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Revision as of 10:04, 1 January 2011
So you want to make a page for a log! Currently, it can't be done automatically, so try the following:
For our examples, let's say your character's name is Bob -- that's the name you log in with -- and your log is called "Awesome Stuff".
- First, create the log's page:
- Paste http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Name - Log Title&action=edit into your browser, replacing "Log Title" with your log's title and "Name" with your name -- i.e., http://www.masq.org/index.php?title=Bob - Awesome Stuff&action=edit
- Paste in {{subst:Log}}
- 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 links to things like Bob - Awesome Stuff/Log. That's what we'll fix in step two.
- Click the edit tab on your log page.
- Under 'Cast', fill in the players in the scene.
- Save the page.
- Click the edit tab again.
- 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 - Log Title/Setting.
- Paste in the setting for your log, formatted as you like it. It is generally easiest to put the room desc of the location the scene took place in.
- Save the page.
- Click (edit) behind Name - Log Title/Log.
- Paste in the log of your scene, formatted as you like it. Make sure you clean it up and remove ooc chatter (unless it's really funny). Putting two blank lines between poses makes the log easier to read. The page will adjust itself as you put in content, and should fill up on its own.
- Save the page.
If all's gone well, you've created your log!
Now, go to your character's page.
- Click the edit tab.
- Scroll down to your logs section.
- If your log section looks like {{ rplogs | name = Name | columns = 1 }}:
- replace it with {{:Name/RP_Logs}}, where 'Name' is, of course, your character's name (i.e., Bob).
- Save the page.
- Click the edit tab again.
- Scroll down, and click (edit) behind Name/RP_Logs
- Link your log -- i.e., [[Name - Log Title]]<br /> or [[Name - Log Title|Log Title]]<br />
- Save the page.
Tada! You have created and linked a log!