Help:Making an Archive

An Archive is a record of information that a user or the site may want to keep to look back on for later use or for nostalgia.

How to make an Archive

 * 1) The first step to creating an Archive is to go to your Talk Page.
 * 2) Click Edit and the edit page will appear.

While there are a lot of steps involved, it is really much easier than it appears. If you have trouble, please contact an Administrator or someone with the knowledge to create an Archive.
 * 1) At the top are two options: Visual and Source mode.
 * 2) While you can keep your edit page in Visual mode, it is easier to click the Source tab before moving on to the next step.
 * 3) Highlight all the text you want to transfer to the yet made Archive and when you finally finish, right click and select Cut. You can also Copy the information and then simply delete it after, as the end result is the same.
 * 4) Hit Publish on the right side of the screen and you will be taken back to your Talk Page.
 * 5) Next, there is a tab at the top labeled Contribute under your user icon.
 * 6) Click the Contribute tab and a menu will scroll down. Select the Add a Page option.
 * 7) Name this new page: User Talk: USERNAME/Archive (number of Archive).
 * 8) Two options will appear, one for a Blank Page and one for a Standard Layout. Select the Blank Page and click Add a Page.
 * 9) At the top of the archive, type . While this is not required, it allows people to see this is an Archive and not your active Talk Page.
 * 10) Remember to switch the page layout to Source mode before continuing to the next step (if you copied the information in Visual mode, ignore this step).
 * 11) Right click and select Paste (or press Ctrl+V). The information from your Talk page will be pasted onto this Archive page.
 * 12) After the information is pasted, simply click Publish and your new Archive is created.