Character Page Tutorial - Revision history

Jai at 19:12, 16 August 2012

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Jai at 03:17, 5 January 2011

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Jai at 15:36, 4 January 2011

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Jai: moved Template Tutorial to Character Page Tutorial: Clearer name.

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moved Template Tutorial to Character Page Tutorial: Clearer name.

Jai at 16:05, 1 January 2011

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Jai at 02:21, 24 October 2010

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	If all's gone well, you've created your page! Now get to editing in the proper information!		If all's gone well, you've created your page! Now get to editing in the proper information!
−	[[Category: Help]][[Category: Tutorials]]	+	[[Category: Help]][[Category: Tutorials]][[Category: Wiki]]

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 ** Search for your name (in this case, 'Bob') in the search box to the left, then click on 'create this page', or
 ** Paste http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=YourName&action=edit into your browser, replacing "YourName" with your name -- i.e., http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Bob&action=edit
 * Paste in <nowiki>{{subst:PC|Your Full Name}}</nowiki> -- in this case, it would be <nowiki>{{subst:PC|Robert Quincy Roberts}}</nowiki>

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	So you want to make your own character page, and you want to use the same nifty layout you've seen on most of the other pages, eh? Well, luckily, it's not that difficult.		So you want to make your own character page, and you want to use the same nifty layout you've seen on most of the other pages, eh? Well, luckily, it's not that difficult.
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		+	You'll need a wiki account, so go ahead and make that first. You can use any name you like for your wiki account name-- you don't need to use your character's name.

	For our examples, let's say your character's name is Bob -- that's the name you log in with -- and his full name is Robert Quincy Roberts.		For our examples, let's say your character's name is Bob -- that's the name you log in with -- and his full name is Robert Quincy Roberts.

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 **YourName/RP Logs: <nowiki>{{subst:RP Logs}}</nowiki>
-Be sure to go back in to your Gallery page and change the names of the images -- i.e., YourName1.jpg to Bob1.jpg, and so on.
+Be sure to go back in to your Gallery page and change the names of the images -- i.e., Name1.jpg to Bob1.jpg, and so on.
 If all's gone well, you've created your page!  Now get to editing in the proper information!
 [[Category: Help]][[Category: Tutorials]]

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 * First, create your own page one of the following ways:
 ** Search for your name (in this case, 'Bob') in the search box to the left, then click on 'create this page', or
-** Paste http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Name&action=edit into your browser, replacing "Name" with your name -- i.e., http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Bob&action=edit
+** Paste http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=YourName&action=edit into your browser, replacing "YourName" with your name -- i.e., http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Bob&action=edit
-* Paste in <nowiki>{{subst:PC|Full Name}}</nowiki> -- in this case, it would be <nowiki>{{subst:PC|Robert Quincy Roberts}}</nowiki>
+* Paste in <nowiki>{{subst:PC|Your Full Name}}</nowiki> -- in this case, it would be <nowiki>{{subst:PC|Robert Quincy Roberts}}</nowiki>
 * Click the 'save page' button at the bottom of your page.
-Okay!  You've completed step one.  You'll probably notice that instead of the nifty array of information, though, your page has a lot of links to things like Bob/Infobox.  That's what we'll do in step two.
+Okay!  You've completed step one.  You'll probably notice that instead of the nifty array of information, though, your page has a lot of red links to things like Bob/Infobox.  A red link means a page doesn't exist yet.  In step two, we'll create those subpages by importing their templates.  That will set each of them up for you to fill out.  '''Step two is also important.'''
 * Click the edit tab on your own page.  Scroll down, and you'll see a list, "Templates used on this page", and below it each of your sections, with its own (edit) link behind it.
-* Click (edit) behind Name/Allies.
+* Click (edit) behind YourName/Allies.
 * Paste in <nowiki>{{subst:Allies}}</nowiki>
 * Save the page.
 * Click back to the edit tab of your main page.
 * Repeat the above for each subpage, pasting in the following:
-**Name/Description: <nowiki>{{subst:Description}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/Description: <nowiki>{{subst:Description}}</nowiki>
-**Name/Gallery: <nowiki>{{subst:Gallery}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/Gallery: <nowiki>{{subst:Gallery}}</nowiki>
-**Name/Infobox: <nowiki>{{subst:Infobox|Name}}</nowiki> (i.e., <nowiki>{{subst:Infobox|Bob}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/Infobox: <nowiki>{{subst:Infobox|Name}}</nowiki> (i.e., <nowiki>{{subst:Infobox|Bob}}</nowiki>
-**Name/Introduction: <nowiki>{{subst:Introduction|Name}}</nowiki> (i.e., <nowiki>{{subst:Introduction|Bob}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/Introduction: <nowiki>{{subst:Introduction|Name}}</nowiki> (i.e., <nowiki>{{subst:Introduction|Bob}}</nowiki>
-**Name/Playlist: <nowiki>{{subst:Playlist}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/Playlist: <nowiki>{{subst:Playlist}}</nowiki>
-**Name/Quotes: <nowiki>{{subst:Quotes}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/Quotes: <nowiki>{{subst:Quotes}}</nowiki>
-**Name/RP Hooks: <nowiki>{{subst:RP Hooks}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/RP Hooks: <nowiki>{{subst:RP Hooks}}</nowiki>
-**Name/RP Logs: <nowiki>{{subst:RP Logs}}</nowiki>
+**YourName/RP Logs: <nowiki>{{subst:RP Logs}}</nowiki>
-Be sure to go back in to your Gallery page and change the names of the images -- i.e., Name1.jpg to Bob1.jpg, and so on.
+Be sure to go back in to your Gallery page and change the names of the images -- i.e., YourName1.jpg to Bob1.jpg, and so on.
 If all's gone well, you've created your page!  Now get to editing in the proper information!
 [[Category: Help]][[Category: Tutorials]]

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	If all's gone well, you've created your page! Now get to editing in the proper information!		If all's gone well, you've created your page! Now get to editing in the proper information!
−	[[Category: Tutorials]]	+	[[Category: Help]][[Category: Tutorials]]

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 So you want to make your own character page, and you want to use the same nifty layout you've seen on most of the other pages, eh?  Well, luckily, it's not that difficult.
-* First, open [[Name|the template page]].
+For our examples, let's say your character's name is Bob -- that's the name you log in with -- and his full name is Robert Quincy Roberts.
-* Next, create your own page by searching for your name in the search box to the left, then clicking on 'create this page'.
-* Start your new page with this: <nowiki>[[Category:PC]]</nowiki>
+* First, create your own page one of the following ways:
-* Now, click the 'edit' tab on the template page.  Copy all the text from the box, and paste it into the new page you created.
+** Search for your name (in this case, 'Bob') in the search box to the left, then click on 'create this page', or
-* Notice there are a lot of places it says "Name".  Replace all of those with your character's name.  For example, if you're Bob, <nowiki>{{:Name/Infobox}}</nowiki> would become <nowiki>{{:Bob/Infobox}}</nowiki>.
+** Paste http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Name&action=edit into your browser, replacing "Name" with your name -- i.e., http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Bob&action=edit
-* Click the 'save page' button at the bottom of your page.  NEVER save the template page.
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 * Click the edit tab on your own page.  Scroll down, and you'll see a list, "Templates used on this page", and below it each of your sections, with its own (edit) link behind it.
-* Scroll down in the template page, and you'll see the same link.
+* Click (edit) behind Name/Allies.
-* For each of the items, click (edit) on each page, and copy the text from the template page into your own.  In other words, click edit on Bob/Infobox and also on Name/Infobox, then copy the contents of Name/Infobox into Bob/Infobox.
+* Paste in <nowiki>{{subst:Allies}}</nowiki>
-* Change any instances of 'Name' to your own name, and then save your page (i.e., Bob/Infobox).
+* Save the page.
-Click the back button on your browser until you have the edit tabs both of your own main page and of the main template open again, and repeat the above for each of the sections, except for 'Template:Rplogs'.  Just leave that one alone.
+Be sure to go back in to your Gallery page and change the names of the images -- i.e., Name1.jpg to Bob1.jpg, and so on.
 If all's gone well, you've created your page!  Now get to editing in the proper information!