User talk:Destroyer Gandora 808

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Have fun!

-- Sannse

Customising the sidebar
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You seem to have the right idea already, since you've edited MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar.
 * If the changes you made weren't shown immediately, don't worry they will eventually show up. If you want to see the changes immediately, you can clear your browser's cache. If you are using Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome you can do this by pressing Ctrl + F5. If you are using Konqueror or Safari just click the Reload button. If you are using Opera you should be able to clear it by going into Tools then Preferences.


 * If you are using the Monobook skin, rather than Monaco, Monobook has a separate sidebar, which is accessed by editing MediaWiki:Sidebar.


 * If it's the toolbox just below the sidebar (the part with Recent changes, Staff blog, Help, Random page and Special pages) that you want to change it's MediaWiki:Monaco-toolbox or for the Monobook skin, MediaWiki:Toolbox. But a lot of the stuff there is important, so I wouldn't recommend removing it.

-- Deltaneos (talk) 13:43, July 18, 2010 (UTC)