Wiki source code of Home Page

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1 The XWiki home page includes features and panels that help you navigate, create, and manage content:
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3 {{image reference="home-page.png" size="extra" alt="The XWiki Standard home page, each page area being highlighted and numbered"/}}
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5 |=#|Page Areas|=Feature/Action|=Description
6 |(% rowspan="4" %)1|(% rowspan="4" %)Create, Edit, Follow, More Action Menu|Create|You can [[create Pages>>xwiki:Documentation.UserGuide.Features.DocumentLifecycle.WebHome||anchor="HCreate"]]. You can also create hierarchies of Pages called [[nested Pages>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.nested-pages.WebHome]].
7 | |Edit|You can [[edit a Page>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.edit-page.WebHome]]. Each time you save your edits, a new version of the Page is created and stored in the [[Page history>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.view-page.view-history.WebHome]]. XWiki provides multiple editors for [[simple and advanced editing>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.edit-page.simple-advanced.WebHome]].
8 | |Follow|You can [[follow a Page>>extensions:Extension.Notifications Application.WebHome||anchor="HWatchedEntities"]], which allows you to receive [[notifications>>extensions:Extension.Notifications Application.WebHome]] when the Page is updated.
9 | |More Action Menu|Provides [[additional actions>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.view-page.more-action-menu.WebHome]] such as exporting, printing, watching, renaming, deleting, or moving the Page. You can access some of the available Page operations through this menu.
10 |2|Page Content and Title|Edit, View|Both the content and the title of a Page can be modified.
11 |3|Breadcrumb|Navigation|Displays the [[hierarchy of the current Page>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.view-page.breadcrumb.WebHome]] within the Wiki, allowing you to [[navigate>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.all-ways-navigate-page.WebHome]] to parent Pages or other Pages easily.
12 |4|After Content Header|Display metadata|By default, it displays information about who and when was the Page last modified. This area can be configured to display other additional information.
13 |5|Content Footer|Display metadata| At the end of the Page content, it displays by default the [[Likes>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.like.WebHome]], tags and metadata about the creation author and date.
14 |6|Page Extra Area|Tabs|The area at the bottom of the Page contains tabs by default:(((
15 * [[Comments>>xwiki:Documentation.UserGuide.Features.DocumentLifecycle.WebHome||anchor="HComments"]], to facilitate discussion and feedback,
16 * [[Attachments>>xwiki:Documentation.UserGuide.Features.DocumentLifecycle.WebHome||anchor="HAttachments"]],
17 * [[Page History>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.view-page.view-history.WebHome]], to provide access to the Page’s previous versions,
18 * [[Page Information>>xwiki:Documentation.UserGuide.Features.DocumentLifecycle.WebHome||anchor="HInformation"]], to displays metadata about the Page.
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20 |7|Top Menu (Right)|Menu Actions/Navigation|You can [[search through the wiki>>extensions:Extension.Search Application||anchor="HSearchSuggest"]], open the [[Alert menu>>extensions:Extension.Notifications Application.WebHome]], and [[view your user profile>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.user.view-user-profile.WebHome]].
21 |8|Drawer Menu|Menu Options|By expanding the [[drawer menu>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.drawer-menu.WebHome]], you can perform global actions.
22 |9|Panels|Navigation|[[Panels>>extensions:Extension.Panels Application]] are displayed on both sides of the Page. By default:(((
23 * On the left:
24 ** “Applications” panel,
25 ** “Navigation” panel
26 * On the right:
27 ** “Tips” panel,
28 ** “My Recent Modifications” panel,
29 ** “Need Help?” panel
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