. I also changed the font sizes and colors to emphasis the important parts.
 * The on your main user talk page creates a little "Archive" box with links to all your archive pages automatically. You don't have to change that one anymore. It automatically detects, if new archive pages were created.

Changes made to original template

 * 1) added:, which adds a reference to a link to the your user page. Like " with  User:Cumbrowski "
 * 2) changed "Do not edit the contents of this page." to bold type, red and enlarged font
 * 3) added:, which adds the Template:userpage to the page and shows it at the end, after the content.
 * 4) added:  before "If you wish..."
 * 5) changed all links to normal type (instead of bold), changed color to black, but increased font size
 * 6) added link to user page and current talk page also to the archive pages navigation
 * 7) navigation design changes
 * 8) check for the next archive page if it exists first and only shows a link, if it does
 * Image:Nuvola apps important.svg added on the right

Other talk page archiving solutions

 * Werdnabot Auto Archiver