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Wisdom: Less neurotically worded

2021-01-18T02:58:51Z

Less neurotically worded

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	{{tutorialNav}}		{{tutorialNav}}
	Templates within MediaWiki function by calling on elements defined in the [[MediaWiki:Common.css\|CSS file]], in the [[MediaWiki:Common.js\|JavaScript]] file, or just by using raw html. Templates exist to allow users to navigate this code without rewriting it countless times or by using elements that are too complicated to easily be understood. The [[Template:Infobox]] functions by using elements defined in the CSS file, while the [[Template:Navbox]] calls on ~~the~~ table forming mechanics ~~of CSS~~. Since they're both templates within this wiki, knowledge about how either system works is unnecessary to fill one out.		Templates within MediaWiki function by calling on elements defined in the [[MediaWiki:Common.css\|CSS file]], in the [[MediaWiki:Common.js\|JavaScript]] file, or just by using raw html. Templates exist to allow users to navigate this code without rewriting it countless times or by using elements that are too complicated to easily be understood. The [[Template:Infobox]] functions by using elements defined in the CSS file, while the [[Template:Navbox]] calls on table forming mechanics. Since they're both templates within this wiki, knowledge about how either system works is unnecessary to fill one out.

	This page will show you have to fill out the '''navbox''' template for use on your pages. See [[Help:Templates]] for help on creating your own template from scratch.		This page will show you have to fill out the '''navbox''' template for use on your pages. See [[Help:Templates]] for help on creating your own template from scratch.

Wisdom: Added Item

2019-02-17T03:18:18Z

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	\|list3 = [[Help:Moving_a_page\|Moving Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Tables\|Tables]] {{dot}} [[Help:Categories\|Categories]] {{dot}} [[Help:Subpages\|Subpages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Managing_files\|Managing Files]] {{dot}} [[Help:Magic_words\|Magic Words]] {{dot}} [[Help:Deleting_a_page\|Deleting Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Templates\|Templates]] {{dot}} [[Help:Namespaces\|Namespaces]]		\|list3 = [[Help:Moving_a_page\|Moving Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Tables\|Tables]] {{dot}} [[Help:Categories\|Categories]] {{dot}} [[Help:Subpages\|Subpages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Managing_files\|Managing Files]] {{dot}} [[Help:Magic_words\|Magic Words]] {{dot}} [[Help:Deleting_a_page\|Deleting Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Templates\|Templates]] {{dot}} [[Help:Namespaces\|Namespaces]]

	\|below = [[Help:Article\|Demo Article]] {{dot}} [[Help:Nation\|Demo Nation]] {{dot}} [[Help:Navbox\|Demo Navbox]] {{dot}} [[Help:Character]]		\|below = [[Help:Article\|Demo Article]] {{dot}} [[Help:Nation\|Demo Nation]] {{dot}} [[Help:Navbox\|Demo Navbox]] {{dot}} [[Help:Character]] {{dot}} [[Help:Item\|Demo Item]]
	}}</pre>		}}</pre>

Wisdom at 03:09, 17 February 2019

2019-02-17T03:09:55Z

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	\|list3 = [[Help:Moving_a_page\|Moving Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Tables\|Tables]] {{dot}} [[Help:Categories\|Categories]] {{dot}} [[Help:Subpages\|Subpages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Managing_files\|Managing Files]] {{dot}} [[Help:Magic_words\|Magic Words]] {{dot}} [[Help:Deleting_a_page\|Deleting Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Templates\|Templates]] {{dot}} [[Help:Namespaces\|Namespaces]]		\|list3 = [[Help:Moving_a_page\|Moving Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Tables\|Tables]] {{dot}} [[Help:Categories\|Categories]] {{dot}} [[Help:Subpages\|Subpages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Managing_files\|Managing Files]] {{dot}} [[Help:Magic_words\|Magic Words]] {{dot}} [[Help:Deleting_a_page\|Deleting Pages]] {{dot}} [[Help:Templates\|Templates]] {{dot}} [[Help:Namespaces\|Namespaces]]

	\|below = [[Help:Article\|Demo Article]] {{dot}} [[Help:Nation\|Demo Nation]] {{dot}} [[Help:Navbox\|Demo Navbox]]		\|below = [[Help:Article\|Demo Article]] {{dot}} [[Help:Nation\|Demo Nation]] {{dot}} [[Help:Navbox\|Demo Navbox]] {{dot}} [[Help:Character]]
	}}</pre>		}}</pre>

Wisdom at 20:54, 13 February 2019

2019-02-13T20:54:20Z

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	=== Style ===		=== Style ===
	The next four lines of wiki code refer to the style that the box takes. '''basestyle''', '''oddstyle''', and '''evenstyle''' can be used to define the colour scheme by using the '''background''' argument. Select some colours that are either monochromatic or work well together and play around with the settings until you find something you like. '''Basestyle''', '''oddstyle''', and '''evenstyle'' can also be used to define the dimensions of the navbox and the elements within it. Ordinarily, the navbox will take the full size of the page, as it does in the ''[[A Voice From the Storm]]'' RP nav. It can also take the shape of an infobox if it's nested inside that template, such as the sidebar of this page. If you do not wish for it to automatically size itself, you can manually set dimensions, for example, by using '''<nowiki>width:23em;</nowiki>''' to set an element to 23 ermarian units. In this example, full width is intended, so we'll ~~only~~ define the colour ~~scheme~~.		The next four lines of wiki code refer to the style that the box takes. '''basestyle''', '''oddstyle''', and '''evenstyle''' can be used to define the colour scheme by using the '''background''' argument. Select some colours that are either monochromatic or work well together and play around with the settings until you find something you like. '''Basestyle''', '''oddstyle''', and '''evenstyle'' can also be used to define the dimensions of the navbox and the elements within it. Ordinarily, the navbox will take the full size of the page, as it does in the ''[[A Voice From the Storm]]'' RP nav. It can also take the shape of an infobox if it's nested inside that template, such as the sidebar of this page.

			If you do not wish for it to automatically size itself, you can manually set dimensions, for example, by using '''<nowiki>width:23em;</nowiki>''' to set an element to 23 ermarian units. In this example, full width is intended, but we want to make sure that the labels have enough space and aren't edged out by the link spaces, so we'll define both the colour as well as setting the labels to take 10% of the space, and the data to take 90% of the space.

	<pre>{{navbox		<pre>{{navbox
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	\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]		\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]
	\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;		\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;
	\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff;		\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff; width:10%;
	\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff;</pre>		\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff; width:90%;</pre>

	=== Navbar ===		=== Navbar ===
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	\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]		\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]
	\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;		\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;
	\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff;		\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff; width:10%;
	\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff;		\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff; width:90%;

	\|group1 =		\|group1 =
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	\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]		\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]
	\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;		\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;
	\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff;		\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff; width:10%;
	\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff;		\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff; width:90%;

	\|group1 = Reading		\|group1 = Reading
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	\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]		\|image = [[File:Wiki.png\|80px]]
	\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;		\|basestyle = background:#7be6ff;
	\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff;		\|oddstyle = background:#e6ffff; width:10%;
	\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff;		\|evenstyle = background:#bdffff; width:90%;

	\|group1 = Reading		\|group1 = Reading

Wisdom at 20:48, 13 February 2019

2019-02-13T20:48:50Z

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Wisdom at 19:17, 13 February 2019

2019-02-13T19:17:27Z

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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
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	! Calls Template:Tdp !! Calls to Template:tDp		! Calls Template:Tdp !! Calls Template:tDp
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	\| {{center\|<nowiki>{{tdp}}</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>{{Tdp}}</nowiki>}} \|\| {{center\|<nowiki>{{tDp}}</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>{{TDp}}</nowiki>}}		\| {{center\|<nowiki>{{tdp}}</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>{{Tdp}}</nowiki>}} \|\| {{center\|<nowiki>{{tDp}}</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>{{TDp}}</nowiki>}}

Wisdom: WiP

2019-02-12T22:01:57Z

WiP

New page

{{tutorialNav}}
Templates within MediaWiki function by calling on elements defined in the [[MediaWiki:Common.css|CSS file]], in the [[MediaWiki:Common.js|JavaScript]] file, or just by using raw html. Templates exist to allow users to navigate this code without rewriting it countless times or by using elements that are too complicated to easily be understood. The [[Template:Infobox]] functions by using elements defined in the CSS file, while the [[Template:Navbox]] calls on the table forming mechanics of CSS. Since they're both templates within this wiki, knowledge about how either system works is unnecessary to fill one out.

This page will show you have to fill out the '''infobox''' and '''navbox''' templates for use on your pages. See [[Help:Templates]] for help on creating your own template from scratch.

== The Nav Box ==
Nav boxes are placed at the bottom of related pages, such as all of the pages within a single RP, so that you can easily travel from one to the other, especially pages that aren't linked within the article you're looking at. We're going to create a version of the tutorial navigation box on the side of this article as one such navbox for the [[Help:Article|Demo Article]] and [[Help:Nation|Demo Nation]] to simulate what they would normally look like in an RP.

We can begin by navigating to the page that we want to create. In this example, it's going to be called '''<nowiki>{{tdp}}</nowiki>''', because the acronym of the pages it represents is also usually shorthand for how it's remembered. If you want the template to be called tdp for "Tutorial-Demo Pages", the template '''''must''''' be located at [[Template:tdp]]. In any page or article on this wiki, the capitalisation of a word will be represented as you type it, except for the first letter, which will always be shown as capital in the title and can be represented either way in the template.

This can be displayed using this example:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Calls Template:Tdp !! Calls to Template:tDp
|-
| {{center|<nowiki>{{tdp}}</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>{{Tdp}}</nowiki>}} || {{center|<nowiki>{{tDp}}</nowiki> <br> <nowiki>{{TDp}}</nowiki>}}
|}

In [[Template:tdp]], we'll start by writing '''<nowiki>{{navbox</nowiki>'''. Two units of { indicate that we're calling a template that already exists, in this case, it's [[Template:Navbox]].
<pre>{{navbox</pre>

The next line we'll add is '''<nowiki>|name = tdp</nowiki>''' This is how the name is going to be defined for your organisational purposes, so it should mirror the location that the template is written. Each instance of | indicates an input slot that was designated in the template we're working in. So "name|" is registered as an input in [[Template:Navbox]] that means we can put something there.

<pre>{{navbox
|name = tdp</pre>

Next, we'll add '''<nowiki>|image = [[File:Wiki.png|80px]]</nowiki>'''. In the premade Navbox template, this will add an image in the centre middle part of the panel which will feature a relevant image to the theme. In some RPs, this is the world map. It can also be the RP's logo or whatever you come up with. Since this navbox is for a demo article, we'll just use the Wiki's logo. Remember that you can define how big an image is scaled by using a vertical pipe and specifying the number of pixels wide you'd like it to display.

<pre>{{navbox
|name = tdp
|image = [[File:Wiki.png|80px]]</pre>

Notice how there is abundant whitespace in between the variables and what we've input for them. When the code is run, all of this is reduced to a single white space. Therefore, you may use as many spaces as you would like to organise your template and make it easier for you and everyone else to read.