How to Enable Navigation Popups for Any Wiki

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: First check your preferences to see if there is an option to turn on navigation popups.

   It should be under 'gadgets'.
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   Step 2: If not then you will need to locate your user javascript page for that wiki.

   If you are using the 'new look' then it will have the address: http://Yourwikisname/wiki/User:
   Yourusername/wikia.js ,, Internet Explorer: hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button, or press Ctrl+F5.
   
   Firefox: hold down the Shift key while clicking Reload; alternatively press Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl-Shift-R.
   
   Opera users have to clear their caches through Tools→Preferences Konqueror and Safari users can just click the Reload button.
   
   Chrome: press Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 , Pay special attention to popupMaxPreviewCharacters, popupPreviewFirstParOnly and popupMaxPreviewSentences.
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   Step 3: add the following line: $.getScript("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/popups.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript");

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   Step 4: After saving

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   Step 5: you have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes.

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   Step 6: See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups#Options for a list of optional parameters.

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