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===How do I put in a '''Bounce'''?===
 
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Is it possible to put something on a page that will auto bounce back ''to the previous page'' ie - like clicking the '''back button''' on the browser? [[User:SusanG|Keep]][[User_Talk:SusanG|<sup>Your legs together!</sup>]] 06:55, 15 August 2007 (CDT)
 
Is it possible to put something on a page that will auto bounce back ''to the previous page'' ie - like clicking the '''back button''' on the browser? [[User:SusanG|Keep]][[User_Talk:SusanG|<sup>Your legs together!</sup>]] 06:55, 15 August 2007 (CDT)
:How about the back button? :p  My guess would be no, because I don't believe the wiki keeps an ordered record of each individual user's page visits (that would be huge, especailly on wikipedia).  I could be wrong.  [[User:Thunderkatz|Thunderkatz]]<sup>[[User talk:Thunderkatz|Ho!]]</sup> 09:43, 15 August 2007 (CDT)   
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:How about the back button? [[User:Thunderkatz|Thunderkatz]]<sup>[[User talk:Thunderkatz|Ho!]]</sup> 09:43, 15 August 2007 (CDT)   
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::I know in "straight html" that can be done with a little javascript thing - like this (I hope this shows up):
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::<nowiki><a onclick="this.href='javascript:history.go(-1);'" href="some default file">Go Back</a></nowiki>
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::Here it is not commented out, and without the default file if you want to try it:
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::<a onclick="this.href='javascript:history.go(-1);'">Go Back</a> Hmmm, nice to see it doesn't seem to work... '''<font color="#DD00DD" face="comic sans ms">[[user:human|human]]</font><sup>[[User_talk:human |<font color="#00AA00">be in</font>]]</sup>''' 12:12, 15 August 2007 (CDT)
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:::It must be ''possible'' 'cause it does it when you log in - returns you whence you came - how?  Javascript no work on pda (sad smiley face)  |;([[User:SusanG|Keep]][[User_Talk:SusanG|<sup>Me informed</sup>]] 09:02, 16 August 2007 (CDT)
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::::  To Human, that's because <a href> links don't work on wikitext, i think.  To Susan:  I hadn't thought of that, however, I checked, and everytime you log-in, the log-in screen has the page you just came from in the url.  So when logging in from the main page, this appears at the end of the url: &returnto=Main_Page.  I tried adding returnto=Main_Page coding at the end of a normal page, and it did nothing.  So i'm not sure if its possible on non-log-in pages.  Why do you need it?    [[User:Thunderkatz|Thunderkatz]]<sup>[[User talk:Thunderkatz|Ho!]]</sup> 10:58, 16 August 2007 (CDT)
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::::p.s. I just went to metawiki and couldn't find anything mentioning that kind of bounce-back link.
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:::::I have recently installed a forms extension to allow me to do a few things that mediawiki didnt support (like the pay pal button) its might be possible to code a form button to do this. [[User:24.141.169.255|24.141.169.255]] 12:03, 16 August 2007 (CDT)
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::::::I suspect, having just added about ten "back" links ot the help sub-files, she wishes there were a better (ie, non-explicit) way to do it. '''[[user:human|<font color="#DD00DD" face="comic sans ms">human</font>]]<sup>[[User_talk:human |<font color="#00AA00">be in</font>]]</sup>''' 12:50, 16 August 2007 (CDT)
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This code should place a back button on the page that will go back to the previous page in the browser history:
 
This code should place a back button on the page that will go back to the previous page in the browser history:
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Best to copy it from the "edit" screen not this screen.  
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Best to copy it from the "edit" screen, not this screen.  
  
 
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How do you edit the toolbox

I know you can edit the navigation box at Mediawiki:Sidebar but how do you edit the toolbox? You can set the Common.css to not display it at all, and I think monobook.php has some of the toolbox code stored. But what the heck? Way to confusing. Anyone know more about this? tmtoulouse irritate 13:04, 12 August 2007 (CDT)

I'm fairly certain that it's simply an issue of modifying monobook.php and main.css. I'll go test it on my local installation of MW. --Linus(plot evil tech) 17:41, 12 August 2007 (CDT)

How do I put in a Bounce?

Is it possible to put something on a page that will auto bounce back to the previous page ie - like clicking the back button on the browser? KeepYour legs together! 06:55, 15 August 2007 (CDT)

How about the back button? ThunderkatzHo! 09:43, 15 August 2007 (CDT)

This code should place a back button on the page that will go back to the previous page in the browser history:

{{#form: {{#input:type=button|value=Back|onClick= var summary=''; history.go(-1); }} }}

Best to copy it from the "edit" screen, not this screen.

tmtoulouse irritate 13:01, 16 August 2007 (CDT)

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