User:Compooper/sandbox/Navigation
Help Guide
The Audiovisual Identity Database has over 13,000 articles, and is supported by several portals, categories, and a search engine. This tutorial will focus on the various methods of navigating this wiki, as well as explaining how to use them to your advantage.
Namespaces
Namespaces are used to define a collection of pages, which are marked with a "[NAMESPACE]:" prefix in the page title. The below are the most common namespaces that you may encounter on AVID.
- No prefix This is a mainspace page.
- AVID: This page is related to site matters.
- User: This is a user page.
- (User) talk: This page is a talk section, either for a user page or a wiki article. All namespaces on the wiki, excluding Special, have talk pages that can be accessed via the top header.
- Draft: This page is a draft.
- Help: This page is part of the AVID Help Guide.
- Template: This is a template that can be added onto pages.
- Category: This is a category, used for pages/logos with similar themes.
- File: This is an image or a file.
- Portal: Used to showcase specific categories of "audiovisual identities" covered on this wiki.
- Special: MediaWiki-created pages.
Search box
At the top-right corner of any page, you will see a search box. This is the main way of navigating pages on the wiki. Simply type any term, and if there are pages containing what you typed, they will appear in the autocomplete pane below. You can click on the pages that appear on the pane, to navigate straight to that page. Additionally, if you type in a complete page title and submit, the wiki will automatically navigate to that page for you.
In any other case, or if you submit something that isn't a page title, the search box will take you to a special Search page, where you will see results based on page titles and page text, both of which may be possible matches to your query. You will be provided with an option to search in mainspace, multimedia, or all pages on the wiki. There are also advanced options to take your search a step further.
Categories
Almost every page on this wiki has at least two categories, and for logo articles, they correspond to the country the logo is from, and what medium the logo is seen on. You can see category information on the bottom of each page. Clicking on any of the categories will take you to a list of pages within that category.
There are two special Categories utilized on the sidebar. They are Browse by Company and Browse by Country respectively. If you are looking for a logo owned by a specific company, or from a specific country, you can utilize these two features.
Portals
Portals are used as a gateway to the different categories of logos covered on this wiki. A typical portal page includes a short description, a selected article, a selected image, an article list, and subcategories. These are designed for seamless navigation between pages. See a full list of portals here.
