Posted by Helmut_pdorf on 03 Mar 2012 07:39, last edited by Helmut_pdorf on 27 Feb 2017 09:56
If you want to use the talk button like on Wikipedia - this is easy to implement:
What does the "talk" button on Wikipedia?
There is a link named "talk" on the Wikipedia articles which does simple create a "parallel" page in the namespace "talk" with the same article - name.
Here on Wikidot there is the [[button talk]] ( which shows talk ) to do exact the same - it creates a page in the category ( namespace) "talk" with the same page name - explained on http://www.wikidot.com/doc-wiki-syntax:buttons ("Stand Alone Buttons").
To make it easier to use the created page for a discussion i changed here in our comnmunity site the live "talk:_template" to show the main - article ( as a link) and the content of the talk:…page and the comments mocule is inserted automatically.
1. Create a "talk:_template with this content:
|| This is the "TALK" page - created parallel to the main-article : _
[[[%%name%% | (%%name%% ) %%title%%]]] _
_
Feel free to insert any text on this page - the comments are always possible at the bottom! ||
%%content%%
[[module Comments hideForm="true"]]
=====
Feel free to insert any text on this page - the comments are always possible at the bottom! ||2. Insert the [[button talk]] ( which shows talk ) on every positin where you want ( nav:top , nav:side ?) and let the visitors use it!
3. Click here on the talk to create the "talk:howto:apply-a-wikipedia-like-talk-button" page ( if not yet exists!) and
copy the page-name ( or title) into the open title field of the new !talk:page.. !
4. Click on "Save" to create the page really
5. Use the comments for discussions - or the page itself like on wikipedia..
Advantages
The discussion is not "bound" in the forum to the original article - but a "parallel" talk page - if you want to have the original article clean from discussion for printing issues..
Comments
PLEASE - use for comments here this = => talk < = = button!