User blog:Penguin-Pal/A must-have tools for admins (and basically everyone)

Hi everyone,

As you know, you have a bar with tools at the bottom of every page. This tool has a "My Tools" button, a "Customize" button, and a "Follow" button (with an exceptionof several namespaces).

I wanted to post this several monthes ago, but was probably to lazy for doing this XP so now i'm out of excuses, so it's time to post it!

How to customize In the bar, you have a little "Customize" button (with an image of a gear). You can paste the name of a new feature to add it (full list at this page), rearrange the arrangement of buttons in the toolbar, and more.

The tools System Messages System Messages are mostly helpful for admins, but are also helpful if you're looking for a certain page, or want to help someone to upgrade his wiki.

Admins can customize several titles in the wiki by editing particular MediaWiki pages. This page lists these pages

History Page's history. May be helpful in a few cases.

Theme designer Available by default (though does not available if youre not an admin in the wiki). Allows a quick access to the Theme Designer.

Tag report A quick access to Special:TagsReport, which lists the usage of certain parser functions, and other codes.

Special pages Links to Special:Specialpages.

New pages Links to Special:NewPages. Mainly good for Patrollers and Administrators.

Move Links to Special:MovePage/&#123;&#123;PAGENAME&#125;&#125;. It's the ONLY way to move pages from the Blog namespace.

What Links Here Links to Special:WhatLinksHere. Please use this tool when moving pages- to see if it has double redirects due to the move.

Tools grid Finally... I hope you enjoyed reading this ;) and hopefully it will help you.

Have a happy editing, and Waddle On!

Penguin-Pal  (talk)  12:45, January 5, 2013 (UTC)